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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 27
State Attorneys; Public Defenders; Related Offices
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Section 27.13, Florida Statutes 2000

27.13  Completion of compromise.--The state attorney shall, on agreeing to any compromise or settlement, report the same to the Department of Banking and Finance for its approval; and, on its approving such compromise or settlement, the said state attorney, on a compliance with the terms of such compromise or settlement shall give a receipt to the collector of revenue, sheriff or other officer, or the sureties on their bonds, or to the legal representatives, which receipt shall be a discharge from all judgments, claims or demands of the state against such collector of revenue or other officer, or the sureties on their bonds.

History.--s. 2, ch. 3236, 1881; RS 1352; GS 1787; RGS 3017; CGL 4753; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106.