Legal Opinion
Sokolov v. Village of Freeport
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1981PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gabrielli, J.
Presented for our determination is the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance which provides, effectively, that a landlord is required to consent to a warrantless inspection of his property in order to obtain a rental permit. We hold today that the imposition of a penalty upon a landlord for renting his premises without first consenting to a warrant-less search violates the property owner’s Fourth Amendment rights.
The Village of Freeport enacted a rental ordinance (Village Ordinance, art IV) in 1974 which required that landlords obtain a rental permit…
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