502.08-E(1) - Search and Seizure - Checklist

I. What factors caused you to have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the search of this  student or the student's effects or automobile would turn up evidence that the student has violated  or is violating the law, school policy, rules or regulations affecting school order?

A. Eyewitness account.

1. By whom:  ______________________________________________________________________________

2. Date/Time: ______________________________________________________________________________

3. Place: __________________________________________________________________________________

4. What was seen: __________________________________________________________________________

B. Information from a reliable source.

1. From whom: ____________________________________________________________________________

2. Time received: __________________________________________________________________________

3. How information was received: _____________________________________________________________

4. Who received the information:  _____________________________________________________________

5. Describe information:  ____________________________________________________________________

C. Suspicious behavior? Explain.

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Time of search: _________________________

E. Location of search:  _____________________________________________________________________________

F. Student told purpose of search:  ____________________________________________________________________

G. Consent of student requested: _____________________________________________________________________

 

 

II. Was the search you conducted reasonable in terms of scope and intrusiveness?

A. What were you searching for:  ______________________________________________________________________

B. Where did you search? ____________________________________________________________________________

C. Sex of the student: _______________________________________________________________________________

D. Age of the student:  ______________________________________________________________________________

E. Exigency of the situation:  _________________________________________________________________________

F. What type of search was being conducted: _____________________________________________________________

G. Who conducted the search: ________________________________________________________________________

Position: _____________________________________   Sex:  ________________________________________

H. Witness(s):

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

III. Explanation of Search.

A. Describe the time and location of the search: 

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Describe exactly what was searched:

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. What did the search yield:  ________________________________________________________________________

D. What was seized:  ______________________________________________________________________________

E. Were any materials turned over to law enforcement officials?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

F. Were parents notified of the search including the reason for it and the scope: 

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

I.C. Iowa Code                                      Description
Iowa Code § 808A                                Student Searches

I.A.C. Iowa Administrative Code           Description
281 I.A.C. 12.3                                     Administration

U.S. Supreme Court                              Description
469 U.S. 325                                         New Jersey T.L.O

Case Law                                             Description
Cason v. Cook                                      810 F.2d 188 (8th Cir. 1987), cert. den., 482 U.S. 930 (1987).
New Jersey v. T.L.O.                             469 U.S. 325 (1985)

 

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Approved: 9/20/2021, 1/28/2026
Reviewed: 12/15/2025
Revised: 12/15/2025