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Florida Statute 933.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 933.15 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 933.15 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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

Cases Citing F.S. 933.15

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·Laterza v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 221 F. Supp. 3d 1347 (S.D. Fla. 2016).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2016 WL 6459829, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151306

...Chase Cannot Be Held Liable for Complying with the Search Warrant As a threshold matter, the Court finds that Chase cannot be held liable for complying with the Search Warrant. Florida law specifically requires compliance *1351 with search warrants. See § 933.15, Fla....
...isclosure of [Plaintiffs’] account information and balances.” DE 1-1 at ¶ 70. The Court finds that as a matter of law, Chase did not wrongfully disclose Plaintiffs’ account information and balances when responding to the Search ' Warrant. See § 933.15, Fla. Stat.; § 933.27, Fla. Stat. Contrary to Plaintiffs’ assertions of improper conduct, Florida law required Chase to disclose Plaintiffs’ account information to the Task Force. See § 933.15, Fla....
...bank account). Indeed, as discussed above, Chase complied with Florida statutes requiring it to disclose Plaintiffs’ account information to the Task Force upon receiving the Search Warrant, and therefore Chase did not commit any crime. See, e.g., § 933.15, Fla....
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