Fla. Stat. 901.151
Stop and Frisk Law

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(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).

Source: Section 901.151 — Stop and Frisk Law, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0901.­151 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

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 901.16
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 901.22
Arrest after escape or rescue 901.24
Right of person arrested to consult attorney 901.25
Fresh pursuit 901.26
Arrest and detention of foreign nationals 901.28
Notice to appear for misdemeanors or violations of municipal or county ordinances 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 901.41
Prearrest diversion programs 901.43
Dissemination of arrest booking photographs 901.151
Stop and Frisk Law 901.211
Strip searches of persons arrested 901.215
Search of person arrested for identifying device indicating a medical disability 901.245
Interpreter services for deaf persons 901.252
Authority to patrol municipally owned or leased property and facilities outside municipal limits 901.1503
When notice to appear by officer without warrant is lawful 901.1505
Federal law enforcement officers

Current through Fall 2025

§ 901.151. Stop & Frisk Law's source at flsenate​.gov