Only in residential properties, typically. There are also states that have no such requirement even on residential rentals.

In any case, I think it's a bit of a red herring and that the "regular comings and goings" case is more analogous.

But also that, at this point in the thread, we have reached a point where analogy stops being helpful and the actual thing has to be analyzed.

The point of the analogy is that the contents of ones files should be considered analogous to the contents of ones mind.

Whatever reasons we had in the past for deciding that financial or health data, or conversations with attorneys, or bathrooms and bedrooms, are private, those reasons should apply to ones documents which includes ones files.

Or at least if not, we should figure out and be able to show exactly how and why not with some argument that actually holds water.

Only after that does it make any sense to either defend or object to this development.

Fair enough.