busted? my apartment was inspected =(

dveight

dveight

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dont be a pussy bro just finish it

haha jk gl with whatever you choose, man it rocks to live in cali
 
Mudslide9791

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Countryfarmer said:
Mudslide, in every state I have ever lived in a notice on the community bulletin board of the apartment complex was considered enough notice. Perhaps the OP's apartment complex put a notice on his door and it was blown away. Doesn't matter, as long as they made a good faith effort to notify him in advance of their entry into his apartment.

Additionally, something you are evidently not aware of, even if the apartment complex personnel entered into the apartment without any notice whatsoever, if they reported what they found to the police it would be enough to issue a warrant to search the premises. As long as the apartment personnel were not in the employ of, or working as designated confidential informants on behalf of the police, and even if their entry was technically illegal, the warrant and search would be valid. Now the OP might have a civil case for violation of his rights against the apartment complex, but that certainly would not help in his criminal conviction. And I can guarantee it would be a conviction.

To give you another bone to chew on, I could break into someone's home with intent to rob them, find their grow and report that grow to the police. As long as I did not report the grow anonymously, a warrant and search would result in a legal arrest. Now I would face a felony conviction of my own, but that wouldn't help the grower out any. Would it?
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http://www.lrc.ky.gov/KRS/383-00/615.PDF

Leaves alot of space for a lawyer to play with here. I don't lose sleep at night for my grow. If my Landlord were to stumble into my things what real reason could he/she have had to cut through locks on my doors that had nothing maintenance concerning or of important behind them (water heaters, breakers, fire alarms)

What helps the grower is if a lawyer can point out that the warrant was obtained only due to a Leasors illegal entry of the residence, and that upon entry the landlord proceeded to inspect the entire residence including personal property...... If someone needs to look at my water heater, plumbing, or electrical box then I would give them permission to enter my home and management is aware that I don't allow anyone into my home when I'm not there. A reasonable request I made upon signing my lease agreement.

Again, renters just need to familiarize themselves with their rights as tenants.
 
assasinofyouth420

assasinofyouth420

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dveight said:
dont be a pussy bro just finish it

haha jk gl with whatever you choose, man it rocks to live in cali
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Thats what im saying. Fuck em. As long as you dont have 100 plants and you arent destroying the place I dont see why most landlords would even give a fuck. Its one less rent check coming in if you go to jail. But I dont know your landlord. He might be some do gooder bible thumper for all I know.
 
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don2009

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howdyguhk said:
ok for the record, im in austin tx, a fairly liberal city friendly to pot smokers (austin city limits, south by southwest, marley fest, etc)
i live in a large apartment complex pretty much filled with college students. i smell weed all the time walking through the hallways. im assuming that the inspectors saw illegal substances in more than just one apartment.
i am deciding tonight, whether i want to trash EVERYTHING or try and finish my 1 last plant.
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you still didnt trash that??????? Man your going down, good luck bro you got some balls
 
welshsmoker

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howdyguhk said:
they came in to inspect the fire alarms, extinguisher, sprinklers.
they said they went into each individual room to inspect it.
i was gone between 11am-3pm and its now 4:45
i have a large 4x4 tent in my room, and several plants in my closet, all which are fairly visible. they said they sent out an e-mail notice last week, but I never got it.
im hoping they decided to go easy on a student and not call the cops, but im also expecting the cops to come knocking any second now.
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hey man chill, you dont say if you definately know they were in there, perhaps it might just have been a few random checks they did,,
 
WeedFreak78

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ok some advice all renters should look into, I'm in the market to buy my first house and its going to be a multifamily, im Mass and RI it is illegal for a renter to change ANY locks or add locks anywhere in the apt without notifying the landlord and giving them a key. It is the Landlords property and you dont have the right to prohibit accses to any part of THEIR house... just an FYI may vary state to state...
 
