Are Farm Fields covered by the Fourth Amendment?
A. No. Open fields are not “effects” within the meaning of the Amendment, the term “effects” being less inclusive than “property” and not encompassing open fields. The government’s intrusion upon open fields is not one of those “unreasonable searches” proscribed by the Amendment. Oliver v. United States, 466 U.S. 170, 176-77 (1984).
