Florida Statute 932.63 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 932
PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW

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F.S. 932.63

932.63 Filing of charges; petitioner not incarcerated.—If the petitioner is not incarcerated, the prosecuting attorney shall, within 30 days of receipt of the petition, after due and diligent consideration and investigation of defendant’s cause, file charges on behalf of the state against the defendant in the court providing criminal jury trial jurisdiction, or shall decline to file charges against the defendant, and the cause shall be dismissed upon the filing of a no true bill by the prosecuting attorney with the clerk. Upon failure of the prosecuting attorney to take action within 30 days, the cause shall be dismissed by the clerk of the court in which the cause is pending.

History.—s. 1, ch. 70-372.

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State v. Ressler

257 So. 2d 620, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 5330

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 10, 1971 | Docket: 64524304

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Claims-Magistrate Court which, on the basis of Section 932.63, F.S.1970, F.S.A., dismissed the charges for