Drufiss1

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i use to work in the fire alarm industry, if you rent, a landlord or a representative of the company and a person conducting the test or inspection does not have to give prior notice to the fact that deals with life safety. many of tentants use to get pissed, they use to scream you have to givce us prior notice, they only have to to be nice. this only deals with life safety and that is with entering your apt or dorm. i never liked doing that myself, i always felt most people deserve some sort of respect especially with going into someone's place of residence. oh and most of the time we ever saw something, we would just laugh and not say anything. but that may not be the case for you.
 
Countryfarmer

Countryfarmer

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Mudslide I am not going to argue with you on this because you obviously do not have any idea what you are talking about. The statute you posted would give the renter basis to engage in a civil lawsuit against the leasor if the leasor violated the renter's property rights by not giving notice before entering. What that statute would not do is cover the renter's ass if the leasor decided to report the renter to the police non-anonymously. Personally, I know I wouldn't be too concerned about winning a civil lawsuit if my butt was on the line for a criminal one. And yes, your butt would be on the line for a criminal one, even given the rediculous scenario of a burglar breaking and entering, finding the grow and then non-anonymously informing the police. The only thing that could save you in that latter situation would be if the burglar worked as a CI for the cops.
 
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sideshow1

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Countryfarmer said:
Depends on your state Raven. In my state they do not go off of the number of plants, but the weight of the marijuana. Unfortunately they do not cut the buds and then trim them up to determine weight, but instead pull the plant up by the roots and throw it onto a scale ... roots, remaining dirt and all. Anything in excess of one ounce is a felony charge with anything over two pounds being a mandatory minimum sentence of five years. Basically, in Georgia one nice plant could land you in the state prison for a minimum sentence of five years with no discretion on the judge. Assuming time off for good behavior along with first offense status and a Georgian would be facing around 16 months minimum.
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From what I have read on NORML, Georgia is a felony for cultivation of cannabis no matter how small or large. One plant is a felony.

I could be wrong, but I looked into it a while back.
 
gotdank

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I have a hard time understanding why you have a 4x4 grow tent and you cant afford to rent a house to put it in, apartments are sketchy.

Personally if I were you I would find a good friend who can babysit your tent, if you can even move it, and once your lease is up if you cant break it now, rent a house!
 
ink the world

ink the world

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Serapis said:
I guess it's a good thing you wrote screw all the legal advice, cause your advice is far from it..
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I guess its a good thing I actually read and comprehend things instead of talking out of my ass like you seem to,

From the a Law Enforcement magazine:
"The appellate court stated that it has "repeatedly held that the odor of marijuana alone can provide probable cause to believe that marijuana is present in a particular place."2 The court went on to give examples of its prior rulings that included one in which the smell of marijuana emanating from a "properly stopped vehicle" constituted probable cause to justify a search of the automobile"


"To substantiate a warrantless search, "the question is whether the totality of the circumstances is sufficient to warrant a reasonable person to believe that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place."8 When considering the legality of a warrantless arrest, one considers "whether the totality of the circumstances indicate to a reasonable person that a 'suspect has committed, is committing, or is about to commit' a crime."9 But in either instance, the "quantum of facts required for the officer to search or seize is probable cause" for either a search or seizure"


Heres the link if yo care to read the entire article.
http://policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=714&issue_id=102005
 
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irieie

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WeedFreak78 said:
ok some advice all renters should look into, I'm in the market to buy my first house and its going to be a multifamily, im Mass and RI it is illegal for a renter to change ANY locks or add locks anywhere in the apt without notifying the landlord and giving them a key. It is the Landlords property and you dont have the right to prohibit accses to any part of THEIR house... just an FYI may vary state to state...
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well ill take what ever that charge is instead of growing charges any day.
 
Countryfarmer

Countryfarmer

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irieie said:
well ill take what ever that charge is instead of growing charges any day.
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Yep. If you are growing in a rental unit change the locks. Probably not all that feasible in an apartment complex that does regular spraying, safety inspections and the like. But it would definitely keep you safe the first time they tried to enter.
 
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