WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says people who borrow rental cars from friends or family are generally entitled to the same protections against police searches as the authorized driver.
The justices said Monday that as a general rule someone who is given permission to drive a rental car by the person who rented it has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the car, even if the rental agreement doesn’t list them as an authorized driver.
That means police can’t generally search the car unless they have a warrant or probable cause to believe a crime has been committed.
The Trump administration had argued unauthorized drivers had no reasonable expectation of privacy in a borrowed car.
