(1) The clerks of court, through their association and in consultation with the Office of the State Courts Administrator, shall prepare and disseminate a manual of filing fees, service charges, costs, and fines imposed pursuant to state law, for each type of action and offense, and classified as mandatory or discretionary. The manual also shall classify the fee, charge, cost, or fine as court-related revenue or noncourt-related revenue. The clerks, through their association, shall disseminate this manual to the chief judge, state attorney, public defender, and court administrator in each circuit and to the clerk of the court in each county. The clerks, through their association and in consultation with the Office of the State Courts Administrator, shall at a minimum update and disseminate this manual on July 1 of each year.
(2) By October 1, 2021, the clerks of court, through the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, shall develop a uniform payment plan form for use by persons seeking to establish a payment plan in accordance with s. 28.246(4). The form must inform the person of the minimum payment due each month, the term of the plan, acceptable payment methods, and the circumstances under which a case may be sent to collections for nonpayment.
(3) By January 1, 2022, each clerk of court shall use the uniform payment plan form developed pursuant to subsection (2) when establishing payment plans.
History.—s. 98, ch. 2004-265; s. 3, ch. 2012-124; s. 8, ch. 2021-116.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 28 - Clerks of the Circuit Courts
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.
28.06 - Power of Clerk to Appoint Deputies.
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.
28.222 - Clerk to Be County Recorder.
28.22205 - Electronic Filing Process.
28.2221 - Electronic Access to Official Records.
28.2222 - Public Records Capital Improvement Plan.
28.223 - Probate Records; Recordation.
28.231 - Service Charges by Clerks of Courts.
28.235 - Advance Payments by Clerk of Circuit Court.
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.
28.245 - Transmittal of Funds to Department of Revenue; Uniform Remittance Form Required.
28.2457 - Mandatory Monetary Assessments.
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.
28.37 - 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.