Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 92.18 (2025)

Certificate of state officer.

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92.18 Certificate of state officer.The certificate of any state officer, under seal of office, as to any official act occurring in the course of the official business of the office in which the state officer presides, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact.
History.s. 1, ch. 3250, 1881; RS 1113; GS 1525; RGS 2725; CGL 4396; s. 510, ch. 95-147.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1967–1981 · leading case: Turk v. State, 403 So. 2d 1077 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981).
Turk v. State, 403 So. 2d 1077 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). “Finally, regarding the state's reliance on Section 92.18 and the fact that the document contained the imprint of an original seal, we note that 92.”
Jones v. State, 196 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967). · cites it 2× “The position of the appellant is that the trial court was in error in overruling his objections to those certificates, contending they did not certify to official acts occurring in the course of official business in the office of the Secretary of State, and therefore did not…”
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