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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 901
ARRESTS AND TEMPORARY DETENTIONS
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F.S. 901.25
901.25 Fresh pursuit; arrest outside jurisdiction.
(1) The term “fresh pursuit” as used in this act shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. It shall also include the pursuit of a person who has violated a county or municipal ordinance or chapter 316 or has committed a misdemeanor.
(2) Any duly authorized state, county, or municipal arresting officer is authorized to arrest a person outside the officer’s jurisdiction when in fresh pursuit. Such officer shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody outside his or her jurisdiction, subject to the limitations hereafter set forth, as has any authorized arresting state, county, or municipal officer of this state to arrest and hold in custody a person not arrested in fresh pursuit.
(3) If an arrest is made in this state by an officer outside the county within which his or her jurisdiction lies, the officer shall immediately notify the officer in charge of the jurisdiction in which the arrest is made. Such officer in charge of the jurisdiction shall, along with the officer making the arrest, take the person so arrested before a trial court judge of the county in which the arrest was made without unnecessary delay.
(4) The employing agency of the state, county, or municipal officer making an arrest on fresh pursuit shall be liable for all actions of said officer in the same fashion that it is liable for the officer’s acts made while making an arrest within his or her jurisdiction.
(5) The officer making an arrest on fresh pursuit shall be fully protected with respect to pension, retirement, workers’ compensation, and other such benefits just as if the officer had made an arrest in his or her own jurisdiction.
History.s. 1, ch. 63-515; s. 14, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 78-246; s. 120, ch. 79-40; s. 1, ch. 81-313; s. 2, ch. 83-119; s. 1467, ch. 97-102; s. 25, ch. 2004-11.

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Amendments to 901.25


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 901.25
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 901.25.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

MONCRIEFFE a k a v. STATE, 55 So. 3d 736 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . ; however, law enforcement officials may not make citizen’s arrests under color of their office); § 901.25 . . .

UNITED STATES v. MCCALLA,, 286 F. App'x 610 (11th Cir. 2008)

. . . . § 901.25(1) — (2). . . .

ESPIN, v. STATE, 953 So. 2d 781 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . Section 901.25(3), Florida Statutes (2003) provides: If an arrest is made in this state by an officer . . .

J. LIPSCOMB, v. COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT,, 261 F. Supp. 2d 626 (N.D. Miss. 2003)

. . . of Hours Reasonably Expended The Plaintiffs seek an award for a total of 3,748.5 attorney hours and 901.25 . . .

STATE v. R. GELIN,, 844 So. 2d 659 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . time of the BOLO, Detective King was in fresh pursuit of the defendants within the meaning of Section 901.25 . . . However, pursuant to Section 901.25, Florida Statutes, an arrest made outside the officer’s jurisdiction . . . Section 901.25, Florida Statutes, governing the concept of fresh pursuit and arrests outside the jurisdiction . . . municipal officer of this state to arrest and hold in custody a person not arrested in fresh pursuit. § 901.25 . . .

PORTER, v. STATE, 765 So. 2d 76 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Based upon the foregoing historical facts, the trial court concluded that pursuant to section 901.25, . . . “Fresh pursuit” and “arrest outside the jurisdiction” are defined, in pertinent part, in section 901.25 . . . In arriving at the conclusion that section 901.25 entitled the Pompano Beach police officers to arrest . . . Section 901.25, Florida Statutes (1997), however, contains none of the restrictions on fresh pursuit . . . There is nothing in section 901.25 to suggest that fresh pursuit is somehow negated by virtue of the . . .

STATE v. GREER,, 761 So. 2d 343 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Under section 901.25(1), Florida Statutes (1997), which addresses both fresh pursuit and arrests outside . . . See § 901.25(2). . . .

WNJU- TV, INC. d b a v. BARNETT BANK OF BROWARD COUNTY, N. A. N. A. n k a N. A. v. WNJU- TV, d b a AMF, 739 So. 2d 1213 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . July 17, 1998, the court rendered Final Judgment in favor of Barnett, and awarded Barnett costs of $901.25 . . .

INGRAM, a a v. J. JONES, a T. a a a S. a F. a a, 46 F. Supp. 2d 795 (N.D. Ill. 1999)

. . . in favor of Plaintiffs and against Defendants, an award of attorneys’ fees and costs totalling $119,-901.25 . . .

HUEBNER, v. STATE, 731 So. 2d 40 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . WHETHER AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER IS AN OFFICER FOR PURPOSES OF FLORIDA STATUTES 901.18, 901.25(2) AND . . . WHETHER AN OFFICER IS IN “FRESH PURSUIT”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF FLORIDA STATUTE 901.25, WHERE HIS TESTIMONY . . . Section 901.25(2), Florida Statutes, provides that any duly authorized state, county, or municipal arresting . . . 901.18 and to make an arrest, outside his jurisdiction, while in fresh pursuit pursuant to section 901.25 . . . Rather, the provisions of sections 901.25(2) and 901.15 govern the detention and arrest authority of . . .

