The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 922
EXECUTION

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F.S. 922.04

922.04 Discharge of prisoner unable to pay fine.—When the court determines on the written application of a prisoner that he or she has been imprisoned for 60 days solely for failure to pay a fine or costs which total not more than $300 and that the prisoner is indigent and unable to pay the fine or costs, the court shall order the prisoner discharged from custody.

History.—s. 265, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(275); s. 1, ch. 29661, 1955; s. 131, ch. 70-339; s. 1549, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 922.04

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 922.04

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 922.04.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BRAMLETT, v. J. S. PETERSON, C. S. O. H. E. J. II, O. S. W., 307 F. Supp. 1311 (M.D. Fla. 1969)

. . . Furthermore, Florida Statutes, section 922.04 (1967), F.S.A., provides that release is available to an . . . suit was filed, and was later released under state habeas corpus proceedings brought under section 922.04 . . . maximum time required under the sentence, as it was limited by operation of Florida Statutes, section 922.04 . . .

In DE FOREST WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO. NATIONAL ELECTRIC SIGNALING CO. v. DE FOREST WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., 154 F. 81 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1907)

. . . This sum $15,-922.04 is fixed as the amount of the fine to be imposed and which is imposed for the contempt . . .