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(a) One commits the crime of escape in the fourth degree if, without lawful authority, one

(1) removes oneself from official detention for a misdemeanor;

(2) having been placed under actual restraint by a peace officer before arrest, removes oneself from the restraint.

(3) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]

(b) Escape in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.