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Inventory Search
• This is not a search for evidence related to criminality but instead is
an administrative search to protect the person’s property and to
protect law enforcement generally and from false claims related to
property.
• Must be supported by agency policy and limits of search controlled
by policy.
• Inventory searches must be done any time law enforcement directs
the towing or seizure of a vehicle, not just in incidents of criminal
acts.
• Conduct and document in accord with agency policy.
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