Florida Statute 97.0585 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 97
QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS

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F.S. 97.0585

97.0585 Public records exemption; information regarding voters and voter registration; confidentiality.—

(1) The following information held by an agency, as defined in s. 119.011, and obtained for the purpose of voter registration is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and may be used only for purposes of voter registration:

(a) All declinations to register to vote made pursuant to ss. 97.057 and 97.058.

(b) Information relating to the place where a person registered to vote or where a person updated a voter registration.

(c) The social security number, driver license number, and Florida identification number of a voter registration applicant or voter.

(d) All information concerning preregistered voter registration applicants who are 16 or 17 years of age.

(2) The signature of a voter registration applicant or a voter is exempt from the copying requirements of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

(3) Information made confidential and exempt under this section may be disclosed to another governmental entity if disclosure is necessary for the receiving entity to perform any required duties directly related to election administration.

(4) This section applies to information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 94-345; s. 24, ch. 96-406; ss. 1, 3, ch. 2005-279; s. 1, ch. 2010-42; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2010-115; s. 11, ch. 2013-15; s. 1, ch. 2015-78; s. 1, ch. 2019-55; s. 8, ch. 2021-11; s. 1, ch. 2024-39.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 97.0585

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 97.0585.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 97.0585

Total Results: 9

Alpha v. Alpha

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-11-05

Citation: 885 So. 2d 1023, 2004 WL 2479630

Snippet: 18,000.00 Funds and Investments 97,585.16 55,110.00 IRS Refund

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2003-07-31

Snippet: were confidential and exempt in light of section 97.0585, Florida Statutes, which provided for the confidentiality

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2002-09-17

Snippet: official business are subject to disclosure. Section 97.0585, Florida Statutes, provides: "(1) All declinations

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2002-08-14

Snippet: register. In light of the provisions of section 97.0585(2), Florida Statutes, and section 98.095, Florida

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2001-03-05

Snippet: to determine whether the provisions of section 97.0585(2), Florida Statutes, made certain information

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2001-02-12

Snippet: substantially the following question: Does section 97.0585(2), Florida Statutes, make the voters' and witnesses'

Haas v. Spiegel

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-09-19

Citation: 772 So. 2d 539, 1997 WL 586422

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Petitioner, former wife, seeks the issuance of a writ of mandamus compelling the trial court to conduct further proceedings for a determination of whether her expired permanent domestic violence injunction should be extended pursuant to section 741.30(6)(b), Florida Statutes (1995), in accordance with this court’s opinion and mandate rendered in Spiegel v. Haas, 697 So.2d 222 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). In that opinion we found the trial court had “misconstrued its discretionary powers under

Spiegel v. Haas

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-07-30

Citation: 697 So. 2d 222, 1997 WL 422763

Snippet: SPIEGEL, Appellant, v. Karen J. HAAS, Appellee. No. 97-585. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Metropolitan Dade County v. Bermudez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-12-20

Citation: 648 So. 2d 197, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 12537, 1994 WL 704792

Snippet: American Family Ins. Co., 166 Ill. Dec. at 96-97, 585 N.E.2d at 1118-19 (plaintiff's insurer sold car