{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-839.20","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 839.20","heading":"Refusal to execute criminal process.","body":"If any officer authorized to serve process, willfully and corruptly refuses to execute any lawful process to him or her directed and requiring him or her to apprehend and confine any person convicted or charged with an offense, or willfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, whereby such person escapes and goes at large, the officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.\nHistory.—s. 15, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2578; GS 3498; RGS 5383; CGL 7522; s. 1030, ch. 71-136; s. 1329, ch. 97-102.","path":["CHAPTER 839 OFFENSES BY PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0800-0899/0839/0839.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:15:17Z","sha256":"9360de86d531c9ca526167a8cec7d977c1178a2a2ffe3e9daa86288b3546c507","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-839.19","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-839.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}