Florida Statutes Part II - State Attorneys (Ss. 27.01-27.367)

• 27.01 - State Attorneys; Number, Election, Terms.
  There shall be a state attorney for each of the judicial circuits, who shall be elected at the general election by the qualified electors of...
• 27.015 - Private Practice Prohibited.
  All state attorneys elected to said office shall be so elected on a full-time basis and shall be prohibited from the private practice of law...
• 27.02 - Duties Before Court.
  (1) The state attorney shall appear in the circuit and county courts within his or her judicial circuit and prosecute or defend on behalf of the...
• 27.03 - Duties Before Grand Jury.
  Whenever required by the grand jury, the state attorney shall attend them for the purpose of examining witnesses in their presence, or of giving legal...
• 27.04 - Summoning And Examining Witnesses For State.
  The state attorney shall have summoned all witnesses required on behalf of the state; and he or she is allowed the process of his or...
• 27.05 - Assisting Attorney General.
  In addition to the duties now imposed upon the several state attorneys of this state, by statute, they shall assist the Attorney General in the...
• 27.06 - Habeas Corpus And Preliminary Trials.
  The several state attorneys of this state shall represent the state in all cases of habeas corpus arising in their respective circuits, and shall also...
• 27.08 - State Claims; Surrender Of Papers To Successor.
  Upon the qualification of the successor of any state attorney, the state attorney going out of office shall deliver to his or her successor a...
• 27.10 - Obligation As To Claims; How Discharged.
  The charges mentioned in s. 17.20 shall be evidence of indebtedness on the part of any state attorney against whom any charge is made for...
• 27.11 - Report Upon Claims Committed To State Attorney.
  The state attorney shall make a report to the Chief Financial Officer on the first Monday in January and July in each and every year...
• 27.12 - Power To Compromise.
  (1) The state attorney may, with the approval of the Department of Financial Services, compromise and settle all judgments, claims, and demands in favor of the...
• 27.13 - Completion Of Compromise.
  The state attorney shall, on agreeing to any compromise or settlement, report the same to the Department of Financial Services for its approval; and, on...
• 27.14 - Assigning State Attorneys To Other Circuits.
  (1) If any state attorney is disqualified to represent the state in any investigation, case, or matter pending in the courts of his or her circuit...
• 27.15 - State Attorneys To Assist In Other Circuits.
  (1) The Governor of the state may for good and sufficient reasons require any state attorney in the state to proceed to any place in the...
• 27.151 - Confidentiality Of Specified Executive Orders; Criteria.
  (1) If the Governor provides in an executive order issued pursuant to s. 27.14 or s. 27.15 that the order or a portion thereof is confidential,...
• 27.16 - Appointment Of Acting State Attorney.
  Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the office of the state attorney in any of the judicial circuits of this state, either by nonappointment...
• 27.18 - Assistant To State Attorney.
  The state attorney, by and with the consent of court, may procure the assistance of any member of the bar when the amount of the...
• 27.181 - Assistant State Attorneys; Appointment; Powers And Duties; Compensation.
  (1) Each assistant state attorney appointed by a state attorney shall serve during the pleasure of the state attorney appointing him or her. Each such appointment...
• 27.182 - Salary Discrimination Based On Gender Or Race; Review Within The Office Of State Attorney.
  Each state attorney shall undertake an annual review of compensation policies for the position of assistant state attorney. Within the context of comparable skills, experience,...
• 27.25 - State Attorney Authorized To Employ Personnel; Funding Formula.
  (1) The state attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ and establish, in such number as is authorized by the General Appropriations Act, assistant...
• 27.251 - Special Investigators.
  The state attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ any municipal or county police officer or sheriff’s deputy as an investigator for the...
• 27.255 - Investigators; Authority To Arrest, Qualifications, Rights, Immunities, Bond, And Oath.
  (1) Each investigator employed on a full-time basis by a state attorney and each special investigator appointed by the state attorney pursuant to the provisions of...
• 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 or contribute funds to the operation of, the various state attorneys as provided in this subsection....
• 27.341 - Electronic Filing And Receipt Of Court Documents.
  (1)(a) Each office of the state attorney shall electronically file court documents with the clerk of the court and receive court documents from the clerk of...
• 27.345 - State Attorney Rico Trust Fund; Authorized Use Of Funds; Reporting.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of s. 895.09, when a state attorney files an action pursuant to s. 895.05, funds provided to the state attorney pursuant...
• 27.3451 - State Attorney’s Forfeiture And Investigative Support Trust Fund.
  There is created for each of the several state attorneys a trust fund to be known as the State Attorney’s Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust...
• 27.35 - Salaries Of State Attorneys.
  Each state attorney shall receive as salary the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act.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).
  It is the intent of the Legislature that convicted criminal offenders who meet the criteria in s. 775.087(2) and (3) be sentenced to the minimum...
• 27.367 - State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund.
  The State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund is created within the Justice Administrative Commission. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall be used for the purpose...

Last modified: September 23, 2016