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Florida Statute 43.44 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 43.44 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 43.44 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
43.44 Mandate of an appeals court.An appellate court may, as the circumstances and justice of the case may require, reconsider, revise, reform, or modify its own opinions and orders for the purpose of making the same accord with law and justice. Accordingly, an appellate court may recall its own mandate for the purpose of allowing it to exercise such jurisdiction and power in a proper case. A mandate may not be recalled more than 120 days after it has been issued.
History.s. 10, ch. 2013-25.

Cases Citing F.S. 43.44

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·Ardis v. Pensacola State Coll., 128 So. 3d 260 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 6635719, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 19923

...See ch. 2013-25, Laws of Fla. And, even if the new laws were somehow in effect now, we *263 would still not have jurisdiction to recall the mandate and reopen this case because the motion was filed more than 120 days after the mandate was issued. See § 43.44, Fla....
...(2013) ("A mandate may not be recalled more than 120 days after it has been issued."); In re Amendments to Fla. Rules of Judicial Admin. and Fla. Rules of App. Pro., 125 So.3d 743 (Fla.2013) (amending Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.340 to conform to section 43.44, Florida Statutes)....
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2026)
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·Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

PER CURIAM. *669 Respondents' Joint Motion to Recall Mandate is hereby granted. The opinion of this Court dated January 4, 2019, is hereby withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted in its place. See § 43.44, Fla....
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·Marie Ann Glass v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC, etc., 268 So. 3d 676 (Fla. 2019).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...April 18, 2019 PER CURIAM. Respondent’s Motion to Recall Mandate is hereby granted. The opinion of this Court dated January 4, 2019, is hereby withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted in its place. See § 43.44, Fla....
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In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Jud. Admin. & the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, 125 So. 3d 743 (Fla. 2013).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 776, 2013 WL 5878859, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2350

Laws of Florida, which created section 43.44, Florida Statutes. Section 43.44, which becomes effective on
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State of Florida v. Bessman Okafor (Fla. 2020).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...United States, 562 U.S. 476, 507 (2011). In order to change this status quo—to undo our final judgment vacating Okafor’s death sentence—we would have to recall our mandate and then render a different judgment. But the law constrains our ability to do so. Section 43.44, Florida Statutes (2019), says that an appellate court’s mandate “may not be recalled more than 120 days after it has been issued.” Similarly, Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.340(a) says that a “court may direct the cle...
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Chiropractic Clinics of South Florida v. the Responsive Auto Ins. Co., 250 So. 3d 729 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Chiropractic Clinics’s petition to this Court was filed on March 20, 2018. The Responsive Auto Insurance Company 1 While the rules of appellate procedure provide no mechanism to “strike” a mandate, Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.340(a), promulgated pursuant to section 43.44 of the Florida Statutes, provides that an appellate court may recall its mandate within one hundred twenty days of its issuance....
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John Calvin German v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...3d at 573. Contrary to the State’s argument, the circuit court could not revive the original sentence unless we recalled our mandate. But, as the Florida Supreme Court has explained, we lack the authority to do so more than 120 days after the mandate issued. Okafor, 306 So. 3d at 933 (citing § 43.44, Fla....
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John Calvin German v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...3d at 573. Contrary to the State’s argument, the circuit court could not revive the original sentence unless we recalled our mandate. But, as the Florida Supreme Court has explained, we lack the authority to do so more than 120 days after the mandate issued. Okafor, 306 So. 3d at 933 (citing § 43.44, Fla....
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Am. Federated Title Corp. v. Gross, 224 So. 3d 301 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 2017 WL 3161071, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 10648

Court its motion to recall mandate pursuant to section 43.44 of the Florida Statutes and Florida Rule of

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