Florida Statute 125.17 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 125
COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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F.S. 125.17

125.17 Clerk.—The clerk of the circuit court for the county shall be clerk and accountant of the board of county commissioners. He or she shall keep their minutes and accounts, and perform such other duties as their clerk as the board may direct. The clerk shall have custody of their seal, shall affix the same to any paper or instrument to which it shall be proper or necessary that the same shall be affixed, and may give copies of writings in his or her custody as the clerk of said board, attested by his or her signature and authenticated by said seal.

History.—RS 583; GS 776; RGS 1498; CGL 2261; s. 817, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 125.17

Total Results: 4

Mayes Printing Company v. Flowers

154 So. 2d 859, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3345

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 11, 1963 | Docket: 1320011

Cited 17 times | Published

Clerk is also the `accountant' of the Board. (Section 125.17, Florida Statutes [F.S.A.]). "The thrust of

Brock v. Board of County Commissioners

21 So. 3d 844, 2009 WL 3012705

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2009 | Docket: 60260088

Published

perform such other duties as provided by law.” Section 125.17, Florida Statutes (2007), provides, “The clerk

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 23, 2001 | Docket: 3256802

Published

court is a constitutional county officer.1 Section 125.17, Florida Statutes, makes the clerk of circuit

Nicolai v. Baldwin

715 So. 2d 1161, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 10974, 1998 WL 543051

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 1998 | Docket: 64782193

Published

Art. V, § 16; Art. VIII, § 1(d), Fla. Const.; § 125.17, Fla. Stat. (1995); see also Alachua County v