Title: Searches by Law Enforcement Officers

Summary: Prohibits law enforcement officer from searching person or property without first informing person of right to decline search request; provides exceptions.

Full Text:
An act relating to searches by law enforcement officers; creating s. 933.50, F.S.; prohibiting a law enforcement officer in this state from searching a person or his or her property without first informing the person of his or her lawful right to decline the search request by the law enforcement officer; providing exceptions; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 933.50, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 933.50 Prohibited searches of persons or property without disclosure.-A law enforcement officer in this state may not search a person or his or her property without first informing the person of his or her lawful right to decline the search request by the law enforcement officer, unless the law enforcement officer is carrying out a valid search warrant or the search is based upon another legally sufficient justification. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.