AMENDMENT:

No unreasonable search and seizure

Amendment Details:

Date:

Sept. 27, 1787

Type:

Other (e.g., Archival Materials, Websites)

State of Origin:

Virginia (VA)

Summary:

No unreasonable search and seizure

Text:

That the Citizens shall not be exposed to unreasonable searches, seizures of their papers, houses, persons, or property.

Sponsor or Proponent:

Richard Henry Lee (in Congress of the Confederation)

Topics:

evidence - Regulation of evidence collection

Record Source:

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009. Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-01-01-02-0009-0002- 0020 [accessed 10 May 2011] Original source: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787, Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787

Cite As:

The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number ot_17870927ric-aj, accessed 2025-04-25]. Record Source: [The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009. Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-01-01-02-0009-0002- 0020 [accessed 10 May 2011] Original source: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787, Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787]