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Originally Posted by Lebell
Do they realize that there is NO LAW that says they have to?
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Disclaimer:
Please check your local laws to make sure this is true in your area (including the municipal law in the city where the store is located). While this should hold true for most places, I don't want people to start getting tickets or arrested for violating local laws.
Where I live, you need "probable cause" to detain but the only cause they need is that you "may have" concealed or stolen something. There doesn't have to be any proof other than the employee's word. They can also detain you for "a reasonable amount of time" which around here is about 20 min. They can then let you go with a thank you for your time. There is even a state law which prevents people from suing the employee who was acting "in good faith" to protect the store's contents. For these reasons, I just let them search. I know I don't steal and it isn't worth the fight when the laws in place already work against saying no.