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Fla. Stat. § 942.04 — Exemption from arrest and service of process

Current through 2025 Florida Statutes

Part of Chapter 942: Interstate Extradition of Witnesses, Florida Statutes.

Full text of Fla. Stat. § 942.04

Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.

Fla. Stat. § 942.04Primary source, current through the 2025 Florida Statutes
(1) If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him or her to attend and testify in this state, the person shall not while in this state pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his or her entrance into this state under the summons. (2) If a person passes through this state while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state, or while returning therefrom, the person shall not while so passing through this state be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his or her entrance into this state under the summons.

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