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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VII
EVIDENCE
Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE
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F.S. 90.606
90.606 Interpreters and translators.
(1)(a) When a judge determines that a witness cannot hear or understand the English language, or cannot express himself or herself in English sufficiently to be understood, an interpreter who is duly qualified to interpret for the witness shall be sworn to do so.
(b) This section is not limited to persons who speak a language other than English, but applies also to the language and descriptions of any person, such as a child or a person who is mentally or developmentally disabled, who cannot be reasonably understood, or who cannot understand questioning, without the aid of an interpreter.
(2) A person who serves in the role of interpreter or translator in any action or proceeding is subject to all the provisions of this chapter relating to witnesses.
(3) An interpreter shall take an oath that he or she will make a true interpretation of the questions asked and the answers given and that the interpreter will make a true translation into English of any writing which he or she is required by his or her duties to decipher or translate.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 2, ch. 85-53; s. 485, ch. 95-147.

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RIVERA, v. STATE, 182 So. 3d 861 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . interpreters to translate for non-English speaking or otherwise language-impaired witnesses, see § 90.606 . . .

LOPEZ, v. STATE v. v. v., 153 So. 3d 927 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . introduced unless a translator who was an independent official translator was sworn pursuant to section 90.606 . . . The concept of an official translation emanates from section 90.606, which governs the use of interpreters . . .

PEREZ- SOVIAS, v. STATE, 95 So. 3d 327 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Section 90.606 of the Florida Statutes acknowledges this mandate, requiring use of interpreters and translators . . . understood, an interpreter who is duly qualified to interpret for the witness shall be sworn to do so. § 90.606 . . . Section 90.606 also provides that “[a] person who serves in the role of interpreter or translator in . . . any action or proceeding is subject to all the provisions of this chapter relating to witnesses.” § 90.606 . . .

JIMENEZ, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 450 F. App'x 826 (11th Cir. 2012)

. . . . § 90.606 are not properly before this Court, because: (i) they are outside the scope of the district . . .

GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM, v. O. R., 45 So. 3d 974 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . As the Department says, [pjursuant to § 90.606, Fla. . . .

T. OBANDO, v. STATE, 988 So. 2d 87 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . The use of interpreters during testimony is governed by section 90.606, Florida Statutes (2006), and . . . English of any writing which he or she is required by his or her duties to decipher or translate. § 90.606 . . .

B. C. S. S. r. l. v. E. WISE,, 910 So. 2d 871 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . The policy was written in Italian and should have been translated into English pursuant to section 90.606 . . .

GOPAR- SANTANA, v. STATE, 862 So. 2d 54 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . State, 721 So.2d 350, 351 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998); see also § 90.606(1)(a), (2), Fla. . . . Section 90.606(3), Florida Statutes (2001), requires that the interpreter take an oath that he or she . . .

TEHRANI, v. STATE, 764 So. 2d 895 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Also, in Florida, a witness has a statutory right to an interpreter: 90.606. . . . Section 90.606, Florida Statutes (1997). . . .

V. ECHEMENDIA, v. STATE, 735 So. 2d 555 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Pursuant to section 90.606(3), Florida Statute (1997), an interpreter must “make a true interpretation . . .

ORTEGA, v. STATE, 721 So. 2d 350 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . witness, he was not required to take the oath set forth for interpreters and translators under section 90.606 . . .

APOLINAR, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, 710 So. 2d 199 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . See § 90.606, Fla. Stat. (1995). Reversed and remanded. . . .

RODRIGUEZ, Sr. Jr. v. STATE, 664 So. 2d 1077 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . contend that the trial court erred in failing to have the interpreter sworn as required by Section 90.606 . . .

STATE v. ASFOUR,, 555 So. 2d 1280 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Any party, or the court on its own motion, may request the aid of an interpreter, as provided in s. 90.606 . . .

MESIDOR, v. STATE, 521 So. 2d 333 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . During the plea proceedings, the trial court failed to comply with § 90.606, Florida Statutes (1985), . . .

MONTE, v. STATE, 443 So. 2d 339 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . The record does not reveal whether the specific oath required by section 90.606(3) was administered, . . . We emphasize, as we must, that the decision to appoint an interpreter in accordance with section 90.606 . . . qualifications of the court-appointed interpreter, his name, the specific oath required by section 90.606 . . . Balderrama, supra; see also § 90.606. Neither exception was present in this case. . . . Section 90.606, Florida Statutes (1981), provides as follows: Interpreters and translators.— (1) When . . .

BALDERRAMA, v. STATE, 433 So. 2d 1311 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . . § 90.606(3), Fla.Stat. (1981). . . .

R D SOD FARMS, INC. v. VESTAL,, 432 So. 2d 622 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Section 90.606, Florida Statutes requires that an interpreter who testifies be qualified to interpret . . . showing that the claimant’s brother was qualified and he was not sworn to interpret as required by § 90.606 . . .

KAELIN, v. STATE, 410 So. 2d 1355 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . See Section 90.606, Florida Statutes, Law Revision Council Note (1976). . . .