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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 856
DRUNKENNESS; OPEN HOUSE PARTIES; LOITERING; PROWLING; DESERTION
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F.S. 856.031
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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 856.031
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 856.031.



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Cases Citing Statute 856.031

Total Results: 7

LU JING v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-04-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: arrest pursuant to section 856.031’s plain and unambiguous text. See § 856.031, Fla. Stat. (2019); see also…So. 2d at 679 (quoting § 856.031). As was true in Cortez, section 856.031 authorized the “roadside…on the private property of Mar-a- Lago. Section 856.031, Florida Statutes, provides for the warrantless…suspected loiterer or prowler to escape arrest. § 856.031, Fla. Stat. (2019) (emphasis added). In J.…loitering or prowling is “authorized by section 856.031” in those circumstances where the defendant “would

J.M.C. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-05-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 956 So. 2d 1235, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 7968, 2007 WL 1485768

Snippet: arrest. § 856.031, Fla. Stat. (2005). The warrant-less arrest was authorized by section 856.031 because …probable cause to arrest appellant. Further, section 856.031, Florida Statutes, provides: Any sheriff, police

Cortez v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1999-04-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 731 So. 2d 1267, 24 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 156, 1999 Fla. LEXIS 508, 1999 WL 176053

Snippet: in this case. The court below held that section 856.031, Florida Statutes (1997) authorizes the warrantless…cases alleged to be in conflict address section 856.031 and its effect on warrant-less arrests for the …case which has addressed the effect of section 856.031 on warrantless arrests for loitering and prowling

State v. Cortez

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-01-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 705 So. 2d 676

Snippet: cite or discuss section 856.031, Florida Statutes, which states: *679 856.031 Arrest without warrant.…The warrantless arrest was authorized by section 856.031.[4] Defendants argue that in State v. Ecker, 311…the decided cases so frequently overlook section 856.031, the legislature should, at the least, cross reference

Board of Commissioners of Sarasota County v. Gustafson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-04-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 616 So. 2d 1165, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 4238

Snippet: Bullock v. Carter, 405 U.S. 134, 144, 92 S.Ct. 849, 856, 31 L.Ed.2d 92, 100 (1972). No. 92-02073

State Ex Rel. Citizens Proposition for Tax Relief v. Firestone

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1980-07-25T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 386 So. 2d 561

Snippet: Bullock v. Carter, 405 U.S. 134, 145, 92 S.Ct. 849, 856, 31 L.Ed.2d 92 (1972); Jenness v. Fortson, 403 U.S.

Spears v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-11-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 302 So. 2d 805, 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 8496

Snippet: . before making the warrantless arrest under § 856.031 F.S. If he had not believed Spears’ story, he could