Do cops have the right to enter your yard uninvited?

republican

yes, they can also enter your house with probable cause.

bradship4u

yes they can.

law138

Answering to a call about noise at your residence, yes they can. Or if they needed to get thru your yard in order to perform an official duty.....yes.

BlackWings5558

They do, how else do you suggest they reach your front door? If they where professional and let you off with a warning, what's the problem?

Dr Dee

yes

hello

I am not in washington, but they are resonding to that call and they have to speak to you. criminal tresspass charges cannot be applied to police in texas in the course of thier job.

joeanonymous

In Canada, police (and others) have a common law authority to approach a residence for the purpose of knocking on the door. If there is a gate and a huge no trespassing/do no enter sign, then this would remove the implied consent.

Washington state may be different, but I suspect that it is the same most places.

Dennis E

no the police have to request to come on your property unless they have a search warrent your yard is your property

candy g

maybe they would state that they DID call out to you but the music / noise was so loud that no one could hear them above it......mind you IF they entered mine [with a sign CLEARLY stating dog inside] I wonder where that would lead when a dog on site happy with the people inside cos 'mum' let them in would react to 'others' just walking in................I know for sure that mine would NOT be a happy camper.

L J

Yea they can enter your yard to knock on your door. Police can act on what they see even through a window from the street Probable cause. Parties that are loud after 10pm yea they will come in.

Jesus H. Zeitgeist

If your all fenced in with a lock on the gate, remember to put a doorbell on the outside... or they will resort to more drastic measures.

Asshat McPoop

No, they must map out your property line after consulting with demographics from City Hall, and call for you from the curb using only their voice.

If you turn up the volume loud enough at your party, well, I guess they're out of luck, huh?

Just kidding. Yes.

Lori H

Yes, they had a probable cause to enter the property because of the complaint of your being too loud. If you were getting robbed in your home and your neighbor called the police, would you want the police officers to stop and ask permission to enter your property before they tried to save you.

nickle

If they say they have probable cause which is a complaint against the noise then they can do so. If they were trying to locate someone in the neighborhood they can also walk in your yard just like anyone else would to ask a question. It is NOT against the law to walk up to someone's door and if this means entering thru a gate to do so, then----. I take it your dogs are friendly.

memo_phx

Wow, that was a long explanation...... simply put:
these are the common reasons;
you summoned them- 911
reasonable suspicion a crime is being committed
search warrant
arrest warrant
pursuit of a person ( who is suspected of committing a crime)
to render immediate aid, ie. fire,natural disasters, etc.
you invited them

there are several other reasons.......but, these are the most common that I've entered residences in the past. (former deputy)
by the way, a private citizen (in all states, in the US) can also, enter a residence, if they are in pursuit of a person they witnessed, who has committed a felony.

lv_consultant

the don't even need permission to come inside your home. all they need is probably cause that "something" illegal may be going on or did occur very recently...

perfect example: a group of people are smoking a joint and watching the football game. the neighbors call the cops because of the noise. buy the time the cops come the game is over and noise is way down. with out seeing any kind of weed, etc. the cops can enter because the residence smells like marijuana even though they caught nobody smoking any or saw anything on the coffee table...

eve c

Cops can and do do anything they want. Girl,you ain't got no rights, that's a myth.

Stranger in a Strangeland

yes, they can clean up dog poo, it's like a civil service or something.

augustus_braswell

From my experience
if you cant see through the gate then they have to talk from the outside.
but if everything and every body is visible then they have more grounds to say some probable cause sh*t

frank

Police broke into my inlaws house at the request of the Ambulance service to enable them to give Medical assistance they caused considerble damage who is responserble for this damage.

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