sdsubzero4
Spring Valley, CA
Can they make you open your hood without a warrant?
Yes. You don't need a warrant to open the hood for inspection. By you agreeing to have a driver's license that you agree to allow for your car to be inspected for legal street operation and have legal mechanical engine part. You are required to allow the officer to inspect your car. If you refuse, your car can be legally towed then inspected at the police impound. Then if found with no violation, you have to go pay the impound and tow fee to have your car release to you. Probable Cause and incident from an arrest are the only legal requirement for a car to be searched. This is true in all 50 states. The only time a search warrant is required to search a vehicle is when it is during a cause of an investigation and the search is not immediate to an incident, example: a vehicle stop. The search is done at a later time.
I hope this answer your question Yose.