Freedom from Unwarranted Search

Entry by University authorities into occupied rooms in residence halls or University apartments will be divided into three categories of inspection: safety/maintenance, search, and emergency. 

1. Safety/Maintenance Inspection. University officials may enter a residential unit to conduct a safety/maintenance inspection of the health and safety conditions in the unit, to perform maintenance and repairs, to take inventory, and/or to perform cleaning and janitorial operations. University officials will provide advance notice to the resident prior to performing a safety/maintenance inspection of the residential unit.
2. Search Inspection. University officials may enter the residential unit, without advance notice to the resident, to conduct a search inspection for the purpose of inspecting whether violations of University policies, rules, and regulations are occurring or have occurred inside the residential unit. A search inspection must be authorized in writing by the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs before University officials may conduct a search inspection. The Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs may authorize a search inspection only upon reasonable suspicion that University policies, rules, or regulations have been or are being violated inside the residential unit.
3. Emergency Inspection. In an emergency situation, University officials may enter the residential unit to conduct an emergency inspection, without advance notice to the resident and without prior authorization from the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, if the University officials reasonably believe that the delay from obtaining prior written authorization from the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs would pose a significant risk of substantial harm to persons, property, or the residential unit.