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Fla. Stat. § 941.01 (2025)
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941.01 Definition.—Where appearing in this chapter, the term “Governor” includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this state. The term “executive authority” includes the governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. The term “state,” referring to a state other than this state, includes any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States.
History.—s. 1, ch. 20460, 1941.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: Sands v. McCormick, 502 F.3d 263 (3rd Cir. 2007).
Sands v. McCormick, 502 F.3d 263 (3rd Cir. 2007). “', Fla. Stat. § 941.01 et seq. The statutes establish a procedure through which a district attorney can file an application with the governor of his state, who then requests the governor of the other state to extradite a defendant who has fled to the other state.”
Maulden v. State, 617 So. 2d 298 (Fla. 1993). “235 (1967); §§ 941.01-.42, Fla. Stat. (1989). The record reflects that the police complied with the act and we therefore reject this claim.”
In Interest of CJW, 377 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 1979). “§§ 941.01-941.42, Fla. Stat. (1977). [1] Juveniles, who are not considered to have committed crimes, are not extradited.”
State v. Bivona, 496 So. 2d 130 (Fla. 1986). “51 (1974) (enacted at §§ 941.01-941.30, Fla. Stat. (1983)); Cal.”
Hudson v. State, 388 So. 2d 577 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). “" The Ohio Legislature, by the enactment of the statute referred to in footnote [2], has created an office to assist the Governor in the Executive Department.”
Murphy v. Boehm, 443 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). “The relevant provisions of Florida's version of the act provide that a person may be lawfully arrested without a warrant "upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding…”
Paley v. Bieluch, 785 So. 2d 692 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). “(2000) (providing that section 941.01 through 941.29 be cited as "Uniform Criminal Extradition Law"), so the interpretations of other courts outside of Florida that have interpreted similar or identical provisions should be helpful in construing Florida's.”
Solano v. State, 417 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). “In habeas corpus proceeding where Governor's warrant of rendition otherwise complies with the essential requirements of the Uniform Extradition Act, Section 941.01 et seq., Florida Statutes (1981), an identity of names raises the presumption that petitioner is the same person…”
Akins v. Hamlin, 327 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “The State does not question that the terms of the Uniform Interstate Extradition Act, § 941.01 et seq., F.S.1973, and its counterpart Georgia statutes, §§ 44 — 401 to 44-429 Ga.”
Bango v. Massing (D.N.J. 2020). “; Fla. Stat. Ann. § 941.01 , et seq. “Thus the Uniform Act carries with it the preemptive lineage of the United States Constitution and a Congressional enactment.”
Com. v. Dumas, T. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2026). “____________________________________________ 5 Florida’s Uniform Interstate Extradition Act, F.S.A. §§ 941.01-941.42, “is based on the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.”
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