Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 951.16 (2025)

Prisoners entitled to receive credit on fine based on imprisonment.

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951.16 Prisoners entitled to receive credit on fine based on imprisonment.—Every person who may be imprisoned in the county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs, or either, under sentence imposed upon conviction for crime shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit on such fine and costs, or either, as the case may be, in proportion to the time such person may be imprisoned.

History.—s. 1, ch. 6176, 1911; RGS 6223; CGL 8557.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2026–2026 · leading case: Antoine Leffort Louissaint v. State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2026).

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Antoine Leffort Louissaint v. State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2026). · cites it 2× “See § 951.16, Fla. Stat. (“Every person who may be imprisoned in the county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs, or either, under sentence imposed upon conviction for crime shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit on such fine and costs, or either,…”

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