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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 28
CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS
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CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 28
CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS
28.001
Definitions.
28.01
Bond of circuit court clerks; small counties.
28.02
Bond of circuit court clerks; large counties.
28.03
Obligation of sureties.
28.04
Justification of sureties.
28.05
Surety companies.
28.06
Power of clerk to appoint deputies.
28.07
Place of office.
28.071
Clerk’s seal.
28.09
Clerk ad interim.
28.101
Petitions and records of dissolution of marriage; additional charges.
28.12
Clerk of the board of county commissioners.
28.13
Papers and electronic filings.
28.14
Records, judgments, orders, and decrees prior to circuit courts.
28.15
Records from superior courts.
28.16
Certain records from prior county courts.
28.211
Clerk to keep docket.
28.212
Minutes of court proceedings.
28.213
Disposal of physical evidence filed as exhibits.
28.215
Pro se assistance.
28.222
Clerk to be county recorder.
28.22205
Electronic filing process.
28.2221
Electronic access to official records.
28.2222
Public records capital improvement plan.
28.2225
Title fraud prevention through identity verification; pilot program.
28.223
Probate records; recordation.
28.231
Service charges by clerks of courts.
28.235
Advance payments by clerk of circuit court.
28.24
Service charges.
28.2401
Service charges and filing fees in probate matters.
28.2402
Cost recovery; use of the circuit court for ordinance or special law violations.
28.2405
Comprehensive Case Information System.
28.241
Filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings.
28.242
Service charges retained when case laid in wrong venue.
28.243
Personal liability for accepting checks.
28.244
Refunds.
28.245
Transmittal of funds to Department of Revenue; uniform remittance form required.
28.2457
Mandatory monetary assessments.
28.246
Payment of court-related fines or other monetary penalties, fees, charges, and costs; partial payments; distribution of funds.
28.29
Recording of orders and judgments.
28.30
Records; destruction; reproduction; electronic recordkeeping.
28.31
Notice to county commissioners of intent to destroy; approval of board.
28.32
Destruction of certain instruments.
28.33
Investment of county funds by the clerk of the circuit court.
28.34
Salary discrimination based on gender or race; review within the county and circuit courts.
28.345
State access to records; exemption from court-related fees and charges.
28.35
Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation.
28.36
Budget procedure.
28.37
Fines, fees, service charges, and costs remitted to the state.
28.42
Manual of filing fees, charges, costs, and fines; payment plan form.
28.44
Clerk discontinuance of court-related functions.
28.45
Provision of financial data to Executive Office of the Governor.
28.47
Recording notification service.