Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Automobile exception

an exemption from the requirement of a search warrant, whereby the police may search a vehicle without a warrant when there is probable cause to suspect that the vehicle contains contraband or evidence of a crime. Carroll u. United states, 267 u.s. 132, 45 s.ct. 280 (1925); california u. Acevedo, 500 u.s. 565, 111 s.ct. 1982 (1991).