Can you rummage your bag in store? What the law says

Visual inspection, excavation, refusal of control … At the entrance or exit of a store, can a vigil legally look in your bag? What is a customer risk if he refuses? Here is what the law says. © Priscilla DU PREEZ – UNSPLASH Save save Receive right alerts A security guard may ask you to open your bag for visual inspection, but this is only possible in a well -defined framework. According to article L613-2 of the internal security code, only approved security agents, holders of a professional card issued by the CNAPS, are authorized for this type of control, indicates TF1 which has looked into the question in Jullet 2024.The question resurfaced following an incident on March 25, 2025, involving a security agent Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines), accused of having hit a client suspected of theft. From a regulatory point of view, the inspection must be visual only, to be done within the store, and to be part of a safety context (Vigipirate plan, flight prevention). A cashier or an average employee is not allowed to ask you to open your bag. Excavate a bag? Never without your agreement the full excavation of the bag is prohibited without your consent. Legally, this is akin to a search, supervised by article 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Only the police (police, gendarmerie), and under specific conditions (flagrant offense, rogatory commission), can proceed there if you have nothing to hide, you are entitled to refuse the opening of your bag to a cashier or a vigil. The UFC-Que Choisir association recalls that “this practice is not the responsibility of an unauthorized employee”. Read also: Risk of burglary: beware, if you find a white sheet in your mailbox and if you refuse? You cannot be forcibly retained. But the agent can call on the police, in accordance with article R631-10 of the internal security code. In this case, only a verification by an authorized officer is possible. If no offense is noted, you risk anything. In the event of an abusive excavation or illegal control, you can seize the defender of rights, an independent authority responsible for enforcing individual freedoms, including in the face of security agents. Read also: This city distributes AirTags for free to combat car flights receive our latest news each morning, most of the Capital news. (tagstotranslate) Rights

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