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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Chapter 129
COUNTY ANNUAL BUDGET
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F.S. 129.09
129.09 County auditor not to sign illegal warrants.—Any clerk of the circuit court, acting as county auditor, who shall sign any warrant for the payment of any claim or bill or indebtedness against any county funds in excess of the expenditure allowed by law, or county ordinance, or to pay any illegal charge against the county, or to pay any claim against the county not authorized by law, or county ordinance, shall be personally liable for such amount, and if he or she shall sign such warrant willfully and knowingly he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 2, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 5333; CGL 7466; s. 5, ch. 71-14; s. 78, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 71-305; s. 829, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 129.09

Total Results: 20

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2010-06-07T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: and custodian of all county funds."1 Section 129.09, Florida Statutes, also makes the clerk personally

Brock v. Board of County Commissioners

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-09-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 21 So. 3d 844, 2009 WL 3012705

Snippet: accounts shall be “attested by the clerk.” Section 129.09, Florida Statutes (2007), imposes both personal

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2005-03-30T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: criminally liable for signing illegal warrants. See s. 129.09, Fla. Stat. And see Ops. Att'y Gen. Fla. 79

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2004-07-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: proper expenditures of public funds. See also s. 129.09, Fla. Stat., making the clerk personally liable

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-04-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: County v. Powers, supra, n. 3 at 36. 6 See, s. 129.09, Fla. Stat., providing: "Any clerk of the

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-03-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: deduction. As you point out in your letter, section 129.09, Florida Statutes, imposes personal liability on

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-02-15T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: forbidden to sign illegal warrants). And see, s. 129.09, Fla. Stat., providing: "Any clerk of the

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1995-08-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tgk 1 Section 129.09, Fla. Stat., imposes personal liability upon any

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1991-07-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: by county charter or special law.13 Finally, s. 129.09, F.S., provides that the clerk, serving as county

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1988-12-29T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: for payment of an illegal contract.1 Moreover, s. 129.09, F.S., forbids the clerk acting as the county auditor… forbidden to sign illegal warrants). 2 See, s. 129.09, F.S., providing: Any clerk of the circuit

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1986-05-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: by said seal. See also, s. 28.12, F.S.; and s. 129.09, F.S., making the clerk of circuit court, as county… independent accounting firm. See generally, s. 129.09, F.S., which provides penalties for the payment

W & F Ltd.v. Dunkle

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-01-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 444 So. 2d 554

Snippet: consider the clerk’s auditing responsibility. Section 129.09, Florida Statutes (1975), forbids the clerk “acting

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1983-01-26T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: not authorized by law or county ordinance, and s 129.09, F.S., forbidding the clerk, as county auditor,

Smith v. Brantley

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1981-06-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 400 So. 2d 443

Snippet: overrules a prior decision. Asher v. Texas, 128 U.S. 129, 9 S.Ct. 1, 32 L.Ed. 268 (1888); 20 Am.Jur.2d Courts

Mills v. Ball

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-03-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 380 So. 2d 1134

Snippet: wished them to have. Bogert, 2nd Ed., Sec. 561 p. 129. 9. It appears to the Court that Mr. du-Pont, when

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1979-10-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: county. See s. 1(d), Art. VIII, State Const., and s. 129.09, F. S. This office has consistently stated that

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1979-08-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: also ss. 125.17 and 28.12, F. S. Furthermore, s. 129.09, F. S., provides that the clerk, serving as county…criminal liability placed on the clerk, pursuant to s. 129.09, F. S., for signing any illegal warrants.

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1979-05-01T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: his capacity as county auditor.See ss. 129.08 and 129.09, F. S. The responsibility for preauditing is shared

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-05-02T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor); and s. 129.09, F. S. (imposing personal liability upon any clerk

Alachua County v. Powers

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1977-10-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 351 So. 2d 32

Snippet: the clerk's auditing responsibility. Section 129.09, Florida Statutes (1975), forbids the clerk "