Florida Statute 27.251 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 27.251

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 27.251.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 27.251

Total Results: 8

NATIONAL HEALTHCORP v. Close

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-01-17

Citation: 787 So. 2d 22, 2001 WL 37858

Snippet: trial court. See Laursen v. Filardo, 468 So.2d *27 251 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985). By ruling that the legislature

Kelly v. Gill

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-06-15

Citation: 544 So. 2d 1162, 1989 WL 63381

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1988-04-28

Snippet: investigators employed by the State Attorney pursuant to s. 27.251, F.S., enjoy? 2. What is the State Attorney's

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-09-22

Snippet: as investigators for the state attorney. See s. 27.251, F.S. (1978 Supp.). The district court's opinion

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1983-12-07

Snippet: See, s 27.181, F.S., and compare, s 27.255 and 27.251, F.S., relating to the state attorneys' investigators

State v. Hills

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-03-09

Citation: 428 So. 2d 715

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

Vinales v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-02-19

Citation: 394 So. 2d 993

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

Vinales v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-08-07

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

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