Florida Statutes
Chapter 901 - Arrests and Temporary Detentions
901.151 - Stop and Frisk Law.


(1) This section may be known and cited as the “Florida Stop and Frisk Law.”
(2) Whenever any law enforcement officer of this state encounters any person under circumstances which reasonably indicate that such person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a violation of the criminal laws of this state or the criminal ordinances of any municipality or county, the officer may temporarily detain such person for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of the person temporarily detained and the circumstances surrounding the person’s presence abroad which led the officer to believe that the person had committed, was committing, or was about to commit a criminal offense.
(3) No person shall be temporarily detained under the provisions of subsection (2) longer than is reasonably necessary to effect the purposes of that subsection. Such temporary detention shall not extend beyond the place where it was first effected or the immediate vicinity thereof.
(4) If at any time after the onset of the temporary detention authorized by subsection (2), probable cause for arrest of person shall appear, the person shall be arrested. If, after an inquiry into the circumstances which prompted the temporary detention, no probable cause for the arrest of the person shall appear, the person shall be released.
(5) Whenever any law enforcement officer authorized to detain temporarily any person under the provisions of subsection (2) has probable cause to believe that any person whom the officer has temporarily detained, or is about to detain temporarily, is armed with a dangerous weapon and therefore offers a threat to the safety of the officer or any other person, the officer may search such person so temporarily detained only to the extent necessary to disclose, and for the purpose of disclosing, the presence of such weapon. If such a search discloses such a weapon or any evidence of a criminal offense it may be seized.
(6) No evidence seized by a law enforcement officer in any search under this section shall be admissible against any person in any court of this state or political subdivision thereof unless the search which disclosed its existence was authorized by and conducted in compliance with the provisions of subsections (2)-(5).
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-73; s. 1459, ch. 97-102.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections

Chapter 901 - Arrests and Temporary Detentions

901.01 - Judicial Officers Have Committing Authority.

901.02 - Issuance of Arrest Warrants.

901.04 - Direction and Execution of Warrant.

901.07 - Admission to Bail When Arrest Occurs in Another County.

901.08 - Issue of Warrant When Offense Triable in Another County.

901.09 - When Summons Shall Be Issued.

901.10 - How Summons Served.

901.11 - Effect of Not Answering Summons.

901.12 - Summons Against Corporation.

901.14 - Effect of Failure by Corporation to Answer Summons.

901.15 - When Arrest by Officer Without Warrant Is Lawful.

901.1503 - When Notice to Appear by Officer Without Warrant Is Lawful.

901.1505 - Federal Law Enforcement Officers; Powers.

901.151 - Stop and Frisk Law.

901.16 - Method of Arrest by Officer by a Warrant.

901.17 - Method of Arrest by Officer Without Warrant.

901.18 - Officer May Summon Assistance.

901.19 - Right of Officer to Break Into Building.

901.20 - Use of Force to Effect Release of Person Making Arrest Detained in Building.

901.21 - Search of Person Arrested.

901.211 - Strip Searches of Persons Arrested; Body Cavity Search.

901.215 - Search of Person Arrested for Identifying Device Indicating a Medical Disability.

901.22 - Arrest After Escape or Rescue.

901.24 - Right of Person Arrested to Consult Attorney.

901.245 - Interpreter Services for Deaf Persons.

901.25 - Fresh Pursuit; Arrest Outside Jurisdiction.

901.252 - Authority to Patrol Municipally Owned or Leased Property and Facilities Outside Municipal Limits; Taking Into Custody Outside Territorial Jurisdiction.

901.26 - Arrest and Detention of Foreign Nationals.

901.28 - Notice to Appear for Misdemeanors or Violations of Municipal or County Ordinances; Effect on Authority to Conduct Search.

901.29 - Authorization to Take Person to Medical Facility.

901.31 - Failure to Obey Written Promise to Appear.

901.35 - Financial Responsibility for Medical Expenses.

901.36 - Prohibition Against Giving False Name or False Identification by Person Arrested or Lawfully Detained; Penalties; Court Orders.

901.41 - Prearrest Diversion Programs.

901.43 - Dissemination of Arrest Booking Photographs.