Florida Statutes Title XLVII Chapter 901 - Arrests

• 901.01 - Judicial Officers Have Committing Authority.
  Each state judicial officer is a conservator of the peace and has committing authority to issue warrants of arrest, commit offenders to jail, and recognize...
• 901.02 - Issuance Of Arrest Warrants.
  (1) A judge, upon examination of the complaint and proofs submitted, if satisfied that probable cause exists for the issuance of an arrest warrant for any...
• 901.04 - Direction And Execution Of Warrant.
  Warrants shall be directed to all sheriffs of the state. A warrant shall be executed only by the sheriff of the county in which the...
• 901.07 - Admission To Bail When Arrest Occurs In Another County.
  (1) When an arrest by a warrant occurs in a county other than the one in which the alleged offense was committed and the warrant issued,...
• 901.08 - Issue Of Warrant When Offense Triable In Another County.
  (1) When a complaint before a trial court judge charges the commission of an offense that is punishable by death or life imprisonment and is triable...
• 901.09 - When Summons Shall Be Issued.
  (1) When the complaint is for an offense that the trial court judge is empowered to try summarily, the trial court judge shall issue a summons...
• 901.10 - How Summons Served.
  A summons shall be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.History.—s. 10, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(10); s....
• 901.11 - Effect Of Not Answering Summons.
  Failure to appear as commanded by a summons without good cause is an indirect criminal contempt of court and may be punished by a fine...
• 901.12 - Summons Against Corporation.
  When a complaint of an offense is made against a corporation, the trial court judge shall issue a summons that shall set forth substantially the...
• 901.14 - Effect Of Failure By Corporation To Answer Summons.
  If, after being summoned, the corporation does not appear, a plea of not guilty shall be entered by the court having jurisdiction to try the...
• 901.15 - When Arrest By Officer Without Warrant Is Lawful.
  A law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant when:(1) The person has committed a felony or misdemeanor or violated a municipal or county...
• 901.1503 - When Notice To Appear By Officer Without Warrant Is Lawful.
  A law enforcement officer may give a notice to appear to a person without a warrant when the officer has determined that he or she...
• 901.1505 - Federal Law Enforcement Officers; Powers.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “federal law enforcement officer” means a person who is employed by the Federal Government as a full-time law...
• 901.151 - Stop And Frisk Law.
  (1) This section may be known and cited as the “Florida Stop and Frisk Law.”(2) Whenever any law enforcement officer of this state encounters any person under...
• 901.16 - Method Of Arrest By Officer By A Warrant.
  A peace officer making an arrest by a warrant shall inform the person to be arrested of the cause of arrest and that a warrant...
• 901.17 - Method Of Arrest By Officer Without Warrant.
  A peace officer making an arrest without a warrant shall inform the person to be arrested of the officer’s authority and the cause of arrest...
• 901.18 - Officer May Summon Assistance.
  A peace officer making a lawful arrest may command the aid of persons she or he deems necessary to make the arrest. A person commanded...
• 901.19 - Right Of Officer To Break Into Building.
  (1) If a peace officer fails to gain admittance after she or he has announced her or his authority and purpose in order to make an...
• 901.20 - Use Of Force To Effect Release Of Person Making Arrest Detained In Building.
  A peace officer may use any reasonable force to liberate himself or herself or another person from detention in a building entered for the purpose...
• 901.21 - Search Of Person Arrested.
  (1) When a lawful arrest is effected, a peace officer may search the person arrested and the area within the person’s immediate presence for the purpose...
• 901.211 - Strip Searches Of Persons Arrested; Body Cavity Search.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “strip search” means having an arrested person remove or arrange some or all of his or her clothing...
• 901.215 - Search Of Person Arrested For Identifying Device Indicating A Medical Disability.
  Every law enforcement officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other arresting officer shall, when arresting any person who appears to be inebriated, intoxicated, or not in...
• 901.22 - Arrest After Escape Or Rescue.
  If a person lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody she or he escapes or was rescued or any other officer...
• 901.24 - Right Of Person Arrested To Consult Attorney.
  A person arrested shall be allowed to consult with any attorney entitled to practice in this state, alone and in private at the place of...
• 901.245 - Interpreter Services For Deaf Persons.
  In the event that a person who is deaf is arrested and taken into custody for an alleged violation of a criminal law of this...
• 901.25 - Fresh Pursuit; Arrest Outside Jurisdiction.
  (1) The term “fresh pursuit” as used in this act shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law and also the pursuit of a...
• 901.252 - Authority To Patrol Municipally Owned Or Leased Property And Facilities Outside Municipal Limits; Taking Into Custody Outside Territorial Jurisdiction.
  (1) A duly constituted law enforcement officer employed by a municipality may patrol property and facilities which are owned or leased by the municipality but are...
• 901.26 - Arrest And Detention Of Foreign Nationals.
  Failure to provide consular notification under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations or other bilateral consular conventions shall not be a defense in any criminal...
• 901.28 - Notice To Appear For Misdemeanors Or Violations Of Municipal Or County Ordinances; Effect On Authority To Conduct Search.
  The issuance of a notice to appear shall not be construed to affect a law enforcement officer’s authority to conduct an otherwise lawful search, as...
• 901.29 - Authorization To Take Person To Medical Facility.
  Even though a notice to appear is issued, a law enforcement officer shall be authorized to take a person to a medical facility for such...
• 901.31 - Failure To Obey Written Promise To Appear.
  Any person who willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required by a written notice to appear shall be fined not...
• 901.35 - Financial Responsibility For Medical Expenses.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the responsibility for paying the expenses of medical care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation for any person ill, wounded, or...
• 901.36 - Prohibition Against Giving False Name Or False Identification By Person Arrested Or Lawfully Detained; Penalties; Court Orders.
  (1) It is unlawful for a person who has been arrested or lawfully detained by a law enforcement officer to give a false name, or otherwise...

Last modified: September 23, 2016