Florida Statutes Part III - Public Defenders And Other Court-appointed Counsel (Ss. 27.40-27.61)

• 27.40 - Court-appointed Counsel; Circuit Registries; Minimum Requirements; Appointment By Court.
  (1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court-appointed counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or...
• 27.401 - Cross-circuit Conflict Representation Pilot Program.
  (1) The Cross-Circuit Conflict Representation Pilot Program is established in the offices of the public defender in the Tenth and Thirteenth Judicial Circuits and the office...
• 27.405 - Court-appointed Counsel; Justice Administrative Commission Tracking And Reporting.
  (1) The Justice Administrative Commission shall separately track expenditures and performance measures for private court-appointed counsel for each of the categories of criminal or civil cases...
• 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 providers in cases in which the court has appointed private counsel or declared a person indigent...
• 27.50 - Public Defender; Qualifications; Election.
  For each judicial circuit, there shall be a public defender who shall be, and shall have been for the preceding 5 years, a member in...
• 27.51 - Duties Of Public Defender.
  (1) The public defender shall represent, without additional compensation, any person determined to be indigent under s. 27.52 and:(a) Under arrest for, or charged with, a felony;(b) Under...
• 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 adequate representation to persons entitled to court-appointed counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as...
• 27.5111 - Indigent Civil Defense Trust Fund.
  The Indigent Civil Defense Trust Fund is created within the Justice Administrative Commission. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall be used for the purpose...
• 27.5112 - Electronic Filing And Receipt Of Court Documents.
  (1)(a) Each office of the public defender shall electronically file court documents with the clerk of the court and receive court documents from the clerk of...
• 27.512 - Order Of No Imprisonment.
  (1) In each case in which the court determines that it will not sentence the defendant to imprisonment if convicted, the court shall issue an order...
• 27.52 - Determination Of Indigent Status.
  (1) APPLICATION TO THE CLERK.—A person seeking appointment of a public defender under s. 27.51 based upon an inability to pay must apply to the clerk...
• 27.525 - Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund.
  The Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund is created, to be administered by the Justice Administrative Commission. Funds shall be credited to the trust fund as...
• 27.53 - Appointment Of Assistants And Other Staff; Method Of Payment.
  (1) The public defender of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ and establish, in such numbers as authorized by the General Appropriations Act, assistant public...
• 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 in the General Appropriations Act and shall be paid in equal monthly installments.(2) The salary for each...
• 27.5302 - Salary Discrimination Based On Gender Or Race; Review Within The Office Of Public Defender.
  Each public defender shall undertake an annual review of compensation policies for the position of assistant public defender. Within the context of comparable skills, experience,...
• 27.5303 - Public Defenders; Criminal Conflict And Civil Regional Counsel; Conflict Of Interest.
  (1)(a) If, at any time during the representation of two or more defendants, a public defender determines that the interests of those accused are so adverse...
• 27.5304 - Private Court-appointed Counsel; Compensation; Notice.
  (1) Private court-appointed counsel shall be compensated by the Justice Administrative Commission as provided in this section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees prescribed...
• 27.5305 - Attorney Or Provider Compensation; Conditions; Requirements.
  This section applies to the payment by the state through the Justice Administrative Commission of legal fees and due process costs in an eligible criminal...
• 27.54 - Limitation On Payment Of Expenditures Other Than By The State.
  (1) All payments for the salary of the public defender and the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel and for the necessary expenses of office, including...
• 27.561 - Effect Of Nonpayment.
  (1) Whenever a defendant-recipient or parent is ordered to pay attorney’s fees or costs, default in the payment thereof shall be cause for finding the defendant-recipient...
• 27.562 - Disposition Of Funds.
  All funds collected pursuant to s. 938.29 shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund administered...
• 27.58 - Administration Of Public Defender Services.
  The public defender of each judicial circuit of the state shall be the chief administrator of all public defender services authorized under s. 27.51 within...
• 27.59 - Access To Prisoners.
  The public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant regional counsel shall be empowered to inquire of all persons who...
• 27.61 - Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund.
  The Public Defenders 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