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Fla. Stat. § 29.007 (2025)
Court-appointed counsel.
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29.007 Court-appointed counsel.—For purposes of implementing s. 14, Art. V of the State Constitution, the elements of court-appointed counsel to be provided from state revenues appropriated by general law are as follows:
(1) Private attorneys appointed by the court to handle cases where the defendant is indigent and cannot be represented by the public defender or the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel.
(2) When the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel has a conflict of interest, private attorneys appointed by the court to represent indigents or other classes of litigants in civil proceedings requiring court-appointed counsel in accordance with state and federal constitutional guarantees and federal and state statutes.
(3) Reasonable court reporting and transcription services necessary to meet constitutional or statutory requirements, including the cost of transcribing and copying depositions of witnesses and the cost of foreign language and sign-language interpreters and translators.
(4) Witnesses, including expert witnesses, summoned to appear for an investigation, preliminary hearing, or trial in a case when the witnesses are summoned on behalf of an indigent, and any other expert witnesses approved by the court.
(5) Mental health professionals appointed pursuant to s. 394.473 and required in a court hearing involving an indigent, mental health professionals appointed pursuant to s. 916.115(2) and required in a court hearing involving an indigent, and any other mental health professionals required by law for the full adjudication of any civil case involving an indigent person.
(6) Reasonable pretrial consultation fees and costs.
(7) Travel expenses reimbursable under s. 112.061 reasonably necessary in the performance of constitutional and statutory responsibilities.
Subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) apply when court-appointed counsel is appointed; when the court determines that the litigant is indigent for costs; or when the litigant is acting pro se and the court determines that the litigant is indigent for costs at the trial or appellate level. This section applies in any situation in which the court appoints counsel to protect a litigant’s due process rights. The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve uniform contract forms for use in processing payments for due process services under this section. In each case in which a private attorney represents a person determined by the court to be indigent for costs, the attorney shall execute the commission’s contract for private attorneys representing persons determined to be indigent for costs.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 2008–2017 · leading case: Just. Admin. Com'n v. Peterson, 989 So. 2d 663 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008).
Just. Admin. Com'n v. Peterson, 989 So. 2d 663 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). “Because the plain language of the statute, section 29.007(2), Florida Statutes (2006), authorizing the JAC to pay attorney's fees and costs does not include nonparents in these circumstances, we grant the petition and quash the circuit court's order.”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. Berry, 5 So. 3d 696 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). “It also confers no authority to order the state, in contravention of section 29.007 of the Florida Statutes, to pay the fees of an attorney appointed to represent someone who is not indigent.”
Crim. Specialist Investigations, Inc. v. State, 58 So. 3d 883 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011). “Under Florida law, private court-appointed attorneys are entitled to reimbursement from the state revenue of “reasonable and necessary expenses” in accordance with section 29.007(6), Florida Statutes (2009).”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. Harp, 24 So. 3d 779 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009). “2 Section 29.007(2), Florida Statutes (2009), authorizes the JAC to pay attorney’s fees to private attorneys appointed by the court to represent indigents or other litigants in civil proceedings that require court-appointed counsel in accordance with state and federal…”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. Goettel, 32 So. 3d 786 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010). “Section 29.007, Florida Statutes (2008), authorizes payment for an attorney’s services only when the client has a right to court-appointed counsel.”
Rodriguez v. State, 230 So. 3d 1249 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017). “Rodriguez raises six issues: an alleged misrepresentation by the prosecutor regarding prior sexual abuse suffered by the child victim; improper bolstering by an expert pediatrician and child sexual abuse medical expert regarding the child victim’s credibility; an inadequate…”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. McNeilly, 59 So. 3d 302 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011). “§ 29.007(2), Florida Statutes (2010); see also Goettel; Harp.”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. Off. Reporters, Inc., 61 So. 3d 1269 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011). “See §§ 29.007 (requiring the state to pay the “[reasonable court reporting and transcription services necessary to *1271 meet constitutional or statutory requirements” from state revenues) and 29.”
— 29.007(1) — 1 case
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. Berry, 5 So. 3d 696 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). “It also confers no authority to order the state, in contravention of section 29.007 of the Florida Statutes, to pay the fees of an attorney appointed to represent someone who is not indigent.”
— 29.007(2) — 4 cases
Just. Admin. Com'n v. Peterson, 989 So. 2d 663 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). “Because the plain language of the statute, section 29.007(2), Florida Statutes (2006), authorizing the JAC to pay attorney's fees and costs does not include nonparents in these circumstances, we grant the petition and quash the circuit court's order.”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. Harp, 24 So. 3d 779 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009). “2 Section 29.007(2), Florida Statutes (2009), authorizes the JAC to pay attorney’s fees to private attorneys appointed by the court to represent indigents or other litigants in civil proceedings that require court-appointed counsel in accordance with state and federal…”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. Goettel, 32 So. 3d 786 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010). “Section 29.007, Florida Statutes (2008), authorizes payment for an attorney’s services only when the client has a right to court-appointed counsel.”
Just. Admin. Comm'n v. McNeilly, 59 So. 3d 302 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011). “§ 29.007(2), Florida Statutes (2010); see also Goettel; Harp.”
— 29.007(4) — 1 case
Rodriguez v. State, 230 So. 3d 1249 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017). “Rodriguez raises six issues: an alleged misrepresentation by the prosecutor regarding prior sexual abuse suffered by the child victim; improper bolstering by an expert pediatrician and child sexual abuse medical expert regarding the child victim’s credibility; an inadequate…”
— 29.007(6) — 1 case
Crim. Specialist Investigations, Inc. v. State, 58 So. 3d 883 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011). “Under Florida law, private court-appointed attorneys are entitled to reimbursement from the state revenue of “reasonable and necessary expenses” in accordance with section 29.007(6), Florida Statutes (2009).”
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