Florida Statute 933.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 933
SEARCH AND INSPECTION WARRANTS

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933.20 “Inspection warrant”; definition.—As used in ss. 933.20-933.30, “inspection warrant” means an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a person competent to issue search warrants pursuant to s. 933.01, and directed to a state or local official, commanding him or her to conduct an inspection required or authorized by state or local law or rule relating to municipal or county building, fire, safety, environmental, animal control, land use, plumbing, electrical, health, minimum housing, or zoning standards.

History.—s. 1, ch. 82-8; s. 18, ch. 89-268; s. 1577, ch. 97-102.

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Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Concrete Structures, Inc., 114 So. 3d 333 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 1980420, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 7821

...Second, CSI asserts that the County’s demands for access and inspection constituted an “unauthorized, warrantless search of [CSI’s] property” in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Third, CSI asserts that the Florida statutes pertaining to “inspection warrants,” sections 933.20-933.30, Florida Statutes (2011), limit the County’s rights of access and inspection specified in the permit terms....

...for the subject permits — also disarms CSI’s constitutional complaint. 3. Inspection Warrants Next, CSI argues that the County must exercise its rights of access and inspection by obtaining administrative “inspection warrants” as defined in section 933.20, Florida Statutes (2011)....

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