Can the owner of a private establishment confiscate the personal property of a trespasser?
<p>While I was reading <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dangerous-cassowary-bird-killed-owner-up-for-auction-2019-4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this article</a>, this line caught my eye:</p>

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  <p>Anyone seen videotaping in any capacity will be deemed trespassing and will be escorted out by security. Your video equipment may or may not be confiscated until all video recordings are destroyed.</p>
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<p>As far as I can tell, unless the person has consented to such, most jurisdictions within the United States generally do not allow private entities to confiscate personal property, even from a trespasser.</p>

<p>Does the owner of this facility (located in Florida) have any legal authority to confiscate personal property? Am I missing something?</p>

<p>No, they cannot confiscate anything.</p>

<p>They say they can just to minimise the percentage of people who will disobey the filming prohibition. A sensible percentage of those who would otherwise ignore the prohibition will not question the legality of possible confiscation and will just obey the rules.</p>

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