§ 705.106, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 705. LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY
Recovery from person wrongfully in possession.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Whenever any property described in this chapter, chapter 706, or chapter 707 is ascertained to be wrongfully withheld and the person in possession refuses to give it up to the sheriff on demand, the county attorney of the county in which the property is situated, or the city attorney, if within a municipality, when required to do so by the sheriff, shall enter a suit for said property and prosecute it to a final recovery. All moneys derived from these sources shall be paid by the sheriff into the State Treasury for the benefit of the State School Fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
ss. 4, 5, ch. 344, 1850; RS 2015; GS 2537; RGS 3892; CGL 5799; s. 4, ch. 63-267.
Note
Note.—Former s. 705.06.
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