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