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2001 Florida Statutes

SECTION 051
Use of force in resisting or making an arrest; prohibition.
Section 776.051, Florida Statutes 2001

776.051  Use of force in resisting or making an arrest; prohibition.--

(1)  A person is not justified in the use of force to resist an arrest by a law enforcement officer who is known, or reasonably appears, to be a law enforcement officer.

(2)  A law enforcement officer, or any person whom the officer has summoned or directed to assist him or her, is not justified in the use of force if the arrest is unlawful and known by him or her to be unlawful.

History.--s. 13, ch. 74-383; s. 1192, ch. 97-102.