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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII
NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE
Chapter 372
Wildlife
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372.071  Powers of arrest by agents of Department of Environmental Protection or Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.--Any certified law enforcement officer of the Department of Environmental Protection or the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, upon receiving information, relayed to her or him from any law enforcement officer stationed on the ground, on the water, or in the air, that a driver, operator, or occupant of any vehicle, boat, or airboat has violated any section of chapter 327, chapter 328, chapter 370, or this chapter, may arrest the driver, operator, or occupant for violation of said laws when reasonable and proper identification of the vehicle, boat, or airboat and reasonable and probable grounds to believe that the driver, operator, or occupant has committed or is committing any such offense have been communicated to the arresting officer by the other officer stationed on the ground, on the water, or in the air.

History.--s. 1, ch. 70-396; s. 1, ch. 79-217; s. 242, ch. 94-356; s. 1000, ch. 95-148.