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Additional Drivers on a Rental Car

Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2008 by car rental deals orlando international airport

Should rental car drivers be able to object to illegal searches of a car if they aren't the renter of the car?

Say I'm an "unauthorized driver" of a rental car and a police officer searches it without any reason to do so. Can I object to the search, that is- do I have a "legitimate expectation of privacy" in the car?


If you are an unauthorized driver, and your name is not on the rental contract, the police are able to assume that the vehicle is stolen and they will normally impound the vehicle. They can certainly search it. When a person signs a car rental agreement, they are required to inform the car rental company of all additional drivers who are driving the car.


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