The Florida Senate

¹88.161  Jurisdiction by arrest.--If the court of this state finds that the respondent may flee, it may:

(1)  As an initiating court, request in its certificate that the responding court obtain the body of the respondent by appropriate process; or

(2)  As a responding court, obtain the body of the respondent by appropriate process. Thereupon, it may release the respondent upon his or her own recognizance or upon the respondent's giving a bond in an amount set by the court to assure his or her appearance at the hearing.

History.--s. 16, ch. 29901, 1955; s. 17, ch. 79-383; s. 464, ch. 95-147; s. 10, ch. 96-189.

¹Note.--Repealed July 1, 1997, by s. 10, ch. 96-189.