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Florida Statute 17.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 17.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 17.08 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
17.08 Accounts, etc., on which warrants drawn, to be filed.All accounts, vouchers, and evidence, upon which warrants have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, drawn upon the treasury by the Chief Financial Officer shall be filed and deposited in the office of Chief Financial Officer or the office of the Chief Financial Officer’s designee, in accordance with requirements established by the Secretary of State.
History.ch. 351, 1851; RS 100; GS 104; RGS 117; CGL 147; s. 4, ch. 95-312; s. 2, ch. 97-96; s. 25, ch. 2003-261.

Cases Citing F.S. 17.08

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·Bernard Depree v. A.G. Thomas, Warden & Michael J. Bowers, 946 F.2d 784 (11th Cir. 1991).

Cited 100 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 26153, 1991 WL 209793

try them jointly. See Ga.Code Ann. § 17-8-4 (1990) (formerly Ga.Code Ann. § 27-2101 (1971))
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Distinguished(citing case) (1992)
phrase: "distinguishing"
DistinguishedBailey (1992)
phrase: "distinguishing"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2025)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Cargill v. Turpin, 120 F.3d 1366 (11th Cir. 1997).

Cited 130 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 22315, 1997 WL 473579

clearly would have been improper. See Ga.Code Ann. § 17-8-76(a) (1990) (prohibiting attorneys from informing
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Overruled(citing case) (2011)
phrase: "overruled by"
Overruled(citing case) (2011)
phrase: "been overruled"
OverruledThompson (2010)
phrase: "overruled by"
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·Richard Tucker v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Ctr., Respondent, 762 F.2d 1496 (11th Cir. 1985).

Cited 69 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

declaration of mistrial upon objection. Ga.Code Ann. § 17-8-76 (1982). See also, Tucker v. State, 245 Ga. 68
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2025)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityELDER (2024)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityRoberts (2023)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Charles Thomas Corn, Cross-Appellant v. Walter Zant, Warden, Jackson Diagnostic & Classification Ctr., Respondent- Cross-Appellee, 708 F.2d 549 (11th Cir. 1983).

Cited 55 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Ann. § 27-2401, (recodified as Off. Code Ga.Ann. § 17-8-5 (1982)), the court reporter records the entire
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Vacated(citing case) (1986)
phrase: "vacated in"
Vacated(citing case) (1986)
phrase: "vacated in"
Disapproved(citing case) (1984)
phrase: "disapproved in"
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·William Boyd Tucker v. Walter D. Zant, 724 F.2d 882 (11th Cir. 1984).

Cited 50 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 24498

informed of the possibility of parole. O.C.G.A. § 17-8-76(a). In California v. Ramos, - U.S. -, 103 S
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2015)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityGarcia (2010)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityWakefield (2007)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·75 Acres, LLC v. Miami-Dade Cnty., 338 F.3d 1288 (11th Cir. 2003).

Cited 31 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 14873, 2003 WL 21715867

Nowak, Treatise on Constitutional Law § 17.8 (3d ed.1999). By contrast, if government conduct
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DistinguishedPearson (2017)
phrase: "distinguishing"
Distinguished(citing case) (2013)
phrase: "distinguishing"
Cited as authorityPerez (2024)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Johnny Swanson, III v. The State of Alabama, 490 F.3d 894 (11th Cir. 2007).

Cited 27 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 15519, 2007 WL 1859323

first Tuesday in June. See Ala.Code § 17-8-2.1 (2005) (current version at Ala.Code § 17-6-22);
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Cited as authorityMeadors (2023)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2022)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2021)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·The New All. Party of Alabama Michael Jeter & Nathaniel Ivory v. Perry A. Hand, Sec'y of State for the State of Alabama, 933 F.2d 1568 (11th Cir. 1991).

Cited 26 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 12933, 1991 WL 95279

party ballot petitions were due in July, Ala.Code § 17-8-2.1(b), although signature petitions for independent
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Cited "but see"(citing case) (2007)
phrase: "but see"
Cited as authorityMossow (2024)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityWoodward (2024)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Richard Tucker v. Robert Francis, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Ctr., 723 F.2d 1504 (11th Cir. 1984).

Cited 28 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 24497

prohibits argument on the issue of parole, Ga.Code Ann. § 17-8-76 (1982). These inflammatory statements were improper
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Vacated(citing case) (1985)
phrase: "was vacated"
Cited as authorityPrevatte (2006)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2002)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Christopher A. Burger, Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Ctr., Respondent- Cross-Appellee, 753 F.2d 930 (11th Cir. 1985).

Cited 20 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 28157

of the trial. (R. 67) (emphasis added). O.C.G.A. § 17-8-71 (1982) specifies that ”[i]f the defendant introduces
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Cited as authorityAdkins (2004)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityMcGahee (2003)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityTokman (1990)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Hammond v. Hall, 586 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2009).

