§ 901.22, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 901. ARRESTS AND TEMPORARY DETENTIONS
Arrest after escape or rescue.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
If a person lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody she or he escapes or was rescued or any other officer may immediately pursue and retake the person arrested without a warrant at any time and in any place.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 22, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(22); s. 11, ch. 70-339; s. 1466, ch. 97-102.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 2026 Florida Statutes
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0900-0999/0901/0901.html
- Text hash
- sha256 5a9f3266fcc6e1019e479145379d15a29061fa613d164a4fbbe0c9b7efe4ec30
- Composed by
- compose_v2.py 2026-10-04: the Legislature's structured HTML read in document order; verify_v2.py's independent reading agrees character for character
- composed from the Legislature's structured HTML (one source of text; no PDF extraction); a second, independent reading of the same bytes agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.