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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 903
BAIL
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F.S. 903.29
903.29 Arrest of principal by surety after forfeiture.Within 2 years from the date of forfeiture of a bond, the surety may arrest the principal for the purpose of surrendering the principal to the official in whose custody she or he was at the time bail was taken or in whose custody the principal would have been placed had she or he been committed.
History.s. 72, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(72); s. 1, ch. 59-192; s. 5, ch. 61-406; s. 5, ch. 65-492; s. 35, ch. 70-339; s. 47, ch. 84-103; s. 11, ch. 86-151; s. 1486, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 903.29
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 903.29.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

RUBIN S. WILLIAMS BAILBONDS, INC. v. STATE, 493 So. 2d 1065 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . That opinion suggests that section 903.29, Florida Statutes (Supp.1984), denies to the surety the right . . . The only construction of section 903.29, Florida Statutes (Supp.1984) that comports with the rationale . . .

In SPONHEIM, THEMALAKES, v. SPONHEIM,, 39 B.R. 381 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1984)

. . . bail-bondsman to arrest his principal after the bond has been forfeited is specifically granted by Chapter 903.29 . . .

ALLIED FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, v. STATE, 415 So. 2d 109 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . . § 903.29, Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .

PUBLIC SERVICE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a v. STATE, 135 So. 2d 777 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961)

. . . Appellant contends that its rights are governed by Section 903.29(1), Florida Statutes 1959, F.S.A., . . . The state contends, and we agree, that Section 903.29(1), Florida Statutes 1959, F.S.A., has no application . . .

HUIE, v. STATE, 92 So. 2d 264 (Fla. 1957)

. . . September 14, 1955, Huie, through his attorneys, moved for a remission of the forfeiture under Sections 903.29 . . . principal or his surety may within twenty-five days move for a remission of the forfeiture under Sections 903.29 . . .

CAPITOL INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a v. STATE, 86 So. 2d 156 (Fla. 1956)

. . . Also pertinent to the problem here presented are the provisions of Sections 903.29 and 903.30, ibid., . . . Constitution, • F.S.A., and that the provisions for a remission of the forfeiture made by Sections 903.29 . . . where, as here, provision for the remission of the forfeiture is expressly made by the statute, Section 903.29 . . .