Any officer who in executing a search warrant willfully exceeds his or her authority or exercises it with unnecessary severity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 933.17
Exceeding authority in executing search warrant; penalty
History.--s. 17, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 7519; s. 1162, ch. 71-136; s. 1575, ch. 97-102.
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