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Fla. Stat. § 30.07 (2025)
Deputy sheriffs.
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30.07 Deputy sheriffs.—Sheriffs may appoint deputies to act under them who shall have the same power as the sheriff appointing them, and for the neglect and default of whom in the execution of their office the sheriff shall be responsible.
History.—s. 4, ch. 1659, 1868; RS 1247; GS 1675; RGS 2881; CGL 4578.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 50
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1944–2023 · leading case: Beard v. Hambrick, 396 So. 2d 708 (Fla. 1981).
Beard v. Hambrick, 396 So. 2d 708 (Fla. 1981). “, § 30.07, Fla. Stat. (1979). As we noted in Talmadge , this range of litigation options was consistent with both the underlying purpose and discrete language of section 768.”
Furtado v. Yun Chung Law, 51 So. 3d 1269 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011). “” § 30.07, Fla. Stat. (2006). While this statute can serve as a basis for liability, section 768.”
Brown v. Neumann, 188 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 1999). “Fla. Stat. § 30.07 . Under plaintiffs’ interpretation of this statute, the Deputy Sheriff is the Sheriffs alter ego and stands in the shoes of the Sheriff, and thus enjoys final policymaking authority to the same extent as does the Sheriff.”
Blackburn v. Brorein, 70 So. 2d 293 (Fla. 1954). “Justice Terrell, the Court said: "Section 30.07, Florida Statutes of 1941, F.”
Scott J. Israel, Sheriff v. Ron DeSantis, Governor, 269 So. 3d 491 (Fla. 2019). “Relatedly, section 30.07, Florida Statutes (2018), authorizes sheriffs to appoint deputies and makes sheriffs responsible for the deputies' neglect in office.”
Tramel v. Bass, 672 So. 2d 78 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). “07, Florida Statutes, makes a sheriff "responsible" only for a deputy's negligence and default in execution of duty, but does not hold a sheriff liable for the intentional wrongdoing of a deputy. [5] We believe, however, that this argument *84 misses the point.”
McRae v. Douglas, 644 So. 2d 1368 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). “See § 30.07, Fla. Stat. A sheriff is not an "employing agency" under section 112.”
Coastal Florida Police Benev. Ass'n, Inc. v. Williams, 838 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 2003). “[2] Section 30.07, Florida Statutes (2002), states, "Sheriffs may appoint deputies to act under them who shall have the same power as the sheriff appointing them, and for the neglect and default of whom in the execution of their office the sheriff shall be responsible.”
Ramer v. State, 530 So. 2d 915 (Fla. 1988). “07, Florida Statutes (1987), reads as follows: Sheriffs may appoint deputies to act under them who shall have the same power as the sheriff appointing them, and for the neglect and default of whom in the execution of their office the sheriff shall be responsible.”
Christopher Adcock v. Paul Baca, 157 F. App'x 118 (11th Cir. 2005). “Nonetheless, similar to Appellants’ “alter ego” argument in the present case, the Brown plaintiffs maintained that Fla. Stat. § 30.07 effectively conferred final decision-making authority directly on deputy sheriffs for Monell purposes.”
Murphy v. MacK, 358 So. 2d 822 (Fla. 1978). “) Section 30.07, Florida Statutes (1975), provides: "Deputy sheriffs.”
Jeffrey Stanley v. Broward Cnty. Sheriff, 843 F.3d 920 (11th Cir. 2016). “See Fla. Stat. § 30.07 . The sheriffs’ decisions in this regard are protected from state or county interference by statute: “The independence of the sheriffs shall be preserved concerning the purchase of supplies and equipment, selection of personnel, and [] hiring, firing, and…”
— 30.07(4) — 1 case
Puglia v. Nienhuis (M.D. Fla. 2023).
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