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Florida Statute 932.48 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 932
PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
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932.48 Informations; duties of clerks of courts.Upon the filing of an information, the clerk of the circuit court shall docket the information and shall, without leave or order of the court first being had and obtained, issue a capias for the arrest of the person charged; and the clerk shall likewise issue any and all other necessary process incident to the information.
History.s. 2, ch. 17172, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 8363(1).

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Wells v. State, 881 So. 2d 54 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 1837892

...ituted sufficient notice to him of the filing of the charges. That legal determination was erroneous. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.131(j) (requiring issuance of capias upon filing of information, if person named is neither in custody nor at large on bail); § 932.48, Fla....
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State v. Gross, 874 So. 2d 1292 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 8722, 2004 WL 1393040

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.131(j)(requiring issuance of capias upon filing of information, if person named is neither in custody nor at large on bail); see also § 932.48, Fla....
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Mattox v. Carson, 295 F. Supp. 1054 (M.D. Fla. 1969).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1969 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8362

...§ 2254 , since petitioners are not held pursuant to any State Court judgment as required to properly confer jurisdiction on this Court. Respondent contends that petitioners’ claim for relief is premature, pointing out that petitioners are each in custody merely by operation of a capias for arrest issued pursuant to Section 932.48, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....
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Spicer v. Overby, 613 So. 2d 548 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 1273, 1993 WL 20384

...Section 775.15(5), Florida Statutes (1991) provides that “[a] prosecution is commenced when either an indictment or information is filed, provided the capias, ... issued on such indictment or information is executed without unreasonable delay.” (Emphasis added). Pursuant to section 932.48, Florida Statutes (1991), the clerk of the circuit court may issue a capias for the arrest of a defendant upon the filing of the information....

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