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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 932
PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
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F.S. 932.7055
932.7055 Disposition of liens and forfeited property.—
(1) When a seizing agency obtains a final judgment granting forfeiture of real property or personal property, it may elect to:
(a) Retain the property for the agency’s use;
(b) Sell the property at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder, except for real property which should be sold in a commercially reasonable manner after appraisal by listing on the market; or
(c) Salvage, trade, or transfer the property to any public or nonprofit organization.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a seizing agency must destroy any image and the medium on which the image is recorded, including, but not limited to, a photograph, video tape, diskette, compact disc, or fixed disk made in violation of s. 810.145 when the image and the medium on which it is recorded is no longer needed for an official purpose. The agency may not sell or retain any image.
(3) If the forfeited property is subject to a lien preserved by the court as provided in s. 932.703(7)(b), the agency shall:
(a) Sell the property with the proceeds being used towards satisfaction of any liens; or
(b) Have the lien satisfied prior to taking any action authorized by subsection (1).
(4) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited property shall be disbursed in the following priority:
(a) Payment of the balance due on any lien preserved by the court in the forfeiture proceedings.
(b) Payment of the cost incurred by the seizing agency in connection with the storage, maintenance, security, and forfeiture of such property.
(c) Payment of court costs incurred in the forfeiture proceeding.
(5)(a) If the seizing agency is a county or municipal agency, the remaining proceeds shall be deposited in a special law enforcement trust fund established by the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the municipality. Such proceeds and interest earned therefrom shall be used for school resource officer, crime prevention, safe neighborhood, drug abuse education and prevention programs, or for other law enforcement purposes, which include defraying the cost of protracted or complex investigations, providing additional equipment or expertise, purchasing automated external defibrillators for use in law enforcement vehicles, and providing matching funds to obtain federal grants. The proceeds and interest may not be used to meet normal operating expenses of the law enforcement agency.
(b) These funds may be expended upon request by the sheriff to the board of county commissioners or by the chief of police to the governing body of the municipality, accompanied by a written certification that the request complies with the provisions of this subsection, and only upon appropriation to the sheriff’s office or police department by the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the municipality.
(c) An agency or organization, other than the seizing agency, that wishes to receive such funds shall apply to the sheriff or chief of police for an appropriation and its application shall be accompanied by a written certification that the moneys will be used for an authorized purpose. Such requests for expenditures shall include a statement describing anticipated recurring costs for the agency for subsequent fiscal years. An agency or organization that receives money pursuant to this subsection shall provide an accounting for such moneys and shall furnish the same reports as an agency of the county or municipality that receives public funds. Such funds may be expended in accordance with the following procedures:
1. Such funds may be used only for school resource officer, crime prevention, safe neighborhood, drug abuse education, or drug prevention programs or such other law enforcement purposes as the board of county commissioners or governing body of the municipality deems appropriate.
2. Such funds shall not be a source of revenue to meet normal operating needs of the law enforcement agency.
3. Any local law enforcement agency that acquires at least $15,000 pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act within a fiscal year must expend or donate no less than 25 percent of such proceeds for the support or operation of any drug treatment, drug abuse education, drug prevention, crime prevention, safe neighborhood, or school resource officer program or programs. The local law enforcement agency has the discretion to determine which program or programs will receive the designated proceeds.

Notwithstanding the drug abuse education, drug treatment, drug prevention, crime prevention, safe neighborhood, or school resource officer minimum expenditures or donations, the sheriff and the board of county commissioners or the chief of police and the governing body of the municipality may agree to expend or donate such funds over a period of years if the expenditure or donation of such minimum amount in any given fiscal year would exceed the needs of the county or municipality for such program or programs. The minimum requirement for expenditure or donation of forfeiture proceeds established in subparagraph 3. does not preclude expenditures or donations in excess of that amount.

