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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 896
OFFENSES RELATED TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
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F.S. 896.106
896.106 Fugitive disentitlement.A person may not use the resources of the courts of this state in furtherance of a claim in any related civil forfeiture action or a claim in a third-party proceeding in any related forfeiture action if that person purposely leaves the jurisdiction of this state or the United States; declines to enter or reenter this state to submit to its jurisdiction; or otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a criminal case is pending against the person.
History.s. 22, ch. 2000-360.