Florida Statute 27.251 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.251

27.251 Special investigators.—The state attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ any municipal or county police officer or sheriff’s deputy as an investigator for the state attorney’s office with full powers of arrest throughout the judicial circuit provided such investigator serves on a special task force to investigate matters involving criminal activity the detection of which might benefit from a special task force and provided further that the salary of such municipal or county police officer or sheriff’s deputy shall be paid by the city, county, or sheriff by which the investigator is principally employed, and with the consent of the county, sheriff, or municipality. The arrest powers granted in this section may be exercised only in the furtherance of the conduct of the business of the special task force to which such municipal or county police officer or sheriff’s deputy is assigned by the state attorney.

History.—ss. 1, 4, ch. 78-227; s. 130, ch. 95-147; s. 6, ch. 95-196; s. 1, ch. 2010-119.

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Cases Citing Statute 27.251

Total Results: 5

Kelly v. Gill

544 So. 2d 1162, 1989 WL 63381

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 15, 1989 | Docket: 1286150

Cited 13 times | Published

investigator "appointed" pursuant to the provisions of section 27.251 (i.e., sheriff's deputy on fulltime basis as

Vinales v. State

394 So. 2d 993

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 19, 1981 | Docket: 1692158

Cited 9 times | Published

instance, the legislature, by the enactment of Section 27.251, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1978), has chosen

State v. Hills

428 So. 2d 715

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 9, 1983 | Docket: 1374557

Cited 2 times | Published

their jurisdiction to execute the warrant. Section 27.251, Florida Statutes (1981) provides: (1) The

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 28, 1988 | Docket: 3257833

Published

Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General (gh) 1 Section 27.251(1), F.S. And see, s. 27.255, F.S., which further

Vinales v. State

374 So. 2d 570, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15702

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 1979 | Docket: 64571680

Published

instance, the legislature, by the enactment of Section 27.251, Florida Statutes (Supp.1978), has chosen specifically