Help Welfare check questions

[Abyssal]

Just ordered my SN (yay!) and I was told there's a chance the one providing it might result in a welfare check. To be safe I'd like to prepare as though one is certain to occur. I live in the US.

1. How soon should I expect one?

2. Am I likely to get my SN before or after a welfare check occurs?

3. What are the repercussions for if I just don't answer? I technically live alone but I have people around me that visit often and wouldn't want them to be notified in any way because they know I'm suicidal.

4. Could I be locked up?

 

[Darkover]

depends what country your in the laws are different

 

[Abyssal]

depends what country your in the laws are different

Ah, thanks for the reminder. I'm in the US.

 

[sadandlonely99]

In the US police need a warrant to enter your home (in most cases). Without one, they legally cannot remain on your property if you ask them to leave. And no, you do not have to talk to them or answer their questions. But if they do come knocking, DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. Talk to them through the door. Let them know that you do not wish to engage in any further conversation & explicitly invoke your right to remain silent (per the fifth amendment). Unless they have reasonable belief that you're in immediate danger, there's nothing else they can do.

 

[Kalista]

In the US police need a warrant to enter your home (in most cases). Without one, they legally cannot remain on your property if you ask them to leave. And no, you do not have to talk to them or answer their questions. But if they do come knocking, DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. Talk to them through the door. Let them know that you do not wish to engage in any further conversation & explicitly invoke your right to remain silent (per the fifth amendment). Unless they have reasonable belief that you're in immediate danger, there's nothing else they can do.

So as someone who recently got 5150'd it's probably easier for them to barge in without a warrant? This is with the assumption that the SN bottle is labeled correctly, but what if it's relabeled as something else for discreetness? Will they still visit?

 

[Abyssal]

In the US police need a warrant to enter your home (in most cases). Without one, they legally cannot remain on your property if you ask them to leave. And no, you do not have to talk to them or answer their questions. But if they do come knocking, DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. Talk to them through the door. Let them know that you do not wish to engage in any further conversation & explicitly invoke your right to remain silent (per the fifth amendment). Unless they have reasonable belief that you're in immediate danger, there's nothing else they can do.

What's the point of not opening the door? Does that give them the right to barge in?

Call me silly, but it feels wrong to talk through a closed door, almost like admitting guilt.