(6) If the seizing agency is a state agency, all remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. However, if the seizing agency is:
(a) The Department of Law Enforcement, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund as provided in s. 943.362 or into the department’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in s. 943.365, as applicable.
(b) The Department of Environmental Protection, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited in the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund, the Inland Protection Trust Fund, the Coastal Protection Trust Fund, or the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund, as specified by the statute under which the violation occurs.
(c) The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust Fund or into the department’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in s. 561.027, as applicable.
(d) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in s. 932.705(1)(a) or into the department’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in s. 932.705(1)(b), as applicable.
(e) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the State Game Trust Fund as provided in ss. 379.338, 379.339, and 379.3395 or into the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund as provided in s. 379.337.
(f) A state attorney’s office acting within its judicial circuit, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the State Attorney’s Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund to be used for the investigation of crime and prosecution of criminals within the judicial circuit.
(g) A school board security agency employing law enforcement officers, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the School Board Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
(h) One of the State University System police departments acting within the jurisdiction of its employing state university, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into that state university’s appropriate local account.
(i) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund or into the department’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in s. 570.205, as applicable.
(j) The Department of Military Affairs, the proceeds accrued from federal forfeiture sharing pursuant to 21 U.S.C. ss. 881(e)(1)(A) and (3), 18 U.S.C. s. 981(e)(2), and 19 U.S.C. s. 1616a shall be deposited into the Armory Board Trust Fund and used for purposes authorized by such federal provisions based on the department’s budgetary authority or into the department’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in s. 250.175, as applicable.
(k) The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Department of Legal Affairs, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Department of Legal Affairs Grants and Donations Trust Fund to be used for investigation and prosecution of Medicaid fraud, abuse, neglect, and other related cases by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
(l) The Division of Investigative and Forensic Services in the Department of Financial Services, the proceeds accrued under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund to be used for the purposes of arson suppression, arson investigation, and the funding of anti-arson rewards.
(m) The Division of Investigative and Forensic Services of the Department of Financial Services, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund as provided in s. 626.9893 or into the Department of Financial Services’ Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund as provided in s. 17.43, as applicable.
(n) The Florida Gaming Control Commission, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be deposited into the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund established by s. 550.0951(5) or into the Florida Gaming Control Commission’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund established by s. 16.717, as applicable, to be used for the operation of the Florida Gaming Control Commission in accordance with ss. 16.71-16.716.
(7) If more than one law enforcement agency is acting substantially to effect the forfeiture, the court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings shall, upon motion, equitably distribute all proceeds and other property among the seizing agencies.
(8) Upon the sale of any motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, real property, or other property requiring a title, the appropriate agency shall issue a title certificate to the purchaser. Upon the request of any law enforcement agency which elects to retain titled property after forfeiture, the appropriate state agency shall issue a title certificate for such property to said law enforcement agency.
(9) Neither the law enforcement agency nor the entity having budgetary control over the law enforcement agency shall anticipate future forfeitures or proceeds therefrom in the adoption and approval of the budget for the law enforcement agency.
History.—s. 5, ch. 92-54; s. 2, ch. 92-290; s. 21, ch. 94-265; s. 479, ch. 94-356; s. 5, ch. 95-265; s. 72, ch. 96-321; s. 41, ch. 96-418; s. 2, ch. 98-387; s. 3, ch. 98-389; s. 4, ch. 98-390; s. 5, ch. 98-391; s. 2, ch. 98-392; s. 2, ch. 98-393; s. 2, ch. 98-394; s. 61, ch. 99-245; s. 2, ch. 2000-147; ss. 26, 79, ch. 2002-402; s. 1923, ch. 2003-261; s. 37, ch. 2003-399; s. 3, ch. 2004-39; s. 38, ch. 2004-234; s. 16, ch. 2004-344; s. 23, ch. 2005-3; s. 19, ch. 2005-71; s. 2, ch. 2005-109; s. 5, ch. 2005-117; s. 11, ch. 2006-26; s. 20, ch. 2006-176; s. 21, ch. 2006-305; s. 7, ch. 2007-14; s. 10, ch. 2007-73; s. 10, ch. 2008-153; s. 207, ch. 2008-247; s. 7, ch. 2009-82; s. 8, ch. 2010-153; s. 18, ch. 2011-47; s. 31, ch. 2012-88; s. 15, ch. 2012-119; s. 4, ch. 2013-5; s. 12, ch. 2013-41; s. 13, ch. 2014-43; s. 22, ch. 2014-53; s. 2, ch. 2015-7; s. 35, ch. 2015-222; s. 58, ch. 2016-62; s. 45, ch. 2016-165; s. 4, ch. 2016-179; s. 51, ch. 2017-3; s. 19, ch. 2017-71; s. 10, ch. 2019-4; s. 17, ch. 2019-141; s. 3, ch. 2024-55.

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Total Results: 20

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2005-11-20T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Section 932.7055(1)(a)-(c), Fla. Stat. 2 See s. 932.7055(5)(a), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 932.7055(5)(b), Fla…donation of contraband funds pursuant to section 932.7055(5)(c)3., Florida Statutes? Sections 932.701&…the governing body of the municipality.2 Section 932.7055(5)(a), Florida Statutes, requires that the proceeds…is in compliance with the provisions of section 932.7055(5).3 An appropriation of contraband forfeiture…municipality that receives public funds. Section 932.7055(5)(c), Florida Statutes, provides that the money

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2005-08-03T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 2 See s. 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 932.7055(5)(b), Fla. Stat. 4 Section 932.7055(5)(c), Fla…department pursuant to section 932.7055, Florida Statutes. In sum, section 932.7055, Florida Statutes, requires…forfeiture trust funds available pursuant to section 932.7055(4), Florida Statutes, to fund: 1) The purchase…the governing body of the municipality.2 Section 932.7055(5)(a), Florida Statutes, requires that the proceeds…is in compliance with the provisions of section 932.7055(5). An appropriation of contraband forfeiture

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2004-08-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: is not among those listed. For example, section 932.7055(1), Florida Statutes, the Florida Contraband Forfeiture

