Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 903.20 (2025)
Surrender of defendant.
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903.20 Surrender of defendant.—The defendant may surrender himself or herself or a surety may surrender the defendant any time before a breach of the bond.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1964–1970 · leading case: Summit Fid. & Sur. Co. v. State ex rel. Duval Cnty., 166 So. 2d 757 (Fla. 1st DCA 1964).
Summit Fid. & Sur. Co. v. State ex rel. Duval Cnty., 166 So. 2d 757 (Fla. 1st DCA 1964). “The appellant was not deprived of its option, under Section 903.20, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., to surrender the defendant-principal on the bond to the official to whose custody the defendant was committed at the time bail was taken, or to the official into whose custody the…”
Resolute Ins. Co. v. State ex rel. Dade Cnty., 238 So. 2d 520 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970). “It may be that upon being informed of the more serious charges the surety must protect himself by a surrender of the accused under § 903.20, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. Cf. Summit Fidelity & Surety Co.”
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