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933.18 - When Warrant May Be Issued for Search of Private Dwelling.

FL Stat § 933.18 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) It is being used for the unlawful sale, possession, or manufacture of intoxicating liquor;

(2) Stolen or embezzled property is contained therein;

(3) It is being used to carry on gambling;

(4) It is being used to perpetrate frauds and swindles;

(5) The law relating to narcotics or drug abuse is being violated therein;

(6) A weapon, instrumentality, or means by which a felony has been committed, or evidence relevant to proving said felony has been committed, is contained therein;

(7) One or more of the following child abuse offenses is being committed there:

(a) Interference with custody, in violation of s. 787.03.

(b) Commission of an unnatural and lascivious act with a child, in violation of s. 800.02.

(c) Exposure of sexual organs to a child, in violation of s. 800.03.

(8) It is in part used for some business purpose such as a store, shop, saloon, restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse;

(9) It is being used for the unlawful sale, possession, or purchase of wildlife, saltwater products, or freshwater fish being unlawfully kept therein;

(10) The laws in relation to cruelty to animals, as provided in chapter 828, have been or are being violated therein; or

(11) An instrumentality or means by which sexual cyberharassment has been committed in violation of s. 784.049, or evidence relevant to proving that sexual cyberharassment has been committed in violation of s. 784.049, is contained therein.

If, during a search pursuant to a warrant issued under this section, a child is discovered and appears to be in imminent danger, the law enforcement officer conducting such search may remove the child from the private dwelling and take the child into protective custody pursuant to chapter 39. The term “private dwelling” shall be construed to include the room or rooms used and occupied, not transiently but solely as a residence, in an apartment house, hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse. No warrant shall be issued for the search of any private dwelling under any of the conditions hereinabove mentioned except on sworn proof by affidavit of some creditable witness that he or she has reason to believe that one of said conditions exists, which affidavit shall set forth the facts on which such reason for belief is based.

History.—s. 19, ch. 9321, 1923; s. 2, ch. 10273, 1925; CGL 8518; s. 1, ch. 57-418; s. 1, ch. 67-348; s. 1, ch. 69-18; s. 1, ch. 74-318; s. 1, ch. 78-126; s. 1, ch. 78-345; s. 1, ch. 86-93; s. 1, ch. 88-298; s. 59, ch. 88-381; s. 4, ch. 93-4; s. 1576, ch. 97-102; s. 161, ch. 98-403; s. 3, ch. 2003-188; s. 3, ch. 2006-114; s. 28, ch. 2010-117; s. 3, ch. 2015-24; s. 4, ch. 2019-53.

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933.18 - When Warrant May Be Issued for Search of Private Dwelling.