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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 27
State Attorneys; Public Defenders; Related Offices
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Chapter 27, Part II, Florida Statutes 2000

PART II

STATE ATTORNEYS

27.01  State attorneys; number, election, terms.

27.015  Private practice prohibited.

27.02  Duties before court.

27.03  Duties before grand jury.

27.04  Summoning and examining witnesses for state.

27.05  Assisting Attorney General.

27.06  Habeas corpus and preliminary trials.

27.08  State claims; surrender of papers to successor.

27.10  Obligation as to claims; how discharged.

27.11  Report upon claims committed to state attorney.

27.12  Power to compromise.

27.13  Completion of compromise.

27.14  Assigning state attorneys to other circuits.

27.15  State attorneys to assist in other circuits.

27.151  Confidentiality of specified executive orders; criteria.

27.16  Appointment of acting state attorney.

27.18  Assistant to state attorney.

27.181  Assistant state attorneys; appointment; powers and duties; compensation.

27.182  Salary discrimination based on gender or race; review within the office of state attorney.

27.25  State attorney authorized to employ personnel; funding formula.

27.251  Special organized crime investigators.

27.255  Investigators; authority to arrest, qualifications, rights, immunities, bond, and oath.

27.271  Per diem and mileage for state attorneys and assistant state attorneys.

27.33  Submission of annual budget.

27.34  Salaries and other related costs of state attorneys' offices; limitations.

27.345  State Attorney RICO Trust Fund; authorized use of funds; reporting.

27.3451  State Attorney's Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund.

27.3455  Annual statement of certain revenues and expenditures.

27.35  Salaries of state attorneys.

27.36  Office of Prosecution Coordination.

27.365  Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association; annual report regarding prosecutions.

27.366  Legislative intent and policy in cases meeting criteria of s. 775.087(2) and (3); report.