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Part I - Court Reporters; Witness Coordination (Ss. 27.0055-27.0065)
27.0055 - Official court reporters. - (1) The term “official court reporter” means any individual appointed...
27.0061 - Transcripts in criminal cases. - History.—s. 4, ch. 95-286.
27.0065 - Witness coordination. - (1) Coordinating court appearances, including pretrial conferences and depositions, for...
Part II - State Attorneys (Ss. 27.01-27.367)
27.01 - State attorneys; number, election, terms. - History.—s. 1, ch. 5120, 1903; GS 1796; ss. 1, chs....
27.015 - Private practice prohibited. - History.—s. 1, ch. 70-79; s. 11, ch. 2002-1.
27.02 - Duties before court. - (1) The state attorney shall appear in the circuit and...
27.03 - Duties before grand jury. - History.—s. 4, ch. 1661, 1868; RS 1345; GS 1780; RGS...
27.04 - Summoning and examining witnesses for state. - History.—s. 2, ch. 2094, 1877; RS 1346; GS 1781; s....
27.05 - Assisting Attorney General. - History.—s. 1, ch. 5399, 1905; RGS 3008; CGL 4742.
27.06 - Habeas corpus and preliminary trials. - History.—s. 3, ch. 5399, 1905; RGS 3010; CGL 4746; s....
27.08 - State claims; surrender of papers to successor. - History.—s. 4, ch. 1413, 1863; RS 1353; GS 1782; RGS...
27.10 - Obligation as to claims; how discharged. - History.—s. 2, ch. 1413, 1863; RS 1348; GS 1783; RGS...
27.11 - Report upon claims committed to state attorney. - History.—s. 3, ch. 1413, 1863; RS 1349; GS 1784; RGS...
27.12 - Power to compromise. - (1) The state attorney may, with the approval of the...
27.13 - Completion of compromise. - History.—s. 2, ch. 3236, 1881; RS 1352; GS 1787; RGS...
27.14 - Assigning state attorneys to other circuits. - (1) If any state attorney is disqualified to represent the...
27.15 - State attorneys to assist in other circuits. - (1) The Governor of the state may for good and...
27.151 - Confidentiality of specified executive orders; criteria. - (1) If the Governor provides in an executive order issued...
27.16 - Appointment of acting state attorney. - History.—s. 1, ch. 1726, 1869; s. 2, ch. 1996, 1874;...
27.18 - Assistant to state attorney. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2099, 1877; RS 1355; GS 1791; RGS...
27.181 - Assistant state attorneys; appointment; powers and duties; compensation. - (1) Each assistant state attorney appointed by a state attorney...
27.182 - Salary discrimination based on gender or race; review within the office of state attorney. - History.—s. 7, ch. 91-74.
27.25 - State attorney authorized to employ personnel; funding formula. - (1) The state attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized...
27.251 - Special investigators. - History.—ss. 1, 4, ch. 78-227; s. 130, ch. 95-147; s....
27.255 - Investigators; authority to arrest, qualifications, rights, immunities, bond, and oath. - (1) Each investigator employed on a full-time basis by a...
27.34 - Limitations on payment of salaries and other related costs of state attorneys’ offices other than by the state. - (1) A county or municipality may contract with, or appropriate...
27.341 - Electronic filing and receipt of court documents. - (1)(a) Each office of the state attorney shall electronically file...
27.345 - State Attorney RICO Trust Fund; authorized use of funds; reporting. - (1) Subject to the provisions of s. 895.09, when a...
27.3451 - State Attorney’s Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund. - History.—s. 1, ch. 89-307; s. 4, ch. 95-280; s. 17,...
27.35 - Salaries of state attorneys. - History.—ss. 3, 6, ch. 72-326; s. 11, ch. 2003-402.
27.366 - Legislative intent and policy in cases meeting criteria of s. 775.087(2) and (3). - History.—s. 2, ch. 99-12; s. 1, ch. 2011-200; s. 4,...
27.367 - State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2009-8; s. 2, ch. 2011-16.
Part III - Public Defenders and Other Court-Appointed Counsel (Ss. 27.40-27.59)
27.40 - Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; minimum requirements; appointment by court. - 1(1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual in...
27.405 - Court-appointed counsel; Justice Administrative Commission tracking and reporting. - (1) The Justice Administrative Commission shall separately track expenditures and...
