The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 985
JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES

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F.S. 985.101

985.101 Taking a child into custody.—

(1) A child may be taken into custody under the following circumstances:

(a) Pursuant to an order of the circuit court issued under this chapter, based upon sworn testimony, either before or after a petition is filed.

(b) For a delinquent act or violation of law, pursuant to Florida law pertaining to a lawful arrest. If such delinquent act or violation of law would be a felony if committed by an adult or involves a crime of violence, the arresting authority shall immediately notify the district school superintendent, or the superintendent’s designee, of the school district with educational jurisdiction of the child. Such notification shall include other education providers such as the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, university developmental research schools, and private elementary and secondary schools. The information obtained by the superintendent of schools pursuant to this section must be released within 48 hours after receipt to appropriate school personnel, including the principal of the child’s school, or as otherwise provided by law. The principal must immediately notify the child’s immediate classroom teachers. Information provided by an arresting authority under this paragraph may not be placed in the student’s permanent record and shall be removed from all school records no later than 9 months after the date of the arrest.

(c) By a law enforcement officer for failing to appear at a court hearing after being properly noticed. However, before a court issues an order to take a child into custody for failing to appear, it must consider all of the following information relating to whether the child’s nonappearance was willful:

1. Whether notice was sent to the child’s address included in the official court record.

2. Whether any person provided notice to the child in any format.

3. If the child is represented by counsel, whether counsel for the child has information that the nonappearance was not willful or was otherwise beyond the child’s control.

4. Whether a department representative had contact or attempted to have contact with the child.

5. Whether the department has any other specific information to assist the court in making the determination.

(d) By a law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that the child is in violation of the conditions of the child’s probation, supervised release detention, postcommitment probation, or conditional release supervision; has absconded from nonresidential commitment; or has escaped from residential commitment.

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the detention of a child who does not meet the detention criteria in part V.

(2) Except in emergency situations, a child may not be placed into or transported in any police car or similar vehicle that at the same time contains an adult under arrest, unless the adult is alleged or believed to be involved in the same offense or transaction as the child.

(3) When a child is taken into custody as provided in this section, the person taking the child into custody shall attempt to notify the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child. The person taking the child into custody shall continue such attempt until the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child is notified or the child is delivered to the department under ss. 985.14 and 985.145, whichever occurs first. If the child is delivered to the department before the parent, guardian, or legal custodian is notified, the department shall continue the attempt to notify until the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child is notified. Following notification, the parent or guardian must provide identifying information, including name, address, date of birth, social security number, and driver license number or identification card number of the parent or guardian to the person taking the child into custody or the department.

(4) Taking a child into custody is not an arrest except for the purpose of determining whether the taking into custody or the obtaining of any evidence in conjunction therewith is lawful.

History.—s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 3, ch. 92-130; s. 7, ch. 92-287; ss. 26, 31, ch. 94-209; s. 1340, ch. 95-147; s. 7, ch. 95-267; ss. 15, 23, ch. 97-238; ss. 8, 13, ch. 98-207; s. 12, ch. 99-284; s. 6, ch. 2000-134; s. 22, ch. 2000-135; s. 16, ch. 2001-125; s. 2, ch. 2005-263; s. 15, ch. 2006-120; s. 8, ch. 2014-162; s. 5, ch. 2018-86; s. 2, ch. 2021-219.

Note.—Subsections (1), (3), (4) former s. 39.037; s. 985.207. Subsection (2) former s. 39.044(3); s. 985.215(3).

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Amendments to 985.101

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 985.101

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S985.101 1c - FAILURE TO APPEAR - CHILD FAIL TO APPEAR AT COURT HEARING - N: N

S985.101 1d - PROB VIOLATION - CHILD IN VIOL OF IMPOSED CONDITIONS - N: N

S985.101 1d - PROB VIOLATION - CHILD ABSCOND FROM RES NONRES COMMITMENT - N: N

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

I. K. v. STATE, 257 So. 3d 1163 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . See § 985.101(1)(d), (4), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . .

S. G. a v. STATE, 252 So. 3d 323 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . In this case, the State asserts that the officer's legal duty arose from § 985.101(1)(d). . . . presented no evidence, however, that S.G. resisted the officer's work of taking her into custody under § 985.101 . . . constitute resisting the officer, who wasn't impeded in his work of taking her into custody under § 985.101 . . .

UNITED STATES v. MATHURIN,, 868 F.3d 921 (11th Cir. 2017)

. . . contends that (1) his mother was not immediately notified of his arrest as required by Florida Statute § 985.101 . . .

STATE v. C. J. a, 219 So. 3d 974 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . .” § 985.101(l)(d), Fla. Stat. (2016). . . .

J. J. v. STATE, 181 So. 3d 522 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . After a juvenile is taken into custody, see § 985.101(1), the juvenile must be “released from custody . . .

H. D. a v. SHORE,, 134 So. 3d 1062 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . See § 985.101(l)(d), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . .

NEELY, v. STATE, 126 So. 3d 342 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . We are aware that section 985.101(3), Florida Statutes (2010), requires police to attempt to notify a . . .

E. A. R. a v. STATE, 4 So. 3d 614 (Fla. 2009)

. . . . §§ 985.101-.16, Fla. Stat. (2007) (custody and intake); §§ 985.18- 195, Fla. . . .

B. M. a v. DOBULER,, 979 So. 2d 308 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . .” § 985.101, Fla. . . .

A. K. a v. DOBULER,, 951 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . Section 985.101, Florida Statutes (2007) provides that if a child fails to appear1 at a court hearing . . .