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Fla. Stat. § 901.26 (2025)

Arrest and detention of foreign nationals.

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901.26 Arrest and detention of foreign nationals.—Failure to provide consular notification under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations or other bilateral consular conventions shall not be a defense in any criminal proceeding against any foreign national and shall not be cause for the foreign national’s discharge from custody.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 65-523; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 15, ch. 70-339; s. 1469, ch. 97-102; s. 5, ch. 2001-200.

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