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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 20
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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F.S. 20.10
20.10 Department of State.There is created a Department of State.
(1) The head of the Department of State is the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Secretary of State shall perform the functions conferred by the State Constitution upon the custodian of state records.
(2) The following divisions of the Department of State are established:
(a) Division of Elections.
(b) Division of Historical Resources.
(c) Division of Corporations.
(d) Division of Library and Information Services.
(e) Division of Arts and Culture.
(f) Division of Administration.
(3) The Department of State may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of law conferring duties upon the department.
History.s. 10, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-329; s. 3, ch. 71-355; s. 1, ch. 74-272; s. 15, ch. 75-22; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 77-122; s. 3, ch. 79-164; s. 1, ch. 80-391; s. 3, ch. 86-163; s. 4, ch. 2000-258; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2001-75; s. 2, ch. 2002-295; s. 3, ch. 2021-71.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 20.10

Total Results: 8

MOBIL CHEMICAL CO., a DIV. OF MOBIL CORP. v. Hawkins

440 So. 2d 378, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 21650

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 1983 | Docket: 1431040

Cited 14 times | Published

Redfearn Wills and Administration in Florida, § 20.10 at 377, n. 23 (5th Ed. 1977); Trawick, Florida

UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. v. Megatrux Transportation, Inc.

750 F.3d 1282, 2014 A.M.C. 1636, 2014 WL 1816946, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 8663

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 8, 2014 | Docket: 258937

Cited 7 times | Published

at 13) (italicized emphasis added). Finally, Section 20.10 provides: “Each Services Recipient is an intended

Pan American World Airways v. Wilmot

492 So. 2d 1373, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1824

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 20, 1986 | Docket: 478461

Cited 7 times | Published

fresh air, eating, smoking, and the like." Id. at § 20.10 (e.s.). As this court has itself recognized: "[C]ompensability

Nancy Carola Jacobsen v. Florida Secretary of State

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 3, 2020 | Docket: 18407994

Published

the Supervisors among its divisions, Fla. Stat. § 20.10(2), and the Board of County Commissioners, not

Nancy Carola Jacobsen v. Florida Secretary of State

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 29, 2020 | Docket: 17109775

Published

the Supervisors among its divisions, Fla. Stat. § 20.10(2), and the Board of County Commissioners, not

Advisory Opinion to the Governor Re: Implementation of Amendment 4, The Voting Restoration Amendment

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 16, 2020 | Docket: 16761642

Published

constitutional executive authority of the Governor”); § 20.10, Fla. Stat. (creating the Department of State,

Kenneth J. Detzner, etc. v. Harry Lee Anstead

256 So. 3d 820

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 2018 | Docket: 8053755

Published

Secretary Detzner is a state officer. See § 20.10(1), Fla. Stat. (2018) ("The head of the Department

Quittner v. Thompson

309 F. Supp. 684, 1970 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12682

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 27, 1970 | Docket: 66059583

Published

he was publicly intoxicated in violation of Section 20-10 of the Dania Municipal Code. It is the plaintiff’s