Legal Question in Traffic Law in Nebraska

Drivers license signature allows law enforcement to search your vehicle

When a citizen signs his/her drivers license, does that signature allow law enforcement to search your vehicle if they choose to do so? What does your signature do on your drivers license?


Asked on 5/02/07, 5:39 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Duke Drouillard Drouillard Law, LLC

Re: Drivers license signature allows law enforcement to search your vehicle

Your signature is just an acknowledgment that you have applied for the privilege of driving a motor vehicle on public roads. Using the driver's license by operating a motor vehicle on public roads places you under the jurisdiction of a number of laws related to the use of a motor vehicle. Police are authorized to search vehicles under certain circumstances whether you are the driver or a passenger of the vehicle.

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Answered on 5/02/07, 8:56 pm


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