Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 933.15 (2025)

Obstruction of service or execution of search warrant; penalty.

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933.15 Obstruction of service or execution of search warrant; penalty.—Whoever shall knowingly and willfully obstruct, resist, or oppose any officer or person aiding such officer, in serving or attempting to serve or execute any search warrant, or shall assault, beat or wound any person or officer, or his or her deputies or assistants, knowing him or her to be such an officer or person so authorized, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 15, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 7534; s. 1160, ch. 71-136; s. 1574, ch. 97-102.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 933.15

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§933.15OBSTRUCT POLICEOBSTRUCT OFFICER EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANTM · 1st

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2016–2018 · leading case: Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard, 195 L. Ed. 2d 560 (2016).

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Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard, 195 L. Ed. 2d 560 (2016). “If, on the other hand, such warrantless searches comport with the Fourth Amendment, it follows that a State may criminalize the refusal to comply with a demand to submit to the required testing, just as a State may make it a crime for a person to obstruct the execution of a…”

Laterza v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 221 F. Supp. 3d 1347 (S.D. Fla. 2016). · cites it 8× “”); § 933.27, Fla. Stat. (2011) (providing that it is a second degree misdemeanor for anyone “who willfully refuses to permit an inspection authorized by a warrant issued .”

State v. Wilson, 413 P.3d 363 (Haw. App. 2018). “If, on the other hand, such warrantless searches comport with the Fourth Amendment, it follows that a State may criminalize the refusal to comply with a demand, to submit to the required testing, just as a State may make it a crime for a person to obstruct the execution of a…”

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