Florida Statute 933.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 933
SEARCH AND INSPECTION WARRANTS

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F.S. 933.08

933.08 Search warrants to be served by officers mentioned therein.—The search warrant shall in all cases be served by any of the officers mentioned in its direction, but by no other person except in aid of the officer requiring it, said officer being present and acting in its execution.

History.—s. 8, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 8510.

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Total Results: 16

United States v. Clem Rence Gilbert

942 F.2d 1537, 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 22307, 1991 WL 172949

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 25, 1991 | Docket: 555491

Cited 24 times | Published

present and acting in its execution. Fla.Stat.Ann. § 933.08 (West 1985). Here, the state court judge directed

Sharon v. State

156 So. 2d 677

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 23, 1963 | Docket: 446207

Cited 23 times | Published

Metropolitan Sheriff of Dade County, in violation of § 933.08, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., which reads as follows: "The

Vargas v. State

640 So. 2d 1139, 1994 WL 231360

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 1, 1994 | Docket: 1371164

Cited 17 times | Published

jurisdiction when he did so, and thus in violation of section 933.08, Florida Statutes.[2] There were two search

Carter v. State

199 So. 2d 324

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 17, 1967 | Docket: 543300

Cited 16 times | Published

the search warrant" before it is issued. F.S. Section 933.08 F.S.A. limits the service of such search warrants

Hesselrode v. State

369 So. 2d 348

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 14, 1979 | Docket: 470717

Cited 11 times | Published

members of the Longboat Key Police Department. Section 933.08, Florida Statutes, (1977) reads: "The search

State v. Vargas

667 So. 2d 175, 1995 WL 735925

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 14, 1995 | Docket: 454532

Cited 10 times | Published

in Florida is governed in relevant part by section 933.08 of the Florida Statutes, which reads: The search

Morris v. State

622 So. 2d 67, 1993 WL 267375

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 1993 | Docket: 1529065

Cited 10 times | Published

other lawful process. As to search warrants, section 933.08, Florida Statutes (1991) provides: Search warrants

Nofs v. State

295 So. 2d 308

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 5, 1974 | Docket: 1762258

Cited 7 times | Published

authorized to execute it in violation of F.S. § 933.08 F.S.A. The warrant was directed to "the Sheriff

STATE OF FLORIDA v. LEWIS STOUFFER, CLARK JEFFREY THOMPSON and CRAIG TURTURO

248 So. 3d 1165

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 23, 2018 | Docket: 6862849

Cited 2 times | Published

jurisdiction of the offense. Additionally, section 933.08, Florida Statutes, states: “The search warrant

State v. Moreno-Gonzalez

18 So. 3d 1180, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 14603, 2009 WL 3100937

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 2009 | Docket: 1640470

Cited 2 times | Published

officer not named in the warrant, in violation of section 933.08, Florida Statutes).2 The strict construction

State v. Griffis

502 So. 2d 1356, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 628, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 6992

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 26, 1987 | Docket: 64625280

Cited 2 times | Published

is difficult to understand why it did not. See § 933.08; Hesselrode v. State, 369 So.2d 348 (Fla. 2d DCA

State v. Hill

980 So. 2d 1181, 2008 WL 1734144

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 16, 2008 | Docket: 1736266

Published

Morris v. State, 622 So.2d 67 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); § 933.08, Fla. Stat. (2005). Detectives Bradford and Williams

Romero v. State

641 So. 2d 455, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 8027, 1994 WL 419580

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 12, 1994 | Docket: 64750395

Published

contending that the search was invalid under section 933.08, Florida Statutes (1991), because the sheriff

Riley v. State

448 So. 2d 1029, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 18984

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 29, 1983 | Docket: 64604287

Published

copy to the person named in the warrant,” and section 933.08, that the warrant “shall in all cases be served

Stewart v. State

389 So. 2d 1231, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 17620

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 12, 1980 | Docket: 64578729

Published

should have granted the motion to suppress. Section 933.08, Florida Statutes (1979), requires that one

State v. Dotson

349 So. 2d 770, 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16570

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 30, 1977 | Docket: 64560072

Published

State, 295 So.2d 308 (Fla. 2d D.C.A. 1974); Section 933.08, Florida Statutes (1975). There was also some