This is tricky, because most courts (especially in IL) will rule that they can be on your property to services public utilities without your consent.
You can of course refuse to comply and make them work harder for the information they need, and they can't really do anything about it, afaik. Like with the census, you can send it back unfilled, and if they come to your door, you can refuse to answer, and they will eventually leave you alone (although this time around, because of the covid timing, I never even got a call or a visit). But, you have to ask if it's worth it. IL is corrupt to the core, and I'm not sure inconveniencing a couple low-level government employees is really going to change it.
Either way, without a warrant they can't "require" any information from you. Period. But that doesn't mean they can't legally come onto your property to get what they need. But they certainly can't come inside the property without a warrant.
They want me to list every faucet and everything I have IN my house, so I would assume they’d try to come inside. Would anything that a previous homeowner had done show up in the inspection from when we bought the place? The last thing I want is some fine for something someone else did. Just seems like overreach.
My city recently tried to do something similar where they wanted to do an inside home inspection for property valuations. I told them to pound sand. Still waiting to see the new valuation so I can sue if it went up punitively.
The State DOJ actually said if you refuse the interior inspection you forfeit your right to any appeals process for your home valuation. Of course, to try to scare everyone into allowing it. But if they raise the valuation BECAUSE you didn't allow an interior inspection, and you can prove it, that's a criminal offense, and no longer subject to a standard appeal process.
This applies in your case as well, because legally, they have no right to inspect anything inside your home unless the court deems it is a public safety concern or an emergency (fire, building falling apart, etc). IL is tricky since most judges are corrupt, but if you're wiling to bring it to a federal court, you'll likely win if they try to extort you by threatening or taking punitive measures for not allowing them inside without a warrant.
This is tricky, because most courts (especially in IL) will rule that they can be on your property to services public utilities without your consent.
You can of course refuse to comply and make them work harder for the information they need, and they can't really do anything about it, afaik. Like with the census, you can send it back unfilled, and if they come to your door, you can refuse to answer, and they will eventually leave you alone (although this time around, because of the covid timing, I never even got a call or a visit). But, you have to ask if it's worth it. IL is corrupt to the core, and I'm not sure inconveniencing a couple low-level government employees is really going to change it.
Either way, without a warrant they can't "require" any information from you. Period. But that doesn't mean they can't legally come onto your property to get what they need. But they certainly can't come inside the property without a warrant.
They want me to list every faucet and everything I have IN my house, so I would assume they’d try to come inside. Would anything that a previous homeowner had done show up in the inspection from when we bought the place? The last thing I want is some fine for something someone else did. Just seems like overreach.
Oh yeah, you can 100% refuse that.
My city recently tried to do something similar where they wanted to do an inside home inspection for property valuations. I told them to pound sand. Still waiting to see the new valuation so I can sue if it went up punitively.
The State DOJ actually said if you refuse the interior inspection you forfeit your right to any appeals process for your home valuation. Of course, to try to scare everyone into allowing it. But if they raise the valuation BECAUSE you didn't allow an interior inspection, and you can prove it, that's a criminal offense, and no longer subject to a standard appeal process.
This applies in your case as well, because legally, they have no right to inspect anything inside your home unless the court deems it is a public safety concern or an emergency (fire, building falling apart, etc). IL is tricky since most judges are corrupt, but if you're wiling to bring it to a federal court, you'll likely win if they try to extort you by threatening or taking punitive measures for not allowing them inside without a warrant.