Florida Statutes Title V Chapter 26 - Circuit Courts

• 26.012 - Jurisdiction Of Circuit Court.
  (1) Circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of appeals from county courts except appeals of county court orders or judgments declaring invalid a state statute or a...
• 26.021 - Judicial Circuits; Judges.
  The state is divided into 20 judicial circuits:(1) The first circuit is composed of Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties.(2) The second circuit is composed of...
• 26.031 - Judicial Circuits; Number Of Judges.
  The number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:JUDICIAL CIRCUIT     TOTAL(1) First..........24(2) Second..........16(3) Third..........7(4) Fourth..........35(5) Fifth..........31(6) Sixth..........45(7) Seventh..........27(8) Eighth..........13(9) Ninth..........43(10) Tenth..........28(11) Eleventh..........80(12) Twelfth..........21(13) Thirteenth..........45(14) Fourteenth..........11(15) Fifteenth..........35(16) Sixteenth..........4(17) Seventeenth..........58(18) Eighteenth..........26(19) Nineteenth..........19(20) Twentieth..........31History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 72-402; s. 1, ch. 73-329; s. 1, ch. 75-124;...
• 26.19 - Abatement Of Actions Because Of Change Of Judge, Etc.
  No civil or criminal cases, suits in equity, actions at law, statutory or otherwise; and no writs, process, pleading, motion, information, presentment, indictment or other...
• 26.20 - Availability Of Judge For Hearings In Chambers.
  In circuits having more than one circuit judge, at least one of said judges shall be available as nearly as possible at all times to...
• 26.46 - Jurisdiction Of Resident Judge After Assignment.
  If a circuit judge is assigned to another circuit, none of the circuit judges in that other circuit shall, because of the assignment, be deprived...
• 26.49 - Executive Officer Of Circuit Court.
  The sheriff of the county shall be the executive officer of the circuit court of the county.History.—s. 14, ch. 4, 1845; RS 1396; GS 1841;...
• 26.52 - Travel Expenses, Circuit Judges.
  Each circuit judge shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061.History.—s. 4, ch. 6912, 1915; RGS 3004; s. 2, ch. 8480, 1921;...
• 26.55 - Conference Of Circuit Judges Of Florida; Duties And Reports.
  (1) There is created and established the Conference of Circuit Judges of Florida. The conference consists of the active and retired circuit judges of the several...
• 26.56 - Residual Jurisdiction For Abolished Courts.
  (1) If any court is abolished and a proceeding had in it is not transferred to another court, the circuit court for the county where the...
• 26.57 - Temporary Designation Of County Court Judge To Preside Over Circuit Court Cases.
  A county court judge may be designated on a temporary basis to preside over circuit court cases by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...

Last modified: September 23, 2016