Florida Statutes
Chapter 903 - Bail
903.02 - Actions Following Denial; Changes in Bail Conditions or Bond Amount; Separation by Charge or Offense.


(1) If application for bail is made to an authorized court and denied, no court of inferior jurisdiction shall admit the applicant to bail unless such court of inferior jurisdiction is the court having jurisdiction to try the defendant.
(2) No judge of a court of equal or inferior jurisdiction may remove a condition of bail or reduce the amount of bond required, unless such judge:
(a) Imposed the conditions of bail or set the amount of bond required;
(b) Is the chief judge of the circuit in which the defendant is to be tried;
(c) Has been assigned to preside over the criminal trial of the defendant; or
(d) Is the designee of the chief judge and a judge has not yet been assigned to the criminal trial.

(3) The term “court,” as used in this chapter, includes all state courts.
(4) Any judge setting or granting monetary bail shall set a separate and specific bail amount for each charge or offense. When bail is posted, each charge or offense requires a separate bond.
History.—s. 45, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(45); s. 1, ch. 70-86; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 37, ch. 82-175; s. 40, ch. 84-103; s. 1, ch. 2006-279.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections

Chapter 903 - Bail

903.011 - “Bail” and “Bond” Defined; General Terms.

903.02 - Actions Following Denial; Changes in Bail Conditions or Bond Amount; Separation by Charge or Offense.

903.03 - Jurisdiction of Trial Court to Admit to Bail; Duties and Responsibilities of Department of Corrections.

903.035 - Applications for Bail; Information Provided; Hearing on Application for Modification; Penalty for Providing False or Misleading Information or Omitting Material Information.

903.0351 - Restrictions on Pretrial Release Pending Probation-Violation Hearing or Community-Control-Violation Hearing.

903.045 - Nature of Criminal Surety Bail Bonds.

903.046 - Purpose of and Criteria for Bail Determination.

903.047 - Conditions of Pretrial Release.

903.0471 - Violation of Condition of Pretrial Release.

903.05 - Qualification of Sureties.

903.06 - Validity of Undertaking by Minor.

903.08 - Sufficiency of Sureties.

903.09 - Justification of Sureties.

903.101 - Sureties; Licensed Persons; to Have Equal Access.

903.105 - Appearance Bonds.

903.131 - Bail on Appeal, Revocation; Recommission.

903.132 - Bail on Appeal; Conditions for Granting; Appellate Review.

903.133 - Bail on Appeal; Prohibited for Certain Felony Convictions.

903.14 - Contracts to Indemnify Sureties.

903.16 - Deposit of Money or Bonds as Bail.

903.17 - Substitution of Cash Bail for Other Bail.

903.18 - Bail After Deposit of Money or Bonds.

903.20 - Surrender of Defendant.

903.21 - Method of Surrender; Exoneration of Obligors.

903.22 - Arrest of Principal by Surety Before Forfeiture.

903.26 - Forfeiture of the Bond; When and How Directed; Discharge; How and When Made; Effect of Payment.

903.27 - Forfeiture to Judgment.

903.28 - Remission of Forfeiture; Conditions.

903.286 - Return of Cash Bond; Requirement to Withhold Unpaid Fines, Fees, Court Costs; Cash Bond Forms.

903.29 - Arrest of Principal by Surety After Forfeiture.

903.31 - Canceling the Bond.

903.32 - Defects in Bond.

903.33 - Bail Not Discharged for Certain Defects.

903.34 - Who May Admit to Bail.

903.36 - Guaranteed Arrest Bond Certificates as Cash Bail.