{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-839.21","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 839.21","heading":"Refusal to receive prisoner.","body":"Any jailer or other officer, who willfully refuses to receive into the jail or into her or his custody a prisoner lawfully directed to be committed thereto on a criminal charge or conviction, or any lawful process whatever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.\nHistory.—s. 14, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2579; GS 3499; RGS 5384; CGL 7523; s. 1031, ch. 71-136; s. 1330, 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":"af122172c2fd5bf82ed734cd63fd9f863c1625d1f601d25e8f057f4cb9f7f615","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-839.20","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-839.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}