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2022 Florida Statutes
Title XLVI - Crimes
Chapter 856 - Drunkenness; Open House Parties; Loitering; Prowling; Desertion
856.031 - Arrest Without Warrant.
Universal Citation: FL Stat § 856.031 (2022)
856.031 Arrest without warrant.—Any sheriff, police officer, or other law enforcement officer may arrest any suspected loiterer or prowler without a warrant in case delay in procuring one would probably enable such suspected loiterer or prowler to escape arrest.
History.—s. 2, ch. 72-133; s. 34, ch. 73-334; s. 1385, ch. 97-102.