(1) A sentence of imprisonment shall not begin to run before the date it is imposed, but the court imposing a sentence shall allow a defendant credit for all of the time she or he spent in the county jail before sentence. The credit must be for a specified period of time and shall be provided for in the sentence.
(2) In addition to other credits, a person sentenced to imprisonment in custody of the Department of Corrections shall receive credit on her or his sentence for all time spent between sentencing and being placed in custody of the department. When delivering a prisoner to the department, the custodian of the local jail shall certify to it in writing:
(a) The date the sentence was imposed and the date the prisoner was delivered to the department.
(b) The dates of any periods after sentence the prisoner was at liberty on bond.
(c) The dates and reasons for any other times the prisoner was at liberty after sentence.
(d) The offender-based transaction system number or numbers from the uniform arrest report or reports established pursuant to s. 943.05(2).
The certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts certified.
History.—s. 1, ch. 63-457; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 125, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 70-441; s. 1, ch. 73-71; s. 14, ch. 77-120; s. 25, ch. 79-3; s. 13, ch. 86-187; s. 1544, ch. 97-102; s. 3, ch. 2000-179.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
921.0017 - Credit Upon Recommitment of Offender Serving Split Sentence.
921.002 - The Criminal Punishment Code.
921.0022 - Criminal Punishment Code; Offense Severity Ranking Chart.
921.0023 - Criminal Punishment Code; Ranking Unlisted Felony Offenses.
921.0024 - Criminal Punishment Code; Worksheet Computations; Scoresheets.
921.00241 - Prison Diversion Program.
921.0025 - Adoption and Implementation of Revised Sentencing Scoresheets.
921.0026 - Mitigating Circumstances.
921.00265 - Recommended Sentences; Departure Sentences; Mandatory Minimum Sentences.
921.0027 - Criminal Punishment Code and Revisions; Applicability.
921.09 - Fees of Physicians Who Determine Sanity at Time of Sentence.
921.12 - Fees of Physicians When Pregnancy Is Alleged as Cause for Not Pronouncing Sentence.
921.137 - Imposition of the Death Sentence Upon an Intellectually Disabled Defendant Prohibited.
921.15 - Stay of Execution of Sentence to Fine; Bond and Proceedings.
921.16 - When Sentences to Be Concurrent and When Consecutive.
921.18 - Sentence for Indeterminate Period for Noncapital Felony.
921.185 - Sentence; Restitution a Mitigation in Certain Crimes.
921.186 - Substantial Assistance.
921.187 - Disposition and Sentencing; Alternatives; Restitution.
921.188 - Placement of Certain State Inmates in Local Detention Facilities.
921.20 - Classification Summary; Florida Commission on Offender Review.
921.21 - Progress Reports to Florida Commission on Offender Review.
921.22 - Determination of Exact Period of Imprisonment by Florida Commission on Offender Review.
921.231 - Presentence Investigation Reports.
921.241 - Felony Judgments; Fingerprints Required in Record.
921.242 - Subsequent Offenses Under Chapter 796; Method of Proof Applicable.
921.243 - Offenses Involving Minor Victims; Offender Records.