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Florida Statute 125.17 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 125.17 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 125.17 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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.

Cases Citing F.S. 125.17

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·Mayes Printing Co. v. Flowers, 154 So. 2d 859 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963).

Cited 17 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3345

...9, Florida Statutes [F.S.A.]). Likewise, the Florida Constitution [F.S.A.] creates the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court and makes him `ex-officio auditor of the county' (Article V, Section 6[7]). The Clerk is also the `accountant' of the Board. (Section 125.17, Florida Statutes [F.S.A.])....
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Cited as authorityRibaya (2015)
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·Brock v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 21 So. 3d 844 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2009 WL 3012705

perform such other duties as provided by law.” Section 125.17, Florida Statutes (2007), provides, “The clerk
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Cited as authorityKnight (2017)
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Nicolai v. Baldwin, 715 So. 2d 1161 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 10974, 1998 WL 543051

Art. V, § 16; Art. VIII, § 1(d), Fla. Const.; § 125.17, Fla. Stat. (1995); see also Alachua County v
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2001).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

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

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