Fighting Warrantless Inspections Of Rental Property




Courting Liberty show

Summary: PLF Director of Communications Harold Johnson hosts this week's podcast with PLF Staff Attorney Wen Fa and client Karl Trautwein as they discuss PLF's property rights case against the city of Highland, California. The city imposes exterior and interior inspections on residential rental units, and is trying to force property owner Karl Trautwein to submit to an inspection without the city obtaining a warrant. PLF argues that cities cannot force an owner of private rental property to allow a warrantless administrative search; nor can cities threaten administrative action and fines against a property owner who exercises his constitutional right to deny a warrantless inspection of his rental property.