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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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-04-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 901 So. 2d 222

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

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-08-02T00:53:00-07:00

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

Huebner v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-03-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 731 So. 2d 40

Snippet: IS AN OFFICER FOR PURPOSES OF FLORIDA STATUTES 901.18, 901.25(2) AND THE "FELLOW OFFICER" DOCTRINE…officer did not preclude him from relying on section 901.18 and the "fellow officer" doctrine to …certified questions in the affirmative. Section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1997), authorizes a "peace…another person in making an arrest under section 901.18 and to make an arrest, outside his jurisdiction…Statutes (1997). We note, however, that section 901.18, Florida Statutes, which pertains to the authority

Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Leonard

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-09-11T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-04-26T00:00:00-07:00

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…Rayburn, and secondly by the sergeant under section 901.18. The circuit court did not find the need to pass…arrest Riehle based upon its construction of section 901.18, which reads: A peace officer making a lawful arrest…justification for the arrest on *825the basis of section 901.18 we believe would require it. The circuit court …arrest. In order to justify reliance on section 901.18 to legitimize Sergeant Moran’s arrest, the circuit

State v. Ostrow

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-05-07T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-03-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 575 So. 2d 779

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

State v. Eldridge

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-07-20T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 565 So. 2d 787

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

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1989-09-15T00:53:00-07:00

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

McClendon v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-01-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 426 So. 2d 1035

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

State v. Phoenix

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-11-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 428 So. 2d 262

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

Clinton v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-10-13T00:53:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-05-04T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-06-24T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-05-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 398 So. 2d 475

Snippet: deemed to stand in their shoes.[7] See, Section 901.18, Florida Statutes (1979) ("A peace officer…, having been summoned under F.S. 1967, Section 901.18, F.S.A., had the right to do whatever the summoning

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1977-03-28T23:53:00-08:00

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: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-07-09T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the scene. AS TO QUESTION 1: Section 901.18, F.S., provides: 901.18 Officer may summon assistance. &…officer requesting assistance as authorized by s. 901.18, F.S., to be at the scene prior to making said …assistance by a deputy sheriff as authorized by ss. 901.18 and30.09(4)(f), F.S., even though the officer requesting…request from a highway patrolman as authorized by s.901.18, supra, has the authority to assist that officer… exception to this opinion could arise under s. 901.18, F.S., which provides that any officer making a

Kirby v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1969-01-13T23:53:00-08:00

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…, having been summoned under F.S. 1967, Section 901.18, F.S.A., had the right to do whatever the summoning

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

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1936-02-25T00:00:00-08:00

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