The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in the preceding section; and thereafter his or her answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.
Fla. Stat. § 941.14
Arrest without a warrant
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Law
The act spans §§ 941.01 to 941.57 (49 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 443 So. 2d 363 - Murphy v. Boehm (1983)
Most recently applied in 448 F. App'x 917 - Signature Pharmacy, Inc. v. P. Soares (November 2011)
History.--s. 14, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 1605, ch. 97-102; s. 45, ch. 2004-11.
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Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.