California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vermouth, 20 Cal.App.3d 746, 98 Cal.Rptr. 65 (Cal. App. 1971):
The right to search in a car for indicium of ownership which the driver is unable to produce is upheld in People v. Mermuys, 2 Cal.App.3d 1083, 1088, 82 Cal.Rptr. 902; (People v. Grubb, 63 Cal.2d 614, 47 Cal.Rptr. 772, 408 P.2d 100.)
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