Florida Statute 896.106 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 896
OFFENSES RELATED TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

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F.S. 896.106

896.106 Fugitive disentitlement.—A person may not use the resources of the courts of this state in furtherance of a claim in any related civil forfeiture action or a claim in a third-party proceeding in any related forfeiture action if that person purposely leaves the jurisdiction of this state or the United States; declines to enter or reenter this state to submit to its jurisdiction; or otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a criminal case is pending against the person.

History.—s. 22, ch. 2000-360.

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Tejada v. IN RE FORFEITURE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY $406,626.11 IN US CURRENCY

820 So. 2d 385, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 7396, 2002 WL 1058509

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 29, 2002 | Docket: 2545735

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based its dismissal of Tejada's claim upon section 896.106, Florida Statutes (2000), which codified what