Florida Statute 903.16 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 903
BAIL

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F.S. 903.16

903.16 Deposit of money or bonds as bail.—

(1) A defendant who has been admitted to bail, or another person in the defendant’s behalf, may deposit with the official authorized to take bail money or nonregistered bonds of the United States, the state, or a city, town, or county in the state, equal in market value to the amount set in the order and the personal bond of the defendant and an undertaking by the depositor if the money or bonds are deposited by another. The sheriff or other officials may remit money or bonds received to the clerk to be held by the clerk pending court action or return to the defendant or depositor. The clerk shall accept money or bonds remitted by the sheriff.

(2) Consent is conclusively presumed for the clerk of the circuit court to sell bonds deposited as bail after forfeiture of the bond.

History.—s. 59, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(59); s. 1, ch. 59-353; s. 26, ch. 70-339; s. 4, ch. 91-306; s. 1480, ch. 97-102.

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Cases Citing Statute 903.16

Total Results: 3

Ferlita v. State

380 So. 2d 1118

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 5, 1980 | Docket: 1402989

Cited 18 times | Published

secured other than by money and bonds authorized in § 903.16 ... the state attorney . . shall file a certified

Resolute Insurance Company v. State, Dade County

289 So. 2d 456

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 15, 1974 | Docket: 1321861

Cited 5 times | Published

secured other than by money and bonds authorized in § 903.16, the state attorney shall file a certified copy

Polakoff & Aabbott Bail Bonds v. State

111 So. 3d 253, 2013 WL 1482778, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5904

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 12, 2013 | Docket: 60230787

Published

other than by money and bonds authorized in section 903.16, the clerk of the circuit court shall enter