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| 10 | 10 | | 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 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to citizen's arrest; creating s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 901.001, F.S.; abrogating the common law and 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | prohibiting citizen's arrests; providing exceptions; 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | providing an effective date. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 1. Section 901.001, Florida Statutes, is created 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | to read: 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 901.001 Citizen's arrest. — 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to abrogate any 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | common-law remedy of citizen's arrest. A private person who is 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | not a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), may 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | not arrest another person for a violation of the laws of the 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | state. 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) This section does not apply to: 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) A person who is a law enforcement off icer, as defined 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | in s. 943.10(1), who is acting outside of his or her 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | jurisdiction. Such an officer may arrest a person who commits a 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | felony in his or her presence or arrest a person when a felony 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | has been committed and when the arresting officer has proba ble 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | cause to believe, and does believe, that the person arrested 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | committed the felony. 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) A person who detains, without use of deadly force, a 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | person who has illegally entered his or her dwelling, vehicle, 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or vessel until the arrival of a law enforcemen t officer. 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 28 |
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