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landlord consent  

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  • As a general rule, landlords may not give consent to warrantless search of property that they are exclusively leasing to others. This would include houses and apartments as well as motel rooms or even lockers. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Landlord Consent]

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