# 95 Ill. Adm. Code 400.645: Section 400.645 Inspections and Inventories in the Armed Forces

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## Section

- **Citation:** 95 Ill. Adm. Code 400.645
- **Heading:** Section 400.645 Inspections and Inventories in the Armed Forces
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 95 VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS / CHAPTER II: DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS / Part 400 ILLINOIS MANUAL FOR COURT-MARTIAL AND NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT / Section 400.645 Inspections and Inventories in the Armed Forces

## Text

Section 400.645  Inspections and Inventories in the Armed
Forces
a)         For
purposes of this Section:
1)         "Inspection"
means an examination of the whole or part of a unit, organization,
installation, vessel, aircraft, or vehicle, including an examination conducted
at entrance and exit points, conducted as an incident of command the primary
purpose of which is to determine and to ensure the security, military fitness,
or good order and discipline of the unit, organization, installation, vessel,
aircraft or vehicle.  Inspections must be conducted in a reasonable fashion
and, if applicable, must comply with Section 400.640.  Inspections may utilize
any reasonable natural or technological aid and may be conducted with or without
notice to those inspected.
2)         "Inventory"
means a reasonable examination, accounting or other control measure used to
account for or control property, assets or other resources.  It is
administrative and not prosecutorial in nature and, if applicable, the
inventory must comply with Section 400.640.  An examination made for the
primary purpose of obtaining evidence for use in a trial by court-martial or in
other disciplinary proceedings is not an inventory within the meaning of this Section.
b)         An
examination made for the primary purpose of obtaining evidence for use in a
trial by court-martial or in other disciplinary proceedings is not an
inspection within the meaning of this Section.
c)         Evidence
obtained from lawful inspections and inventories in the SMF is admissible at
trial when relevant and not otherwise inadmissible under this Section.  An
unlawful weapon, contraband or other evidence of a crime discovered during a
lawful inspection or inventory may be seized and is admissible in accordance
with this Section
an
inspection within the meaning of this Section.
c)         Evidence
obtained from lawful inspections and inventories in the SMF is admissible at
trial when relevant and not otherwise inadmissible under this Section.  An
unlawful weapon, contraband or other evidence of a crime discovered during a
lawful inspection or inventory may be seized and is admissible in accordance
with this Section.
d)         An
inspection may include, but is not limited to:
1)         an
examination to determine and to ensure that the command is:
A)        properly
equipped;
B)        functioning
properly;
C)        maintaining
proper standards of readiness, sea or airworthiness, sanitation and
cleanliness; and
D)        personnel
are present, fit and ready for duty;
2)         an
order to produce body fluids, such as urine; and
3)         an examination
to locate and confiscate unlawful weapons and other contraband, provided subsection
(b) is not violated.  The prosecution must prove by clear and convincing
evidence that the examination was an inspection within the meaning of this subsection
(d)(3) if a purpose of an examination is to locate weapons or contraband and
if:
A)        the
examination was directed immediately following a report of a specific offense
in the unit, organization, installation, vessel, aircraft, or vehicle and was
not previously scheduled;
B)        specific
individuals are selected for examination; or
C)        persons
examined are subjected to substantially different intrusions during the same
examination. (Il. Mil. R. Evid. 313)

## Nearby sections

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- [95 Ill. Adm. Code 400.640 Section 400.640  Body Views and Intrusions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T95_P400_S400_640.md)
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