Chapter 933 — Chapter 933
32 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 933.01 Persons competent to issue search warrant
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A search warrant authorized by law may be issued by any judge, including the committing judge of the trial court having jurisdiction where the place, vehicle, or thing to be searched may be.
Fla. Stat. § 933.02 Grounds for issuance of search warrant
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Upon proper affidavits being made, a search warrant may be issued under the provisions of this chapter upon any of the following grounds:(1) When the property shall have been stolen or embezzled in violation of law;(2) When any property shall have been used:(a) As a means to comm…
Fla. Stat. § 933.03 Destruction of obscene prints and literature
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All obscene prints and literature, or other things mentioned in s. 847.011 found by an officer in executing a search warrant, or produced or brought into court, shall be safely kept so long as is necessary for the purpose of being used as evidence in any case, and as soon as may …
Fla. Stat. § 933.04 Affidavits
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable seizures and searches shall not be violated and no search warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation particularly describing the place …
Fla. Stat. § 933.05 Issuance in blank prohibited
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A search warrant cannot be issued except upon probable cause supported by affidavit or affidavits, naming or describing the person, place, or thing to be searched and particularly describing the property or thing to be seized; no search warrant shall be issued in blank, and any s…
Fla. Stat. § 933.06 Sworn application required before issuance
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The judge must, before issuing the warrant, have the application of some person for said warrant duly sworn to and subscribed, and may receive further testimony from witnesses or supporting affidavits, or depositions in writing, to support the application. The affidavit and furth…
Fla. Stat. § 933.07 Issuance of search warrants
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(1) The judge, upon examination of the application and proofs submitted, if satisfied that probable cause exists for the issuing of the search warrant, shall thereupon issue a search warrant signed by him or her with his or her name of office, to any sheriff and the sheriff’s dep…
Fla. Stat. § 933.08 Search warrants to be served by officers mentioned therein
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The search warrant shall in all cases be served by any of the officers mentioned in its direction, but by no other person except in aid of the officer requiring it, said officer being present and acting in its execution.
Fla. Stat. § 933.09 Officer may break open door, etc., to execute warrant
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The officer may break open any outer door, inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house or anything therein, to execute the warrant, if after due notice of the officer’s authority and purpose he or she is refused admittance to said house or access to anything therein.
Fla. Stat. § 933.10 Execution of search warrant during day or night
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A search warrant issued under this chapter may, if expressly authorized in such warrant by the judge, be executed by being served either in the daytime or in the nighttime, as the exigencies of the occasion may demand or require.
Fla. Stat. § 933.101 Service on Sunday
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A search warrant may be executed by being served on Sunday, if expressly authorized in such warrant by the judge.
Fla. Stat. § 933.11 Duplicate to be delivered when warrant served
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All search warrants shall be issued in duplicate. The duplicate shall be delivered to the officer with the original warrant, and when the officer serves the warrant, he or she shall deliver a copy to the person named in the warrant, or in his or her absence to some person in char…
Fla. Stat. § 933.12 Return and inventory
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Upon the return of the warrant the officer shall attach thereto or thereon a true inventory of the property taken under the warrant, and at the foot of the inventory shall verify the same by affidavit taken before some officer authorized to administer oaths, or before the issuing…
Fla. Stat. § 933.13 Copy of inventory shall be delivered upon request
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The judge to whom the warrant is returned, upon the request of any claimant or any person from whom said property is taken, or the officer who executed the search warrant, shall deliver to said applicant a true copy of the inventory of the property mentioned in the return on said…
Fla. Stat. § 933.14 Return of property taken under search warrant
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(1) If it appears to the judge before whom the warrant is returned that the property or papers taken are not the same as that described in the warrant, or that there is no probable cause for believing the existence of the grounds upon which the warrant was issued, or if it appear…
Fla. Stat. § 933.15 Obstruction of service or execution of search warrant; penalty
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Whoever shall knowingly and willfully obstruct, resist, or oppose any officer or person aiding such officer, in serving or attempting to serve or execute any search warrant, or shall assault, beat or wound any person or officer, or his or her deputies or assistants, knowing him o…
