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Fla. Stat. § 933.04 (2025)

Affidavits.

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933.04 Affidavits.The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable seizures and searches shall not be violated and no search warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation particularly describing the place to be searched and the person and thing to be seized.
History.s. 2, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 8504.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30 cases, 1947–2020 · leading case: Collins v. State, 465 So. 2d 1266 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985).
Collins v. State, 465 So. 2d 1266 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985). · cites it 4× “Section 933.04, Florida Statutes (1983), [1] requires that no search warrant shall issue unless upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation.”
Bunkley v. State, 882 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 2004). · cites it 2× “") (emphasis added); § 933.04, Fla. Stat. (2001) ("[N]o search warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause.”
State v. Klayman, 835 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 2002). · cites it 2× “.. by a minor ... and where the adult fails to take reasonable steps to prevent the possession or consumption of the alcoholic beverage or drug.”
Bunkley v. State, 833 So. 2d 739 (Fla. 2002). · cites it 2× “") (emphasis added); § 933.04, Fla. Stat. (2001) ("[N]o search warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause .”
Vasquez v. State, 491 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). · cites it 2× “Section 933.04, Florida Statutes (1983), provides that "no search warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation particularly describing the place to be searched and the person and thing to be seized.”
Hamelmann v. State, 113 So. 2d 394 (Fla. 1st DCA 1959). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] F.S. § 933.04, F.S.A. [2] F.S. § 933.06, F.”
Chacon v. State, 102 So. 2d 578 (Fla. 1958). · cites it 2× “Among these provisions is Section 933.04, Florida Statutes, requiring an affidavit to support the issuance of a warrant.”
State v. Glass, 657 So. 2d 934 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). · cites it 4× “; § 933.04, Fla. Stat. (1993). The problem with the underlying affidavit in the case at bar is that while it named the suspect and described the laws he was suspected of violating, the premises to be searched, and the facts supporting a finding of probable cause to search, it…”
Imparato v. Spicola, 238 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970). · cites it 2× “And our State Statutes, F.S. § 933.04 F.S.A., provides that "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no search warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause,…”
Dougan v. Bradshaw, 198 So. 3d 878 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). “04, and thus the Administrative Order addressing section 933.04, did not require or permit the Sheriff to retain Appellant’s firearms in response to a safety call'which did not result in a criminal investigation or charges.”
Cano v. State, 884 So. 2d 131 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004). · cites it 2× “This evidence was utilized merely to determine the scope of the search and to conclude that the other evidence supporting the search was not stale. [5] The issue of staleness was decided in a context where the underlying sexual misconduct had been ongoing for many years and the…”
North v. State, 32 So. 2d 915 (Fla. 1947). · cites it 2× “*857 Section 933.04 Florida Statutes, 1941 provides that “no search warrant shall be issued except upon probable 'cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the .”
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