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The 2024 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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Amendments to 903.16

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 903.16

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 903.16.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 903.16

Total Results: 12

Polakoff & Aabbott Bail Bonds v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-04-12

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

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2006-05-31

Snippet: Crist Attorney General CC/tgh 1 And see, e.g., s. 903.16, Fla. Stat., providing for the deposit of money

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-04-25

Snippet: Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tgh 1 And see, s. 903.16, Fla. Stat., providing for the deposit of money

Minasian v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-04-12

Citation: 655 So. 2d 1143, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 3645, 1995 WL 169924

Snippet: not licensed pursuant to chapter 648. Sections 903.16 and 903.17 authorize a surety other than the defendant

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-09-27

Snippet: danger from the criminal defendant."2 Pursuant to s. 903.16, F.S.: (1) A defendant who has been admitted

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1982-09-23

Snippet: 903, F.S. See also, Fla.R.Cr.P. 3.130. And see, s 903.16, F.S., providing for the deposit of money or bonds

Accredited Sur. & Cas. Co. Inc. v. St.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-08-18

Citation: 418 So. 2d 378

Snippet: other than by money and bonds authorized in s. 903.16, the state attorney shall file a certified copy

Al Estes Bonding Agency v. Citrus County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-08-11

Citation: 417 So. 2d 1127, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20840

Snippet: § 903.05, Fla.Stat. (1981). . See §§ 903.09, 903.16, 903.17, Fla.Stat. (1981). . See § 648.25(5)

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1980-04-24

Snippet: apparently had been deposited as bail as provided in s. 903.16, F. S., by an `accused marijuana smuggler' who

Ferlita v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-03-05

Citation: 380 So. 2d 1118

Snippet: 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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-01-15

Citation: 289 So. 2d 456

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

Tims v. Orange State Oil Company

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1964-03-18

Citation: 161 So. 2d 844

Snippet: See Price v. Parks, 1937, 127 Fla. 744, 173 So. 903; 16 Fla.Jur., Highways, Streets, and Bridges, section