§ 856.031, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 856. DRUNKENNESS; OPEN HOUSE PARTIES; LOITERING; PROWLING; DESERTION
Arrest without warrant.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Any sheriff, police officer, or other law enforcement officer may arrest any suspected loiterer or prowler without a warrant in case delay in procuring one would probably enable such suspected loiterer or prowler to escape arrest.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 72-133; s. 34, ch. 73-334; s. 1385, ch. 97-102.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 2026 Florida Statutes
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0800-0899/0856/0856.html
- Text hash
- sha256 5f0e30921862b776aeffa0e65e6e4b650f6729cbc8a626cd9ca8d807d2696d6a
- Composed by
- compose_v2.py 2026-10-04: the Legislature's structured HTML read in document order; verify_v2.py's independent reading agrees character for character
- composed from the Legislature's structured HTML (one source of text; no PDF extraction); a second, independent reading of the same bytes agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.