Fla. Stat. § 933.16 Maliciously procuring search warrant to be issued; penalty
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Any person who maliciously and without probable cause procures a search warrant to be issued and executed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 933.17 Exceeding authority in executing search warrant; penalty
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Any officer who in executing a search warrant willfully exceeds his or her authority or exercises it with unnecessary severity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 933.18 When warrant may be issued for search of private dwelling
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No search warrant shall issue under this chapter or under any other law of this state to search any private dwelling occupied as such unless:(1) It is being used for the unlawful sale, possession, or manufacture of intoxicating liquor;(2) Stolen or embezzled property is contained…
Fla. Stat. § 933.19 Searches and seizures of vehicles carrying contraband or illegal intoxicating liquors or merchandise
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(1) The provisions of the opinion rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1925, in that certain cause wherein George Carroll and John Kiro were plaintiffs in error and the United States was defendant in error, reported in 267 United States Reports, beginnin…
Fla. Stat. § 933.20 “Inspection warrant”; definition
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As used in ss. 933.20-933.30, “inspection warrant” means an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a person competent to issue search warrants pursuant to s. 933.01, and directed to a state or local official, commanding him or her to conduct an inspection required…
Fla. Stat. § 933.21 Requirements for issuance of inspection warrant
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An inspection warrant shall be issued only upon cause, supported by affidavit, particularly describing the place, dwelling, structure, or premises to be inspected and the purpose for which the inspection is to be made. In addition, the affidavit shall contain a statement that con…
Fla. Stat. § 933.22 When cause deemed to exist
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Cause shall be deemed to exist if reasonable legislative or administrative standards for conducting a routine or area inspection are satisfied with respect to the particular place, dwelling, structure, or premises or if there is reason to believe that a condition of nonconformity…
Fla. Stat. § 933.23 Examination of applicant for inspection warrant
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Before issuing an inspection warrant, the judge shall examine on oath the applicant and any other witness and shall satisfy himself or herself of the existence of grounds for granting such application.
Fla. Stat. § 933.24 Issuance of inspection warrant; contents
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If the judge is satisfied that cause for the inspection exists, he or she may issue the warrant particularly describing the place, dwelling, structure, or premises to be inspected and designating on the warrant the purpose and limitations of the inspection, including the limitati…
Fla. Stat. § 933.25 Duration of inspection warrant
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An inspection warrant shall be effective for the time specified therein, but not for a period of more than 14 days unless it is extended or renewed by the judge who signed and issued the original warrant upon satisfying himself or herself that such extension or renewal is in the …
Fla. Stat. § 933.26 Conduct of inspection; notice
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An inspection pursuant to a warrant shall not be made between 6 p.m. of any day and 8 a.m. of the succeeding day; on Saturday, Sunday, or any legal holiday; or in the absence of an owner or occupant over the age of 18 years of the particular place, dwelling, structure, or premise…
Fla. Stat. § 933.27 Refusal to permit authorized inspection; penalty
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Any person who willfully refuses to permit an inspection authorized by a warrant issued pursuant to this act is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 933.28 Maliciously causing issuance of inspection warrant; penalty
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Any person who maliciously, or with knowledge that cause to issue an inspection warrant does not exist, causes the issuance of an inspection warrant by executing a supporting affidavit or by directing or requesting another to execute a supporting affidavit, or who maliciously cau…
Fla. Stat. § 933.29 Powers of state agency not restricted
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Nothing contained herein shall be construed to restrict the powers granted by general law to an agency of the state, or to a unit of local government acting on behalf of such agency pursuant to a contract with the agency, to conduct inspections with or without warrant as authoriz…
Fla. Stat. § 933.30 Inspector; restrictions on giving information, testifying, etc
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A person performing an inspection pursuant to the authority of this act shall not give information as a confidential informer, testify as a witness, or execute an affidavit as a predicate for the issuance of a criminal search warrant or for probable cause to search any dwelling o…
Fla. Stat. § 933.40 Agriculture warrants
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(1) As used in this section:(a) “Agriculture warrant” means an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a person competent to issue search warrants pursuant to s. 933.01, authorizing department employees to exercise any duty or power granted by chapter 581 or chapte…