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Fla. Stat. § 951.16 — Prisoners entitled to receive credit on fine based on imprisonment

Current through 2025 Florida Statutes

Part of Chapter 951: County and Municipal Prisoners, Florida Statutes.

Full text of Fla. Stat. § 951.16

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. § 951.16Primary source, current through the 2025 Florida Statutes
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.

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