Florida Statute 921.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

921.15 Stay of execution of sentence to fine; bond and proceedings.—

(1) When a defendant is sentenced to pay a fine, he or she shall have the right to give bail for payment of the fine and the costs of prosecution. The bond shall be executed by the defendant and two sureties approved by the sheriff or the officer charged with execution of the judgment.

(2) The bond shall be made payable in 90 days to the Governor and the Governor’s successors in office.

(3) If the bond is not paid at the expiration of 90 days, the sheriff or the officer charged with execution of the judgment shall indorse the default on the bond and file it with the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered. The clerk shall issue an execution as if there had been a judgment at law on the bond, and the same proceedings shall be followed as in other executions. After default of the bond, the convicted person may be proceeded against as if bond had not been given.

History.—s. 260a, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 8426, 8427; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(270); s. 123, ch. 70-339; s. 1543, ch. 97-102.

Cases Citing F.S. 921.15

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·Hughes v. State, 901 So. 2d 837 (Fla. 2005).
Cited 42 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2005 WL 977019
interpretation, this Court in Mays held that under section 921.0015(5), Florida Statutes (1995), trial courts
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·Singleton v. State, 554 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 1990).
Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1990 WL 888
one year) appears to directly conflict with section 921.0015, Florida Statutes (1987) (which adopts the
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DisapprovedTroutman (1996)
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FollowedFlores (2008)
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FollowedMonteleone (1997)
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·Loeb v. State, 387 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...The effect of the order of dismissal was to leave the original order as if no appeal had been taken. Gaskins v. Mack, 91 Fla. 284, 107 So. 918 (1926). [2] Fla.R.App.P. 9.340(a). [3] Fla.R.App.P. 9.310(a). [4] § 924.14, Fla. Stat. (1979). [5] § 924.065, Fla. Stat. (1979). [6] Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.691(e). [7] § 921.15, Fla....
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·Betancourt v. State, 804 So. 2d 313 (Fla. 2001).
Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2001 WL 1585050
scoresheets are themselves statutory, see id. § 921.0015, and provide specific scores for first-degree
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Cited as authorityBryant (2006)
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·Slaughter v. State, 538 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).
Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 6463
legislature in Chapter 86-273, Laws of Florida. See Section 921.0015, Florida Statutes (1986 Supp.). The appellant
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·Gordon v. State, 649 So. 2d 326 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).
Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 28979
374, 375 (Fla. 1988); Ch. 88-131, Laws of Fla.; § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1988). We note, however, that
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Cited as authorityYoung (1999)
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Cited as authorityFrancois (1996)
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Cited as authorityWeaver (1995)
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·Tuthill v. State, 518 So. 2d 1300 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).
Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1987 WL 658
2446, 96 L.Ed.2d 351 (1987) is to invalidate § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1986), as it applies to this
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Cited as authorityDewberry (1989)
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Cited as authorityEldridge (1988)
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Cited as authorityYoung (1988)
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Scott v. State, 574 So. 2d 247 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).
Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 9373
Procedure 3.701 as adopted by the legislature in section 921.0015, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1988), which expressly
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JM v. State, 677 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).
Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 346929
including the point scores, as statutes. See § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (1993)(1988 version); id. § 921.0014
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·Wick v. State, 651 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995).
Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 91851
been adopted by the legislature as statutes. See § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (1993) (adopting Fla.R.Crim.P. 3
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·State v. Rife, 733 So. 2d 541 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).
Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 148030
to section 775.21, Florida Statutes (1995). Section 921.0015(4)(f), Florida Statutes (1995), reads in part
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Receded fromStalvey (2000)
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·State v. Green, 667 So. 2d 959 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).
Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 459
96 S.Ct. 267, 46 L.Ed.2d 250 (1975). Both section 921.0015, Florida Statutes (1993), and rule 3.701 provide
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Cited as authorityWoodson (2009)
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·Perkowski v. State, 920 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 2234, 2006 WL 399247
by the Florida Legislature when it enacted section 921.0015, Florida Statutes (1987). Rule 3.701(d)(5)
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Cited as authorityPerkowski (2023)
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Cited as authorityHalfacre (2009)
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True v. State, 564 So. 2d 1104 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).
Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 54993
the guidelines, not just the recommended range. § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1988); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.701(d)(8)
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·J.M. v. State, 677 So. 2d 890 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 6691
including the point scores, as statutes. See § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (1993)(1988 version); id. § 921.0014
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Cited as authorityM.L.J. (2012)
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Bryan v. State, 156 So. 2d 885 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963).
Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida
...Thereafter Byrnes, as principal, and Allegheny Mutual Casualty Company, as surety, entered into a 90 day “fine and cost” bond in the sum of $3,104.20 conditioned to pay to the sheriff $3000 and costs in the three cases. The bond was made pursuant to section 921.15 F.S.A....
...oner and the bond-should be cancelled. The lower court after finding the bond to be in default and that the defendant Byrnes was in custody to. start serving his sentences denied the surety’s petition; in denying the petition the-order recited: “Section 921.15 F.S....
...No such authority is given the surety and certainly not after default. After default the undertaking is final, definite and due, as far as the surety is concerned.” As stated in Laney v. State, 100 Fla. 1141 , 130 So. 715 , in reference to the same statute as now known as section 921.15 F....
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O'KEEFE v. State, 595 So. 2d 291 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 51090
establishing the broader permitted sentencing ranges. § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (1988 Supp.). Therefore, these permitted
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DPB v. State, 877 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 1393381
conduct can result in a probation violation, and § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (1993), and Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.701
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·D.P.B. v. State, 877 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).
Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 8741
conduct can result in a probation violation, and § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (1993), and Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.701
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·Jackson v. State, 556 So. 2d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 721, 1990 WL 10226
Sentencing Guidelines, 522 So.2d 374 (Fla.1988); § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1988). As the appellee argues
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AffirmedBarfield (1992)
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·Florida Ins. Exch. v. State, 178 So. 2d 211 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 4075
...Florida.” (The implication of the quoted clause is not clear and in any event its effect is dubious.) Appellant relies for reversal on Bryan v. State, 156 So.2d 885 (Fla.App.2d 1963). Bryan is inapplicable because it involves an interpretation of Section 921.15, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which relates only to fine and costs bonds given by persons who upon conviction of crime have a pecuniary fine or sum of money assessed against them as alternate punishment to imprisonment, and who by such bo...
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·Betancourt v. State, 767 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).
Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 11038, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 2057
scoresheets are themselves statutory, see id. § 921.0015, and provide specific scores for first-degree
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Cited as authorityBetancourt (2001)
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Brown v. State, 585 So. 2d 1109 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 9055, 1991 WL 178174
The deletion became effective October 1, 1986. § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1986). It was intended to reconcile
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Rojas v. State, 506 So. 2d 1158 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987).
Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1219, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8214
adopted and implemented by the legislature, see § 921.0015, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1986), as required by section
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Dennewitz v. State, 192 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).
Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 WL 3065079, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8250
the primary offense, count two. See § 921.0015, Fla. Stat. (1991) (adopting and implementing
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Jones v. State, 571 So. 2d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 9175, 1990 WL 195830
701(d)(14), as adopted by the legislature in section 921.0015, Florida Statutes (1987), states: Sentences
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McGee v. State, 560 So. 2d 348 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 2881, 1990 WL 51704
without providing written reasons for departure. § 921.0015, Fla.Stat. (1988 Supp.). Instead, it departed

