HB 1083 2022
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to citizen arrests; creating s. 2
901.001, F.S.; abrogating the common law and 3
prohibiting citizen arrests; providing an exception 4
for law enforcement officers acting outside of their 5
jurisdictions; providing an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Section 901.001, Florida Statutes, is created 10
to read: 11
901.001 Citizen's arrest. — 12
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to abrogate any 13
common law remedy of citizen's arrest. A private person who is 14
not a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), may 15
not arrest another person for a violation of the laws of the 16
state. 17
(2) This section does not apply to a person who is a law 18
enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), who is acting 19
outside of his or her jurisdiction. Such an officer may arrest a 20
person who commits a felony in his or her presence or arrest a 21
person when a felony has been committed and when the arresting 22
officer has probable cause to believe, and does believe, that 23
the person arrested committed the felony. 24
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 25