Florida Statute 941.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 941
CORRECTIONS: INTERSTATE COOPERATION

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F.S. 941.15

941.15 Commitment to await requisition; bail.—If from the examination before the judge it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under s. 941.06, that the person has fled from justice, the judge must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit the person to the county jail for such a time not exceeding 30 days and specified in the warrant as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused gives bail as provided in s. 941.16, or until the accused shall be legally discharged.

History.—s. 15, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 1606, ch. 97-102; s. 46, ch. 2004-11.

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Cases Citing Statute 941.15

Total Results: 7

State v. Fulkerson

300 So. 2d 276

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 6, 1974 | Docket: 1434574

Cited 5 times | Published

theft in the State of Virginia. Pursuant to F.S. 941.15, F.S.A., Judge Seaver determined that Fulkerson

Lewis v. Boone

418 So. 2d 319

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 29, 1982 | Docket: 1289260

Cited 3 times | Published

because he was held beyond the thirty-day limit in § 941.15, and was not recommitted under § 941.17, he was

Paley v. Bieluch

785 So. 2d 692, 2001 WL 527495

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 16, 2001 | Docket: 450265

Cited 2 times | Published

offense, or allow the person to give bail. See § 941.15. Section 941.17 allows for an extension of the

Treadway v. Heidtman

284 So. 2d 473, 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 6543

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 2, 1973 | Docket: 64535135

Cited 1 times | Published

period of thirty (30) days as provided in, F.S., Section 941.15, F.S.A. Upon completion of this period of thirty

Basulto Vargas v. Junior

254 So. 3d 1092

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 29, 2018 | Docket: 7766234

Published

statutory limits have not yet expired. According to section 941.15, while a fugitive awaits requisition, “the

France v. Judd

932 So. 2d 1263, 2006 WL 1933388

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 14, 2006 | Docket: 1684755

Published

whether pursuant to a fugitive warrant or not, section 941.15 requires the judge to perform an examination

Burkhart v. Jenne

814 So. 2d 1064, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 15905, 2001 WL 1660259

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2001 | Docket: 64814650

Published

extradition by the Governor of this state. See § 941.15, Fla. Stat. (2000). The circuit court has discretion