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§ 39.421 Former number


Each citation is matched to today's text through the statutes the opinion applied (1997 on), so renumbered subsections land in the right place; those show "Cited as".

§ 39.421 isn't in the 2026 Florida Statutes. No current section names it as a former number; many pre-1998 numbers were delinquency provisions, which moved to Chapter 985 in 1997. The opinions below cite it by this number.

4 opinions cite § 39.421

  1. K.A.C. v. State 707 So. 2d 1175 · 3D97-206 · 3rd DCA 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.421 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 1 in all courts

    …conduct (count 1) and resisting an officer without violence (count 2). The court acquitted K.A.C. on count 1 and found him guilty on count 2. Section 39.421(1)(b), Florida Statutes (1995), authorizes a law enforcement officer to take a child into custody "when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the child…

  2. K.A.C. v. State 707 So. 2d 1175 · DCA97-206 · District Court of Appeal 1998

    This opinion cites § 39.421 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 21 in all courts

    …conduct (count 1) and resisting an officer without violence (count 2). The court acquitted K.AC. on count 1 and found him guilty on count 2. Section 39.421(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1995), authorizes a law enforcement officer to take a child into custody “when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the child…

  3. C.G. v. State 689 So. 2d 1246 · 4D95-3182 · 4th DCA 1997

    This opinion cites § 39.421 1 time, the section generally

    …for truancy, because truancy is not a crime. However, the officer did have the authority to stop and transport the juvenile back to school pursuant to section 39.421(1)(b), Florida Statutes (1995). Therefore, his detention of the appellant was authorized. The trial court also concluded that the second pat down was conducted…

  4. C.G. v. State 689 So. 2d 1246 · DCA95-3182 · District Court of Appeal 1997

    This opinion cites § 39.421 1 time, the section generally

    · cited by 23 in all courts

    …for truancy, because truancy is not a crime. However, the officer did have the authority to stop and transport the juvenile back to school pursuant to section 39.421(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1995). Therefore, his detention of the appellant was authorized. The trial court also concluded that the second pat down was conducted…

0 admin code rules cite § 39.421

DCF's rules in Chapter 65C, Florida Administrative Code, that cite it or name it as the law they implement.

No admin code rule cites § 39.421.

0 CFOPs cite § 39.421

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No CFOP cites § 39.421.