Ordinance 87-2552 ORDINANCE NO. 87-2552
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING
SECTION 14 (a) OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CHARTER
ENTITLED, "SEARCH WARRANTS" , SAID SECTION
HAVING BEEN SUPERSEDED BY STATE LAW; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1.
That Section 14 (a) of the Miami Beach City Charter , which reads as
follows:
SeeT 14{a}- Seafeh Warrants-
The xtanlelpal badges shall have pewer to 4ssae
seareh warrants apes a€thee e€ the €ellewing
greands-
l- When the preperty shall have been stelen
er embezoled 4n vlelatlen e€ law-
2- When any preperty shall have been used-
{a} As a means to eemmlt any
m4adexteaner, er
ib} In eenneetlen with gambling,
gambling implements and appl}anees, er
37 When any preperty is being held er
pessessedr
4a} In v4elat4en ef any e€ the laws
prehlblting the mann€aetare, sale and
transpertatlen e€ lntexleating llgaers;
{b} In vlelatlen e€ any e€ the laws er
erdlnanees e€ the elty e€ Mlaml Beaeh-
47 A seareh warrant eannet be lssaed exeept
apen prebable eaase sapperted by a€€ldavlt er
a€€ldav+ts, nam4ng er deserlb}ng the persen,
plaee er thing to be searehed and partlealarly
deserlbing the preperty er thing to be selged;
ne saeh warrant shall be lssaed 4n blank and
any saeh warrant shall be returned wlthln ten
days after lssaanee theree€-
§- The xtanlelpal j.adges, be€ere issuing the
warrants, Nast have the applleatlen e€ same
persen for said warrant duly sworn te and
sabserlbed, and may reee4ve further testimony
€reit w4tnesses er sapperting a€€ldavlts, Of
depesltlens In wrlting, te sappert the
applleatlen- The a€€ldavlt and further pree€,
4€ same be had er regalred, must set Earth the
€aets tending te establish the greands e€ the
applleatlen er probable eaase €er believing
that they ex4st-
67 The xtanlelpal j.adges, pert etaminatlen e€
the appI4eatlen and pree€s sabm4 tted, 4€
satls€led that prebable ease exists far the
lssaing e€ the seareh warr=ant, shall thereapen
lssae a seareh warrant signed by hlxt with his
name and e€€lee; to any sher4€€ and his
depatles er pollee e€€leer Of ether persen
aatherlsed by law te exeeate . preeess,
eemmanding the e€€leer er person €erthwlth to
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seareh the preperty deserlhed } the warrant
er the persen sawed, for the preperty
Spee}€}ed, and to br}sg the same be€ere h4m
47 The seareh warrant shall, In a}} eases;
be served by any e€ the e€€leers meat}ened }n
h4s d€reetlen, but by ne ether persen exeept
}n a}d e€ the e€€leer repulr}ng it, sa43
e€€€eer being present and aetlsg is its
exeeutles:
8- The e€€leer may break apes any ester
deer, }nner deer er window e€ a house, er any
part of a house or anything therels, to
exeeute the warrant, l€ after due netlee e€
h4s auther}ty and puspese, he is refused
adm}ttanee to sa4d house er aeeess to anything
therein-
9- A seareh warrant issued under the
prev4s}ens of this Beet}en may, l€ expressly
auther}xed }s sueh warrant by the judge
lssuing the same, be exeeuted by being served
e€then 4n the daytime er }s the nlghttlme, as
the ex#gene}es e€ the eeeaslen may demand er
require-
}8- A}} seareh warrants shall be issued In
dup}}eate- The dupl}eate shall be de}lvered
to the e€€leer with :the er}g}na} warrant, and
when the e€€leer serves the warrant, he shall
deliver a eepy to the person named In the
warrant, or is h4s aosenee to some persen }s
eharge a€, er }lving en the premises-
When preperty 45 taken under the warrant the
e€€leer shall oe}lver to sueh person a written
lnventery e€ the preperty taken and reeelpt
€er same, speel€ying the same In decal}, and
l€ ne persen is feund 4n pessesslen e€ the
prem4ses where seep property is fauna, shall
leave the said reeelpt en the prem4ees7
}}7 Upen the return e€ the warrant the
e€€leer shall attaeh therete er thereon a true
lnventery e€ the preperty taken under the
warrant, and at the feet e€ the lnventery
shall verify the same by a€€ldav4t taken
before some e€€leer autherlsed to adm4nlster
eaths, er be€ere the lssu}ng e€€leer; said
ver}€leader to be to the €el}ewing a€€eett
}, , the e€€leer by whom the
warrant was emeeuted de swear that the above
±nventery eentalns a true and detailed aeeeunt
e€ a}} the property taken by me en said
warrant-
12- The judge to whem the warrant is
returned, upon the request e€ any elalmant er
any person from whom said property is taken,
er the e€€leer whe exeeuteo the seareh
warrant, shall 3e}4ser to said app}least a
true eepy e€ the inventory e€ the property
ment}ened }n the return en said warrant.-
l3- }€ It appears to the judge be€ere whom
the warrant is returned that the property er
papers taken are net the same as deserlhed is
the warrant, er that there 45 ne prebah}e
eause €er belleving the emistenee e€ the
greunds upon wh}eh the warrant was issued, the
judge may erder a return o€ the property
taken-
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14- Wheever shall knewingly and wilfully
ehstruet; resist er appose any e€€ieer er
persen aiding saeh a€€ieee; in serving er
attempting to serve er emeeute any seaeeh
warrant; et shall assault; meat er weund any
persen er e€€leen; er his deputies er
assistants; knowing him to ire saeh an a€€ieer,
en perces se autherised; shall be fined net
mere than five hundred dellars; er imprisened
€ee net mere than simty
1ST Any Any persen whe malleieusly and without
prehahle eause preeures a seaseh warrant to be
issued and emeeuted shall lye fined net mere
than five hundred dellars of impeisened €er
net mere than simty days.-
is hereby repealed in its entirety having been superseded by State
law.
SECTION 2. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, then said holding shall in no way affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after its adoption,
on _ April 25 , 1987 .
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of April , 1987 .
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•YOR
Attest:
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CITY CLERK
1st Reading - April 1, 1987
2nd Reading - April 15, 1987
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