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# U.S. Const. Amend. IV. Freedom from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

## Cross References

Security from unreasonable search and seizure, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIII.

Rights of citizens, § 1-2-6.

Emergency situation; application for an investigative warrant, § 16-11-64.3.

Searches and seizures generally, § 17-5-1 et seq.

## Editor's Notes

The Supreme Court has declared that the due process clause of U.S. Const., amend. 14, protects the personal right of privacy from state, as well as federal, action. See Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 81 S. Ct. 1684, 61 L. Ed. 2d 1081 (1961).


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