Florida Statute 79.3 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 79
HABEAS CORPUS

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F.S. 79.03

79.03 Service of writ.—When issued, the writ shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the petitioner is alleged to be detained on the officer or other person against whom it is issued, or in his or her absence from the place where the prisoner is confined, on the person having the immediate custody of the prisoner. When the sheriff of the county is the person holding the party detained, a delivery to or receipt of the writ by the sheriff is sufficient service.

History.—s. 2, ch. 3129, 1879; RS 1772; GS 2249; RGS 3572; CGL 5436; s. 29, ch. 67-254; s. 415, ch. 95-147.

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Young v. Simmons

506 So. 2d 434, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 586

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 18, 1987 | Docket: 2576012

Cited 3 times | Published

the county in which the prisoner is detained. § 79.03, Fla. Stat. (1985); Art. V, § 5(b), Fla. Const