Florida Statute 454.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 454
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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F.S. 454.20

454.20 Attorneys not to be sureties.—No attorney shall become surety on the official bond of any state, county, or municipal officer of this state, nor surety on any bond of a client in judicial proceedings.

History.—s. 20, ch. 10175, 1925; CGL 4198.

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Cases Citing Statute 454.20

Total Results: 3

State Ex Rel. Florida Bar v. Oxford

127 So. 2d 107

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 1960 | Docket: 1347341

Cited 3 times | Published

officer shall become surety on any undertaking." Section 454.20, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., is pertinent and

US Bank, N.A. v. Boyer

125 So. 3d 997, 2013 WL 3239624, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 10263

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 28, 2013 | Docket: 60236155

Published

acting as a surety for his or her client. See § 454.20, Fla. Stat. (2011); Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.505(c)

Crownover v. Schonfeld

214 So. 2d 499, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 4988

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 1, 1968 | Docket: 64506831

Published

paid. The appellants’ main contention is that § 454.20, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., which prohibits an attorney