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Fla. Stat. § 933.10 (2025)

Execution of search warrant during day or night.

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933.10 Execution of search warrant during day or night.A search warrant issued under this chapter may, if expressly authorized in such warrant by the judge, be executed by being served either in the daytime or in the nighttime, as the exigencies of the occasion may demand or require.
History.s. 10, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 8512; s. 38, ch. 2004-11.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1975–1998 · leading case: State v. Jacobs, 437 So. 2d 166 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983).
State v. Jacobs, 437 So. 2d 166 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). · cites it 2× “" This language follows the provisions of section 933.10, Florida Statutes (1981): Execution of search warrant during day or night A search warrant issued under the provisions of this chapter may, if expressly authorized in such warrant by the judge or magistrate issuing the…”
Braham v. State, 724 So. 2d 592 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). “09 and F.S. 933.10. We agree with the trial court that this was not a "no-knock" search, that given the totality of the circumstances the officers were justified in concluding that they were being denied admittance, and that the evidence that was discovered following the…”
State v. Nelson, 347 So. 2d 749 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977). “Section 933.10 F.S. specifically provides that the issuing magistrate may authorize a night-time search “as the exigencies of the occasion may demand or require.”
State v. Collins, 317 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975). “Section 933.10 F.S. specifically provides that the issuing magistrate may authorize a night-time search "as the exigencies of the occasion *848 may demand or require.”
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