Florida Statute 34.021 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 34
COUNTY COURTS

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34.021 Qualifications of county court judges.—

(1) No person is eligible for election or appointment to the office of county court judge unless the person is, and has been for the preceding 5 years, a member in good standing of the bar of Florida prior to qualifying for election to such office or submitting his or her name to the appropriate judicial nominating commission for appointment. However, a person is eligible for election or appointment to the office of county court judge in a county having a population of 40,000 or less if he or she is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.

(2) A county court judge is eligible to seek reelection or retention, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), if, on the first day of the qualification period for election to such office or a retention vote, such judge is actively serving in such office and is not under suspension or disqualification.

(3) Any person who was a county court judge prior to July 1, 1978, in any county having a population of 40,000 or less, according to the last decennial census, and who has successfully completed a 3-year law training program approved by the Supreme Court for the training of county court judges who are not members of The Florida Bar is eligible to seek election or retention and to serve as a county court judge in any county having a population of 40,000 or less, the provisions of subsection (1) to the contrary notwithstanding.

(4) Any county judge who is not a member of the bar, in any county having a population of 40,000 or less, according to the last decennial census, and who has successfully completed a law training program approved by the Supreme Court for the training of county court judges who are not members of The Florida Bar is entitled to serve as a county court judge in any county encompassed in the circuit in which the judge has been elected or retained in a retention vote, when assigned thereto.

History.—s. 10, ch. 72-404; s. 1, ch. 78-346; s. 1, ch. 79-411; s. 1, ch. 83-166; s. 1, ch. 84-303; s. 194, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 99-355.

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Total Results: 5

Treiman v. State Ex Rel. Miner

343 So. 2d 819

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 10, 1977 | Docket: 1710569

Cited 9 times | Published

to be a member of the bar of Florida." Cf. Section 34.021, Florida Statutes (1975). Finally there are

Miller v. Gross

788 So. 2d 256, 2000 WL 33258310

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 30, 2000 | Docket: 1685134

Cited 2 times | Published

five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Section 34.021(1), Florida Statutes (1999), makes it clear

Ware v. Seminole County

38 So. 2d 432, 1949 Fla. LEXIS 1223

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 1949 | Docket: 3274806

Cited 1 times | Published

provided in Chapter 7333, Acts of 1917, later Section 34.21, Florida Statutes of 1941, F.S.A., or as provided

Newman v. State

602 So. 2d 1351, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 8072, 1992 WL 175076

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 27, 1992 | Docket: 64669155

Published

an order of the trial court which held that section 34.021, Florida Statutes (1991), is constitutional

Damron v. Wehausen

435 So. 2d 416, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 21778

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 4, 1983 | Docket: 64598560

Published

writ of prohibition was based on the fact that section 34.021(3), Florida Statutes (1981), provides that

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