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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 901
ARRESTS AND TEMPORARY DETENTIONS
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F.S. 901.18
901.18 Officer may summon assistance.A peace officer making a lawful arrest may command the aid of persons she or he deems necessary to make the arrest. A person commanded to aid shall render assistance as directed by the officer. A person commanded to aid a peace officer shall have the same authority to arrest as that peace officer and shall not be civilly liable for any reasonable conduct in rendering assistance to that officer.
History.s. 18, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(18); s. 7, ch. 70-339; s. 1462, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 901.18


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 901.18
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 901.18.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 901.18

Total Results: 20

State v. Boatman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-04-13

Citation: 901 So. 2d 222, 2005 WL 839998

Snippet: the rule is related to the provision in section 901.18, Florida Statutes (2003), which permits an officer

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2001-08-02

Snippet: home or assisted living] facility." 16 Section 409.901(18), Fla. Stat., defines a "Medicaid recipient" or

Huebner v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-03-17

Citation: 731 So. 2d 40, 1999 WL 140550

Snippet: IS AN OFFICER FOR PURPOSES OF FLORIDA STATUTES 901.18, 901.25(2) AND THE "FELLOW OFFICER" DOCTRINE. II

Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Leonard

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-09-11

Citation: 718 So. 2d 314, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 11542, 1998 WL 601333

Snippet: Mahoy, 575 So.2d 779 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). Section 901.18 authorizes an officer to elicit assistance from

Riehle v. State, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-04-26

Citation: 684 So. 2d 823, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 4282, 1996 WL 199589

Snippet: circuit court’s order erroneously interprets section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1993), thus improperly sustaining

State v. Ostrow

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-05-07

Citation: 579 So. 2d 292, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 4074, 1991 WL 72064

Snippet: arrest in question was in fact validly effected. § 901.18, Fla.Stat. (1989); State v. Eldridge, 565 So.2d

State v. Mahoy

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-03-07

Citation: 575 So. 2d 779, 1991 WL 27507

Snippet: [3] § 316.193, Fla. Stat. (1989). [4] Section 901.18 provides that a police officer making a lawful

State v. Eldridge

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-07-20

Citation: 565 So. 2d 787, 1990 WL 100750

Snippet: unlawful. The state, however, argues that section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1987), authorized Deputy Burton

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-09-15

Snippet: believe, the person arrested to be guilty.) Cf., ss. 901.18 and 901.25, F.S., which specifically authorize

McClendon v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-11-09

Citation: 440 So. 2d 52, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 24066

Snippet: suppress should be upheld on the authority of Section 901.18, which provides: A peace officer making a lawful

State v. Cantrell

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-01-19

Citation: 426 So. 2d 1035

Snippet: be deemed to stand in their shoes. See, Section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1979) ("A peace officer making

State v. Phoenix

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-11-10

Citation: 428 So. 2d 262

Snippet: [1] Another important exception is embodied in § 901.18, Fla. Stat. (1979). Pursuant to this section, persons

Clinton v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-10-13

Citation: 421 So. 2d 186

Snippet: to assist in an arrest, and therefore, section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1981), is not applicable. Additionally

Torres v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-05-04

Citation: 413 So. 2d 436, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20009

Snippet: burglary of a dwelling and grand theft are affirmed. § 901.18, Fla.Stat. (1979); Goodman v. State, 399 So.2d

Goodman v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-06-24

Citation: 399 So. 2d 1120

Snippet: geographically, to that arrest. By virtue of Section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1979), Ortenzo had, under these

State v. Steffani

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-05-12

Citation: 398 So. 2d 475

Snippet: deemed to stand in their shoes.[7] See, Section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1979) ("A peace officer making

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1977-03-29

Snippet: deputy sheriff, has the authority, pursuant to s. 901.18, F. S., to assist the summoning officer in effecting

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1975-07-09

Snippet: officer requesting assistance as authorized by s. 901.18, F.S., to be at the scene prior to making said

Kirby v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1969-01-14

Citation: 217 So. 2d 619

Snippet: would have to be derived from F.S. 1967, Section 901.18, F.S.A., as an officer summoned to aid Deputy Bowling

State Ex Rel. Lane Drug Stores, Inc. v. Simpson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1936-02-25

Citation: 166 So. 262, 122 Fla. 670

Snippet: Columbian Exposition,93 Ky. 537, 20 S.W. Rep. 901, 18 L.R.A. 556; Cohen v. Kingsley,5 Idaho 416, 49 Pac