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Iowa law enforcement will stop out-of-state cars for various traffic violations.\u00a0 Usually this occurs as pretextual stops.\u00a0 Most courts don\u2019t recognize pretextual stops as illegal or unconstitutional, so be prepared if you are stopped for a traffic violation the officer want to \u201clook\u201d in your car.\u00a0 Important:\u00a0 The term \u201clook\u201d to you means looking through the windows maybe; to him, it means tearing your care apart inside and out.\u00a0 He is not asking you to \u201clook\u201d in your car as you understand it, he is asking you for permission to \u201csearch your” car as he understands it.<\/p>\n
The usual violations for which out-of-state vehicles are pulled over are speeding (any amount), seat belt violations, tinted windows, license plate brackets that cover any of the license plate wording or numerals.\u00a0 The usual practice is to write the ticket, often a warning, tell you you are free to go, and when you about ready to enter your car, ask if he can look in your car.\u00a0 Say NO!<\/p>\n
Do not say yes out of fear.\u00a0 The first reaction is if I don\u2019t say yes, he will get mad.\u00a0 So he gets mad.\u00a0 Getting mad doesn\u2019t put you in jail-a search might.\u00a0 If your girlfriend\u2019s prescription drugs are still in the console where she left them; or you forgot your marijuana pipe sitting in the door pocket from last week; and the trooper finds it, you are going to jail.\u00a0 Just say NO!<\/p>\n
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