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Identifying Information Requirement

The only information police can legally require you to give: your name and your birth date.

What Right Law Group attorneys say

Number three, speak very clearly, very directly, but do not talk too much. When police come up, answer only the questions asked and answer them as succinctly in as little information as possible. In other words, do not give yourself the opportunity to self-inccriminate. One thing to remember is police can ask you all kinds of things, but you are not required to answer anything except for your name and your birth date.
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They can only legally require you to give information that is about identifying information. Anything else you volunteer. You do not have to answer any other questions. So if they ask you where are you coming from, you can say I prefer not to answer.
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police can ask you all kinds of things, but you are not required to answer anything except for your name and your birth date.
Alexis Austin Litle · What To Do If You're Pulled Over By Police (Essential Tips To Protect Yourself)Watch clip ↗

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Number three, speak very clearly, very directly, but do not talk too much.

Alexis explains: "Number three, speak very clearly, very directly, but do not talk too much. When police come up, answer only the questions asked and answer them as succinctly in as little information as possible. In other words, do not give yourself the opportunity to self-inccriminate. One thing to remember is police can ask you all kinds of things, but you are not required to answer anything except for your name and your birth date."

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police can ask you all kinds of things, but you are not required to answer anything except for your name and your birth date.

Alexis explains: "police can ask you all kinds of things, but you are not required to answer anything except for your name and your birth date."

Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip
They can only legally require you to give information that is about identifying information.

Alexis explains: "They can only legally require you to give information that is about identifying information. Anything else you volunteer. You do not have to answer any other questions. So if they ask you where are you coming from, you can say I prefer not to answer."

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