Florida Statute 951.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 951
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONERS

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951.15 Credit on fines and costs.—Every working prisoner shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit at the rate of 30 cents per diem, on account of fines and costs adjudged against him or her.

History.—s. 2, ch. 2090, 1877; RS 3033; GS 4113; RGS 6222; CGL 8556; s. 1, ch. 61-488; s. 1699, ch. 97-102.

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Redoutey v. Dean, 867 So. 2d 638 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 3080, 2004 WL 442896

...We affirm the denial in all respects, save one. Because it appears that Mr. Redoutey falls within the definition of a “working prisoner,” he is entitled to a credit of thirty cents per day “on account of fines and costs adjudged against him or her.” See § 951.15, Fla....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2006).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...y law, and of indebtedness of the county fine and forfeiture fund; also of the reserve for contingencies and the balance, as hereinbefore provided, which should be carried forward at the end of the year." You have specifically called my attention to section 951.15 , Florida Statutes, which relates to credits on fines and costs: "Every working prisoner shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit at the rate of 30 cents per diem, on account of fines and costs adjudged against...

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