Florida Statute 394.927 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 394
MENTAL HEALTH

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F.S. 394.927

394.927 Escape while in lawful custody; notice to victim; notice to the Department of Corrections and Florida Commission on Offender Review.—

(1) A person who is held in lawful custody pursuant to a judicial finding of probable cause under s. 394.915 or pursuant to a commitment as a sexually violent predator under s. 394.916 and who escapes or attempts to escape while in such custody commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) If a person who is held in custody pursuant to a finding of probable cause or commitment as a sexually violent predator escapes while in custody, the department shall immediately notify the victim in accordance with s. 394.926. The state attorney that filed the petition for civil commitment of the escapee must also be immediately notified by the department. If the escapee has an active or pending term of probation, community control, parole, conditional release, or other court-ordered or postprison release supervision, the department shall also immediately notify the Department of Corrections’ Office of Community Corrections in Tallahassee. The Florida Commission on Offender Review shall also be immediately notified of an escape if the escapee has an active or pending term of parole, conditional release, or other postprison release supervision that is administered by the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

History.—s. 19, ch. 98-64; s. 22, ch. 99-222; s. 11, ch. 2014-191.

Note.—Former s. 916.47.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 394.927

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 394.927

Total Results: 4

United States v. Wright

607 F.3d 708, 2010 WL 2089257

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 26, 2010 | Docket: 398329

Cited 204 times | Published

“postprison release supervision.” See Fla. Stat. § 394.927(2). *714However, state law merely informs our

State v. Phillips

119 So. 3d 1233, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 211, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 567, 2013 WL 1338042

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 4, 2013 | Docket: 60233565

Cited 2 times | Published

crime of escape or attempting to escape. See § 394.927(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). . The term “total confinement”

State v. Burkhart

869 So. 2d 1242, 2004 WL 626051

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 2004 | Docket: 1653855

Cited 2 times | Published

in Lawful Custody under Florida Statutes, section 394.927, and Grand Theft of the helicopter. The state

Whitsett v. State

913 So. 2d 1208, 2005 WL 2654367

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 2005 | Docket: 1698358

Published

from a civil commitment facility pursuant to section 394.927, Florida Statutes (2000), and his resulting