3.2.10

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 3.2.10 Insertion of Key or Other Minimal Intrusions

Inserting a key into a car door lock was not an unreasonable search prohibited by the Fourth Amendment. United States v. $109,179 in U.S. Currency (Maggio), 228 F.3d 1080, 1088 (9th Cir. 2000) (officers inserted key in lock of car door to see who owned the car in parking lot, but did not search car; when they found that defendant’s key fit the lock, they asked defendant for consent to search car. “Given the strong governmental interests in...