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, v. LEONARD,, 718 So. 2d 314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Further, an arrest made outside an officer’s jurisdiction is authorized by § 901.25 where, as here, the . . .

STATE v. JOY,, 637 So. 2d 946 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Pursuant to section 901.25, Florida Statutes (1991), an officer with arrest power may arrest a person . . . who has violated a county or municipal ordinance or chapter 316 or has committed a misdemeanor.” § 901.25 . . .

BAGSBY v. ST. LOUIS BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS,, 783 F. Supp. 1214 (E.D. Mo. 1992)

. . . hourly rate of $125 per hour multiplied by 415.21 hours of attorney time yields a lodestar of $51,-901.25 . . .

STATE v. SOBRINO,, 587 So. 2d 1347 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . See § 901.25, Fla.Stat. (1989); see, e.g., Hansen v. . . . The State has disclaimed reliance on section 901.25, Florida Statutes (1989). .For purposes of this analysis . . .

STATE v. W. ENGLEHARDT,, 465 So. 2d 1366 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . arresting a person outside an officer’s jurisdiction while the officer is in fresh pursuit is section 901.25 . . .

STATE v. POTTER,, 438 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . respondent’s apparent violation of section 316.089(1) clothed Officer Green with authority under section 901.25 . . . Relevant portions of section 901.25(1) and (2) provide: (1) The term “fresh pursuit” as used in this . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA v. ENGLEHARDT, 4 Fla. Supp. 2d 76 (Palm Beach Cty. Ct. 1983)

. . . Section 901.25(2) F.S. provides: “Any duly authorized state, county or municipal arresting officer is . . . Whatever the case at common law, I construe Section 901.25 F.S., as amended in 1978, as having added . . . I believe fresh pursuit, as used in Section 901.25 now means pursuit without unreasonable delay in the . . . neighboring police department The Williams’ case took place prior to the effective date of Section 901.25 . . . Section 901.25 F.S. was amended by the 1978 Legislature to include just such situations as presented . . .

STATE v. PHOENIX STATE v. HALL, Jr. STATE v. HALE,, 428 So. 2d 262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . . § 901.25, Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .

CLINTON, v. STATE, 421 So. 2d 186 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . not in “fresh pursuit” of the appellant, they had no authority to arrest the appellant under section 901.25 . . .

STATE v. JONES,, 417 So. 2d 788 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . See § 901.25(1), Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .

CHEATEM a k a v. STATE, 416 So. 2d 35 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . When section 901.25 was amended in 1978 by the Florida Legislature, violations of sections 316.605 and . . .

DEALTO, v. B. KEATING, In, 409 So. 2d 527 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . The possible violation of section 901.25(3), Florida Statutes (1981), does not deprive the lower court . . .

UNITED STATES v. IBLE,, 630 F.2d 389 (5th Cir. 1980)

. . . . § 901.25 (1979). . . .

STATE v. PINOAMADOR, 389 So. 2d 317 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . The trial court also found that this arrest was unlawful under Section 901.25, Florida Statutes (1979 . . .

R. HANSEN v. STATE, 385 So. 2d 1081 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . or support a “hot pursuit” theory so as to give the police extra jurisdictional powers under Section 901.25 . . .

PARKER, v. STATE, 362 So. 2d 1033 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . although not authorized to arrest outside his jurisdiction unless such arrest is in “hot pursuit”, Section 901.25 . . .

STURMAN, v. CITY OF GOLDEN BEACH,, 355 So. 2d 453 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . Pursuant to Section 901.25, Florida Statutes (1975), the Golden Beach officers had no authority to cross . . . Section 901.25 provides that: “Municipal officer, arrest outside corporate limits in fresh pursuit. — . . .

AKINS, v. HAMLIN,, 327 So. 2d 59 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . Secs. 321.05, 901.25, F.S.1973. . . .

GREENE, M. D. v. CITY OF SUNRISE, 323 So. 2d 30 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . .-25 (1973): “901.25 Municipal officer arrest outside corporate limits in fresh pursuit. . . . [Sjince the Legislature has enacted Section 901.25 to give a municipal police officer the authority to . . .

EDGAR FLOWERS v. STATE OF FLORIDA, 152 Fla. 649 (Fla. 1943)

. . . See Section 901.25, Fla. Stats. 1941. . . .

v. Co., 49 F. 309 (8th Cir. 1892)

. . . accordance with the provisions of the statute of the state of Nebraska, the sum claimed as a lien being $901.25 . . . Jaynes, which amount, after allowing all payments and just credits thereon, is the full sum of $901.25 . . . above-described real estate, buildings, and the appurtenances thereto belonging, for the said sum of $901.25 . . .