Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 938 - Court Costs

Part I - Mandatory Costs in All Cases (Ss. 938.01-938.06)

938.01 - Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund. - (1) All courts created by Art. V of the State...

938.03 - Crimes Compensation Trust Fund. - (1) Any person pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, or...

938.04 - Additional cost with respect to criminal fines. - History.—s. 6, ch. 77-452; s. 19, ch. 80-146; s. 2,...

938.05 - Additional court costs for felonies, misdemeanors, and criminal traffic offenses. - (1) Any person pleading nolo contendere to a misdemeanor or...

938.055 - Operating Trust Fund of the Department of Law Enforcement. - History.—s. 20, ch. 97-271; s. 24, ch. 2001-122; s. 21,...

938.06 - Cost for crime stoppers programs. - (1) In addition to any fine prescribed by law, when...

Part II - Mandatory Costs in Specific Types of Cases (Ss. 938.07-938.13)

938.07 - Driving or boating under the influence. - History.—s. 9, ch. 97-271; s. 22, ch. 98-94; s. 10,...

938.08 - Additional cost to fund programs in domestic violence. - History.—s. 5, ch. 2001-50; s. 90, ch. 2019-167.

938.085 - Additional cost to fund rape crisis centers. - History.—s. 3, ch. 2003-114; s. 9, ch. 2011-220; s. 18,...

938.10 - Additional court cost imposed in cases of certain crimes. - (1) If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to,...

938.13 - Misdemeanor convictions involving drugs or alcohol. - (1)(a) When any person, on or after October 1, 1988,...

Part III - Mandatory Court Costs Authorized by Local Governmental Entities (Ss. 938.15-938.19)

938.15 - Criminal justice education for local government. - (1) Workshops, meetings, conferences, and conventions shall, on a form...

938.17 - County delinquency prevention; juvenile assessment centers and school board suspension programs. - (1) Prior to the use of costs received pursuant to...

938.19 - Teen courts. - (1) Notwithstanding s. 318.121, in each county in which a...

Part IV - Discretionary Costs in Specific Types of Cases (Ss. 938.21-938.301)

938.21 - Alcohol and drug abuse programs. - History.—s. 18, ch. 97-271.

938.23 - Assistance grants for alcohol and other drug abuse programs. - (1) In addition to any fine imposed by law for...

938.27 - Judgment for costs of prosecution and investigation. - (1) In all criminal and violation-of-probation or community-control cases, convicted...

938.29 - Legal assistance; lien for payment of attorney’s fees or costs. - (1)(a) A defendant who is convicted of a criminal act...

938.30 - Financial obligations in criminal cases; supplementary proceedings. - (1) Any person liable for payment of any financial obligation...

938.301 - Judicial oversight and jurisdiction. - History.—s. 3, ch. 98-247.

Part V - Miscellaneous Provisions (Ss. 938.31, 938.35)

938.31 - Incorporation by reference. - History.—s. 24, ch. 97-271.

938.35 - Collection of court-related financial obligations. - History.—s. 1, ch. 98-84; s. 130, ch. 2003-402; s. 87,...