Florida Statute 839.20 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 839
OFFENSES BY PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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F.S. 839.20

839.20 Refusal to execute criminal process.—If any officer authorized to serve process, willfully and corruptly refuses to execute any lawful process to him or her directed and requiring him or her to apprehend and confine any person convicted or charged with an offense, or willfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, whereby such person escapes and goes at large, the officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 15, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2578; GS 3498; RGS 5383; CGL 7522; s. 1030, ch. 71-136; s. 1329, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 839.20

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

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 839.20

Total Results: 2

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT 2016-03

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-10-27

Citation: 202 So. 3d 830

Snippet: amended in 2015 [176 So.3d 938] and 2016. *839 20.17 FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSES-SIONWITH INTENT

Willingham v. City of Orlando

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-05-12

Citation: 929 So. 2d 43, 2006 WL 1288595

Snippet: guess the warrant. See Florida Statutes, §§ 839.19-839.20. Moreover, the documents that Mr. Willingham was