Cited 63 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24209, 2009 WL 3617765

mistrial shall constitute reversible error. O.C.G.A. § 17-8-76. When asked later why he did not ask for a mistrial
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DisapprovedMarshall (2021)
phrase: "disapproving"
DisapprovedWarden (2016)
phrase: "disapproving"
Disapproved(citing case) (2015)
phrase: "disapproving"
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·Amendments to Fla. Rules of Final Arguments, 957 So. 2d 1164 (Fla. 2007).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2007 WL 1285808

Last Word?, 29 Nova L.Rev. 99, 121 n. 199 (2004); § 17-8-71, Ga.Code Ann. (West 2006).
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2017)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2017)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2017)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Henry Willis, III v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Ctr., Respondent, 838 F.2d 1510 (11th Cir. 1988).

Cited 10 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 1792, 1988 WL 12727

27-2206 (1981) (recodified as amended at Ga.Code Ann. § 17-8-76 (1982)). 22 Defense counsel made
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Cited as authorityCommonwealth (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityBible (2007)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityJefferson (2007)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Orange State Oil Co. v. Jacksonville Express. Auth., 110 So. 2d 687 (Fla. 1st DCA 1959).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

Orgel: 1 Valuation under Eminent Domain (2nd Ed.) § 17. [8] Supra note 2. [9] See: F.S. § 73.11, F.S.A
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Cited as authorityJennings (1986)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityBergkamp (1985)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityAmadeo (1961)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Holzendorf v. Bell, 606 So. 2d 645 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 221495

...a matter we believe to rest within the discretion of the legislature, rather than a court. As for the cross-appeal, we are of the view that the city's position is correct, and that the petition as submitted was not properly signed as required under section 17.08 of the charter. Although this issue may be moot, we address it briefly for the benefit of the parties in later proceedings. Section 23.05 of the charter provides that petitions to amend the charter are required to be executed in the same manner as provided in section 17.08 for petitions for recall. Section 17.08 provides that copies *651 of a petition may be used, but in such a case, "one of the signers of each copy shall affirm under oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that he believes that each signature to the copy is the ge...
...ns, since they were circulated from several sources. We are of the view that the trial judge was correct in his initial ruling, changed on rehearing, that the procedure for execution of the petitions was not substantially complied with. The charter, section 17.08, clearly calls for affirmation under oath of each petition by "one of the signers of each copy." This was not done....
...f Elections failed to give timely notice of the deficiency. To the contrary, we find no duty on the part of the Supervisor under the charter to rule on the validity of the procedures used in executing the petitions. The duty of the Supervisor, under section 17.08, is confined to the ascertainment of "whether the petition is signed by the required number of persons and whether such persons are qualified voters as shown by the registration books." The Supervisor's examination does not contemplate...
...The final judgment on appeal is affirmed, except as to matters raised on the cross-appeal, as to which we reverse. JOANOS, C.J., and BARFIELD, J., concur. NOTES [1] As a practical matter, however, it would appear to us that through the exercise of the authority found in section 17.08 of the charter, "Recall by Voters," the citizens of Jacksonville do indeed hold the ultimate political power....
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Cited "but see"Ago (1995)
phrase: "but see"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2016)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2015)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Hall v. Warden, Lee Arrendale State Prison, 686 F. App'x 671 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

defendant. The prosecutor identified Georgia Code § 17-8-55 as authority for this procedure. The Georgia
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2019)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityHall (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Jenna Dickenson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC (11th Cir. 2022).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

was $11,697 (or $14,371 in 2021 dollars). Newberg § 17:8. USCA11 Case: 18-12344 Date Filed: 08/03/2022
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Cited as authorityNvlsp (2026)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityRobertson (2025)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2023)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Johnson v. Johansen, 338 So. 2d 1300 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 15856

...Petitioner points out that, by contrast, directors of executive departments of the consolidated government are appointed by and serve “until removed by the mayor” and the chairman of the child services advisory board is made to “serve at the will of the board.” Ch. *1302 67-1320, §§ 7.102, 12.504, Fla.Laws. Section 17.08 provides for recall by the voters of any “officer elected in any consolidated government ....
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Watson Constr. Co. v. City of Gainesville, 433 F. Supp. 2d 1269 (N.D. Fla. 2006).

Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32432, 2006 WL 1418947

& JOHN E. NOWAK, TREATISE ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW § 17.8 (3d ed.1999)). This distinction between legislative
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Florida Indus. Comm'n v. Neal, 224 So. 2d 774 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5598

presently constituted, the act further provides in Section 17(8) thereof that there is created within the Division

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