27.425 - Due process service rates; expenditure limitation; approval of uniform contract forms and procedures. - (1) The maximum compensation rates for state-funded due process service...
27.50 - Public defender; qualifications; election. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-409; s. 15, ch. 73-333; s. 1,...
27.51 - Duties of public defender. - (1) The public defender shall represent, without additional compensation, any...
27.511 - Offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; legislative intent; qualifications; appointment; duties. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide...
27.5111 - Indigent Civil Defense Trust Fund. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2008-110; s. 2, ch. 2011-18.
27.5112 - Electronic filing and receipt of court documents. - (1)(a) Each office of the public defender shall electronically file...
27.512 - Order of no imprisonment. - (1) In each case in which the court determines that...
27.52 - Determination of indigent status. - (1) APPLICATION TO THE CLERK.—A person seeking appointment of a...
27.525 - Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund. - History.—s. 1, ch. 96-376; s. 7, ch. 2007-62.
27.53 - Appointment of assistants and other staff; method of payment. - (1) The public defender of each judicial circuit is authorized...
27.5301 - Salaries of public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant regional counsel. - (1) The salaries of public defenders shall be as provided...
27.5302 - Salary discrimination based on gender or race; review within the office of public defender. - History.—s. 8, ch. 91-74.
27.5303 - Public defenders; criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; conflict of interest. - (1)(a) If, at any time during the representation of two...
27.5304 - Private court-appointed counsel; compensation; notice. - 1(1) Private court-appointed counsel appointed in the manner prescribed in...
27.5305 - Attorney or provider compensation; conditions; requirements. - (1) ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER.— (a) A person requesting compensation from...
27.54 - Limitation on payment of expenditures other than by the state. - (1) All payments for the salary of the public defender...
27.561 - Effect of nonpayment. - (1) Whenever a defendant-recipient or parent is ordered to pay...
27.562 - Disposition of funds. - History.—s. 3, ch. 77-264; s. 11, ch. 79-400; s. 4,...
27.58 - Administration of public defender services. - History.—s. 7, ch. 63-409; s. 3, ch. 2000-343; s. 23,...
27.59 - Access to prisoners. - History.—s. 6, ch. 67-539; s. 10, ch. 80-376; s. 13,...
Part IV - Capital Collateral Representation (Ss. 27.7001-27.715)
27.7001 - Legislative intent and findings. - History.—s. 1, ch. 85-332; s. 5, ch. 95-280; s. 1,...
27.7002 - Limitation on collateral representation; lawyer disqualification; use of state funds for excess fees not authorized. - (1) This chapter does not create any right on behalf...
27.701 - Capital collateral regional counsel. - History.—s. 3, ch. 85-332; s. 145, ch. 95-147; s. 1,...
27.702 - Duties of the capital collateral regional counsel; reports. - (1) The capital collateral regional counsel shall represent each person...
27.703 - Conflict of interest and substitute counsel. - (1) The capital collateral regional counsel shall not accept an...
27.704 - Appointment of assistants and other staff. - (1) Appoint, employ, and establish, in such numbers as he...
27.7045 - Capital case proceedings; constitutionally deficient representation. - History.—s. 7, ch. 2013-216; s. 1, ch. 2016-10.
27.705 - Salaries of capital collateral regional counsel and assistant capital collateral counsel. - (1) Each capital collateral regional counsel shall be paid a...
27.706 - Private practice of law prohibited. - History.—s. 3, ch. 85-332; s. 150, ch. 95-147; s. 6,...
27.707 - Investigators; service of process. - History.—s. 3, ch. 85-332; s. 7, ch. 97-313.
27.708 - Access to prisoners; compliance with the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure; records requests. - (1) Each capital collateral regional counsel and his or her...
27.7081 - Capital postconviction public records production. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Agency”...
27.7091 - Legislative recommendations to Supreme Court; postconviction proceedings; pro bono service credit. - (1) Adopt by rule the provisions of s. 924.055, which...
27.710 - Registry of attorneys applying to represent persons in postconviction capital collateral proceedings; certification of minimum requirements; appointment by trial court. - (1) The executive director of the Justice Administrative Commission shall...
27.711 - Terms and conditions of appointment of attorneys as counsel in postconviction capital collateral proceedings. - (1) As used in s. 27.710 and this section, the...
27.715 - Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2009-62; s. 2, ch. 2013-12.