Florida Statute 40.24 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 40
JURIES; PAYMENT OF JURORS AND DUE PROCESS COSTS

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F.S. 40.24

40.24 Compensation and reimbursement policy.—

(1) The compensation policy of this chapter shall be to prevent financial hardship being imposed upon any juror because of performance of juror service.

(2) Juror service constitutes being summoned and reporting for jury service as well as actual service on a jury. Juror service does not include days for which the juror was notified before reporting that his or her presence was not required. Regular employment includes full-time employment and part-time, temporary, and casual employment, as long as the employment hours of a juror can be reasonably determined by a schedule or by custom and practice established during the 3-month period preceding the term of service as a juror.

(3)(a) Jurors who are regularly employed and who continue to receive regular wages while serving as a juror are not entitled to receive compensation from the clerk of the circuit court for the first 3 days of juror service.

(b) Jurors who are not regularly employed or who do not continue to receive regular wages while serving as a juror are entitled to receive $15 per day for the first 3 days of juror service.

(4) Each juror who serves more than 3 days is entitled to be paid by the clerk of the circuit court for the fourth day of service and each day thereafter at the rate of $30 per day of service.

(5) Jurors are not entitled to additional reimbursement by the clerk of the circuit court for travel or other out-of-pocket expenses.

(6) A juror who receives reemployment assistance benefits does not lose such benefits because he or she receives compensation for juror service.

(7) Any juror who is excused from jury service at his or her own request is not entitled to receive any compensation under subsection (3).

(8) In circuits that elect to allow jurors to donate their jury service fee upon conclusion of juror service, each juror may irrevocably donate all of the juror’s compensation to the 26 U.S.C. s. 501(c)(3) organization specified by the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office or to a domestic violence shelter as specified annually on a rotating basis by the clerk of court in the circuit for the juror’s county of residence. The funds collected may not reduce or offset the amount of compensation that the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office or domestic violence shelter would otherwise receive from the state. The clerk of court shall ensure that all jurors are given written notice at the conclusion of their service that they have the option to so donate their compensation, and that the applicable program specified by the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office or a domestic violence shelter receives all funds donated by the jurors. Any circuit guardian ad litem office receiving donations of juror compensation must expend such moneys on services for children for whom guardians ad litem have been appointed.

History.—s. 1, ch. 3853, 1889; RS 1161; s. 1, ch. 4385, 1895; GS 1586; s. 1, ch. 5647, 1907; s. 1, ch. 5900, 1909; s. 1, ch. 6219, 1911; RGS 2788; CGL 4473; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 1, ch. 26868, 1951; s. 1, ch. 28247, 1953; s. 1, ch. 72-308; s. 1, ch. 73-264; s. 1, ch. 76-118; s. 3, ch. 77-431; s. 10, ch. 79-235; s. 2, ch. 92-297; s. 250, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 97-199; s. 14, ch. 2008-111; s. 32, ch. 2012-30; s. 39, ch. 2024-70.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 40.24

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 40.24

Total Results: 11

Hall v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-12-20

Citation: 109 So. 3d 704, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 773, 2012 WL 6619321, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 2593

Snippet: follows: California, see In re Hawthorne, 35 Cal.4th 40, 24 Cal.Rptr.3d 189, 105 P.3d 552, 557-58 (2005); Georgia

In re Senate Joint Resolution of Legislative Apportionment 2-B

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-04-27

Citation: 89 So. 3d 872, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 319, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 834, 2012 WL 1476065

Snippet: (D) 48% McCain (R) Invalidated Senate: 16 Obama (40%) 24 McCain (60%) Redrawn Senate: 17 Obama (42.5%).

Nobles v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-08-30

Citation: 769 So. 2d 1063, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 10990, 2000 WL 1224776

Snippet: are part of the jury venire. Likewise, section 40.24(2) provides that “|j]uror service constitutes being

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1990-10-22

Snippet: duty is entitled to compensation, pursuant to s. 40.24, F.S., even though court has been canceled. There

Salazar-Rodriguez v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-07-26

Citation: 436 So. 2d 269

Snippet: a multitude of them." Kirk v. State, 227 So.2d 40, 24 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969). We base our reversal primarily

Patierno v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-12-24

Citation: 391 So. 2d 391, 24 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 1365, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 17936

Snippet: travel expenses while in attendance at court. § 40.24, Fla. Stat. (1979). To receive far less than the

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1977-11-29

Snippet: jurors is set forth in Ch. 40, F. S. Specifically, s.40.24, as amended by Ch. 77-431, Laws of Florida, provides

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-04-16

Snippet: (Emphasis supplied.) Section 905.34, id. And under s.40.24, F.S. (as amended by Chs. 72-308 and 73-264, Laws

Dickinson v. Slaughter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-08-31

Citation: 266 So. 2d 117, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6261

Snippet: which he sought judicial construction of Section 40.24, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., relating to the payment

Warren Barr Supply Co. v. Taylor

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-01-12

Citation: 182 So. 2d 14, 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3871

Snippet: permanent total disability from December 11, 1962 at $40.24 per week, temporary total disability compensation

State v. Lewis

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-07-02

Citation: 72 So. 2d 823, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1465

Snippet: decree pertaining to the provisions of Section 40.24, Florida Statutes, as amended by the 1953 Legislature