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F.S. 251.06
251.06 Use outside this state.Such Florida State Defense Force shall not be required to serve outside the boundaries of this state, except that any organization, unit, or detachment of such Florida State Defense Force, upon order of the officer in immediate command thereof, may continue in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies, or enemy forces beyond the borders of this state into another state until they are apprehended or captured by such organization, unit, or detachment, or until the military or police forces of the other state, or the forces of the United States, have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit or to apprehend or capture such persons; provided, such other state shall have given authority by law for such pursuit by such Florida State Defense Force. Any such person, who shall be apprehended or captured in such other state by an organization, unit, or detachment of the Florida State Defense Force, shall, without unnecessary delay, be surrendered to the military or police forces of the state in which she or he is taken or to the United States; but such surrender shall not constitute a waiver by this state of its right to extradite or prosecute such person for any crime committed in this state.
History.s. 6, ch. 20214, 1941; s. 13, ch. 92-86; s. 13, ch. 95-143; s. 124, ch. 95-148.