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Fla. Stat. § 354.02 (2025)

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354.02 Powers.Throughout every county in which the common carrier for which he or she is employed does business, operates, or owns property, a special officer may arrest a person who has violated any law on such carrier’s property, whether the arrest occurs on or off such carrier’s property, under the same conditions under which a deputy sheriff may by law make arrests, and may carry weapons for the reasonable purpose of his or her office.
History.s. 2, ch. 8539, 1921; CGL 6654; s. 5, ch. 80-289; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 13, 15, ch. 82-90; ss. 7, 8, ch. 92-192; s. 541, ch. 95-148; s. 146, ch. 99-13; s. 19, ch. 2023-197.

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