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Cases Citing F.S. 921.15

·Hughes v. State, 901 So. 2d 837 (Fla. 2005).

·Singleton v. State, 554 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 1990).

·Loeb v. State, 387 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).

·Betancourt v. State, 804 So. 2d 313 (Fla. 2001).

·Slaughter v. State, 538 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

·Gordon v. State, 649 So. 2d 326 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

·Tuthill v. State, 518 So. 2d 1300 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).

Scott v. State, 574 So. 2d 247 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).

JM v. State, 677 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

·Wick v. State, 651 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995).

·State v. Rife, 733 So. 2d 541 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

·State v. Green, 667 So. 2d 959 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).

·Perkowski v. State, 920 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

True v. State, 564 So. 2d 1104 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).

·J.M. v. State, 677 So. 2d 890 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).

Bryan v. State, 156 So. 2d 885 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963).

O'KEEFE v. State, 595 So. 2d 291 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992).

DPB v. State, 877 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

·D.P.B. v. State, 877 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

·Jackson v. State, 556 So. 2d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).

·Florida Ins. Exch. v. State, 178 So. 2d 211 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).

·Betancourt v. State, 767 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).

Brown v. State, 585 So. 2d 1109 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).

Rojas v. State, 506 So. 2d 1158 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987).

Dennewitz v. State, 192 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Jones v. State, 571 So. 2d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).

McGee v. State, 560 So. 2d 348 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).