Skip to Navigation | Skip to Main Content | Skip to Site Map

The CRC completed its work and submitted its final report. This website is maintained for archival purposes.

Florida Constitution Revision Commission

PUB 700519: Authority of State to Expand Rights of the People Under Article I, Section 12 by Mark A. Templeton

ARTICLE I: DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, Section 12. Searches and seizures.

SECTION 12.Searches and seizures.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, electronic and digital data, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, and against the unreasonable interception of private communications by any means, shall not be violated. No warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, particularly describing the place or places to be searched, the person or persons, thing or things to be seized, the communication to be intercepted, and the nature of evidence to be obtained. This This right may be extended, broadened, or expanded by law, but shall otherwise be construed in conformity with the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court. Articles or information obtained in violation of this right shall not be admissible in evidence if such articles or information would be inadmissible under the laws of the State of Florida or decisions of the United States Supreme Court construing the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution.