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2021 Florida Statutes
Title XLVI - Crimes
Chapter 839 - Offenses by Public Officers and Employees
839.21 - Refusal to Receive Prisoner.
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FL Stat § 839.21 (2021)
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839.21 Refusal to receive prisoner.—Any jailer or other officer, who willfully refuses to receive into the jail or into her or his custody a prisoner lawfully directed to be committed thereto on a criminal charge or conviction, or any lawful process whatever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 14, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2579; GS 3499; RGS 5384; CGL 7523; s. 1031, ch. 71-136; s. 1330, ch. 97-102.