Florida Statute 27.16 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.16

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 or otherwise, or if a state attorney shall not be present at any regular or special term of the courts of his or her circuit or, being present, shall from any cause be unable to perform the duties of office or shall be disqualified to act in any particular case, the circuit judge of his or her judicial circuit shall have full power to appoint a prosecuting officer from among the members of the bar, with the consent of the member so appointed, to whom shall be administered an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of state attorney, and who shall have as full and complete authority, and whose acts shall be in all respects as valid as a regularly appointed state attorney. He or she shall sign all indictments and other documents as “acting state attorney.” The power of the appointee shall cease upon the cessation of the inability or disqualification of the state attorney or the completion of the appointee’s duties in any particular case.

History.—s. 1, ch. 1726, 1869; s. 2, ch. 1996, 1874; RS 1354; s. 1, ch. 4899, 1901; GS 1789; RGS 3019; CGL 4755; s. 1, ch. 69-212; s. 4, ch. 73-334; s. 126, ch. 95-147.

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Amendments to 27.16

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 27.16

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 27.16.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 27.16

Total Results: 20

Trout v. Bucher

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-12-07

Citation: 205 So. 3d 876, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18088

Snippet: Specialists, one at $26.77/hour and the other at $27.16/hour. The Supervisor asked Trout to be more specific

Charbonier Food Services, LLC v. 121 Alhambra Tower, LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-10-05

Citation: 206 So. 3d 755, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14842

Snippet: $10,000.00 $10,300.00 $10,609.00 $10,927.27 $16,556.36 $17,053.05 $16,564.64 $18,091.58

AVANTE VILLA AT JACKSONVILLE v. Breidert

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-06-05

Citation: 958 So. 2d 1031, 2007 WL 1593242

Snippet: Fla. Stat.; § 381.0303(3)(a)2., Fla. Stat.; § 159.27(16), Fla. Stat.; § 765.101(6) & (7), Fla. Stat.; §

EI Dupont De Nemours v. Castillo Ex Rel. Castillo

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-02-09

Citation: 748 So. 2d 1108, 2000 WL 140102

Snippet: Lynch, 830 F.2d at 1195; Havner, 953 S.W.2d at 726-27. [16] See Lust v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 89 F.3d

In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-09-24

Citation: 606 So. 2d 227, 1992 WL 246494

Snippet: (See §§ 905.16, 905.17, 905.19, 905.22, 27.02, 27.16, 27.21, & 27.22, Fla. Stat.) Vagueness remains concerning

ATCO CONST. & DEV. CORP. v. Beneficial Sav. Bank

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-04-14

Citation: 523 So. 2d 747, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1552, 1988 WL 32057

Snippet: note and mortgage since March, 1987. A total of $27,016 plus interest was claimed in the complaint. Beneficial

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1984-10-17

Snippet: officer is available for that purpose. And see, ss 27.16, 28.09, 29.07,30.12, F.S.; Petition of Stoll, 309

Fitzpatrick v. Smith

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-04-20

Citation: 432 So. 2d 89

Snippet: disqualified from handling a matter. See §§ 27.14, 27.16, Fla. Stat. (1981). This latter section provides

State v. Volusia County Industrial Development Authority

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-07-09

Citation: 400 So. 2d 1222, 1981 Fla. LEXIS 2756

Snippet: concur. .Chapter 80-287, codified as section 159.-27(16), Florida Statutes (Supp.1980), included “health-care

State v. VOLUSIA CTY. IND. DEVELOPMENT AUTH.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-07-09

Citation: 400 So. 2d 1222

Snippet: NOTES [1] Chapter 80-287, codified as section 159.27(16), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1980), included "health-care

State v. Leon County

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-06-25

Citation: 400 So. 2d 949

Snippet: NOTES [1] Chapter 80-287, codified as section 159.27(16), Floridab Statutes (Supp. 1980), included "health-care

Petition of Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-04-12

Citation: 370 So. 2d 764, 14 A.L.R. 4th 82, 5 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1039, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4641

Snippet: witnesses to a degree between not at all and slightly.[27] (16) They also felt that the witnesses were slightly

State ex rel. Shevin v. Weinstein

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-01-12

Citation: 353 So. 2d 1251, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15039

Snippet: the inherent or statutory authority under Section 27.16, Florida Statutes (1975), to appoint an acting state

State v. Miller

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1975-02-19

Citation: 313 So. 2d 656

Snippet: requirement is implicitly contained in Section 27.16, Florida Statutes, which permits the appointment

State Ex Rel. Christian v. Austin

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-11-05

Citation: 302 So. 2d 811

Snippet: statutes are Florida Statutes 27.14, 27.15 and 27.16. They provide in material part, as follows: "27

State ex rel. Harris v. McCauley

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-07-17

Citation: 297 So. 2d 825, 1974 Fla. LEXIS 3778

Snippet: acting state attorney appointed pursuant to Section 27.16, F.S. validly sign felony informations when the

Kirk v. Baker

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1969-04-15

Citation: 224 So. 2d 311

Snippet: same discretion as a Circuit Court under Section 27.16 Florida Statutes [F.S.A.], which provides for the

In Re Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-03-01

Citation: 196 So. 2d 124, 1967 Fla. LEXIS 3956

Snippet: (See sec's 905.16, 905.17, 905.19, 905.22, 27.02, 27.16, 27.21 & 27.22 FS.) Vagueness remains concerning

Weber v. City of Hollywood

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-04-06

Citation: 120 So. 2d 826, 1960 Fla. App. LEXIS 2571

Snippet: streets as authorized by statute. See 10 Fla.Jur. 27, 16 Am.Jur., Dedication, sec. 29; Ann.Cas. 1917A, 1122

State Ex Rel. Dillman v. Tedder

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1936-03-10

Citation: 166 So. 590, 123 Fla. 188, 1936 Fla. LEXIS 957

Snippet: wholly unnecessary. Crawford v. Tiedeman, 35 Fla. 27, 16 South. Rep. 900; Crawford v. Feder, 34 Fla. 397