§ 5.5.3 Vehicle Search ? No Contemporaneous Requirement
Unlike the search incident to arrest exception (which requires a contemporaneous search), if police could have conducted a warrantless search of a vehicle based on probable cause when it was stopped, then the vehicle may be taken to the police station and searched at a later time. State v. Reyna, 205 Ariz. 374, 71 P.3d 366 (App. 2003) (Div. 1); United States v. Johns, 469 U.S. 478 (1985) (vehicle was towed to station and searched later; Chambers v....
