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Fla. Stat. § 28.12 (2025)
Clerk of the board of county commissioners.
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28.12 Clerk of the board of county commissioners.—The clerk of the circuit court shall be clerk and accountant of the board of county commissioners. He or she shall keep the minutes and accounts and perform such other duties as provided by law. The clerk shall have custody of the seal and affix the same to any paper or instrument as required by law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1974–2009 · leading case: Brock v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 21 So. 3d 844 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).
Brock v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 21 So. 3d 844 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009). “Section 28.12, Florida Statutes (2007), provides that the “clerk of the circuit court shall be clerk and accountant of the board of county commissioners,” and that the Clerk “shall keep the minutes and accounts and perform such other duties as *847 provided by law.”
McCarthy v. Florida Ladder Co., 295 So. 2d 707 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974). “[7] *710 As stated in 2 Harper and James, The Law of Torts, § 28.12, "For example, if injury can be traced to a break or collapse of a structure or a machine and the evidence also shows that the article was being put to its ordinary use in the ordinary way when it failed, it is…”
S. Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Gonzalez, 429 So. 2d 1294 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “Larson, § 28.12 at 5-330. Unquestionably Gonzalez deviated from the scope of his employment upon stopping at La Barata and going to the tomato patch with Fernandez; nevertheless we hold that the emergency circumstances under which Gonzalez was injured in protecting a co-employee…”
Ainsworth v. KLI, Inc., 967 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). “”) (citing 2 Harper and James, The Law of Torts § 28.12 (“if injury can be traced to a break or collapse of a structure or a machine and the evidence also shows that the article was being put to its ordinary use in the ordinary way when it failed, it is reasonable to attribute…”
State, Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs. v. Hartsfield, 443 So. 2d 322 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “See §§ 28.12, 28.211, 28.212, 28.222, Florida Statutes.”
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