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2004-04-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Statutes; or forfeited property pursuant to section 932.7055, Florida Statutes? According to your letter the…forfeited property pursuant to what is now section 932.7055, Florida Statutes.1 Section468.383(2), Florida… law enforcement agency.23 Pursuant to section 932.7055(1), Florida Statutes, when a seizing agency obtains…that statute were transferred to what is now s. 932.7055, Fla. Stat., by s. 5, Ch. 92-54, Laws of Fla. …23 Section 932.703(1)(c), Fla. Stat. 24 Section 932.7055(1)(b), Fla. Stat. And see Op. Att'y Gen. Fla

City of Miami v. Wellman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-02-03T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 875 So. 2d 635

Snippet: including municipal police departments. See § 932.7055(4), Fla. Stat. (2002). The Act states that law

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2003-08-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Section 932.7055(1)(a)-(c), Fla. Stat. 2 Section 932.7055(3)(a)-(c), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 932.7055(4)(b)… by the board of county commissioners. Section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes, provides: 'Such proceeds…given to the sheriff's request). 4 Section 932.7055(4)(c), Fla. Stat. 5 See, Ops. Att'y Gen. Fla

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2003-04-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Act restricts the use of such property. Section 932.7055, Florida Statutes, governs the disposition of …Charlie Crist Attorney General CC/tls 1 Section 932.7055(1)(b)-(c), Fla. Stat., also authorizes a seizing…property were subsequently renumbered as section 932.7055, Fla. Stat., due to a pre-existing section932.705

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2002-11-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 1)(a), Fla. Stat. 2 See, s. 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 932.7055(4)(c)1.-3., Fla. Stat. 4 See…forfeiture trust funds available pursuant to section 932.7055(4), Florida Statutes, to fund a portion of the… scope of those purposes authorized by section 932.7055(4), Florida Statutes, the actual development and…body of the municipality.2 Pursuant to section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes, the proceeds from a forfeiture… scope of those purposes authorized by section 932.7055(4), Florida Statutes, it is my opinion that the

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2002-09-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 3 477 So.2d 1029 (Fla.2d DCA 1985). 4 Section 932.7055(1)(a)-(c), Fla. Stat. 5 See, Inf. Op. to Mr. Donald

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2002-05-07T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: tjw 1 Section 932.7055(1), Fla. Stat. 2 See, s. 932.7055(3), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. …made by the governing body of the city.6 Section 932.7055(4)(b), Florida Statutes, provides that contraband

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-10-29T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: .701(1), Fla. Stat. 2 Section 932.7055(1), Fla. Stat. 3 See, s. 932.7055(3), Fla. Stat., prescribing that…forfeiture proceeding. 4 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. 5 Section 932.7055(4)(b), Fla. Stat. And see, Op…the special law enforcement trust fund, section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes, states, in part, that… funds to the sheriff's office). 6 Section 932.7055(4)(c)1.-3., Fla. Stat. 7 See, Black's Law

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-09-25T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: title for the act. 6 Section 932.7055(1), Fla. Stat. 7 See, s. 932.7055(3), Fla. Stat., prescribing that…forfeiture proceeding. 8 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. 9 Section 932.7055(4)(b), Fla. Stat. And see, Op…#39;s office). 10 Section 932.7055(4)(c)1.-3., Fla. Stat. 11 Section 932.7055(8)(c), Fla. Stat. 12 See,…the special law enforcement trust fund, section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes, states, in part: "…enforcement trust fund established pursuant to section 932.7055(4)(b), Florida Statutes, there is no authority

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-07-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Attorney General RAB/tjw 1 Section 932.7055(1), Fla. Stat. 2 See, s. 932.7055(3), Fla. Stat., providing that…forfeiture proceeding. 3 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. 4 Section 932.7055(4)(c)1.-3., Fla. Stat. The statute…body of the municipality.3 Pursuant to section 932.7055(4)(b), Florida Statutes, funds in a contraband…the special law enforcement trust fund, section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes, states: "Such proceeds…Forfeiture Act. Moreover, as noted above, section 932.7055, Florida Statutes, in authorizing the expenditure

Bay Cty. Sheriff's Office v. Tfcu

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-07-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 738 So. 2d 456

Snippet: lienholder's interest to be paid as provided in s. 932.7055. § 932.703(6)(b), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1996) (emphasis

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-06-26T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: and personal property under the act. 22 Section 932.7055(1), Fla. Stat. Florida Attorney General

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-04-22T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: tgh 1 Section 932.7055(1), Fla. Stat. 2 Section 932.7055(3), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. …by the board of county commissioners.3 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes, provides: "Such …. Stat. 4 Section 932.7055(4)(c)1.-3., Fla. Stat. 5 See, Ops. Att'y Gen. Fla. 91-84 (1991) (a police

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1997-07-17T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: General RAB/tjw 1 Section 932.7055(1), Fla. Stat. (1996 Supp.). 2 See, s. 932.7055(3), Fla. Stat. (1996 Supp…proceeding. 3 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1996 Supp.). 4 Section 932.7055(4)(b), Fla. Stat. (1996…the special law enforcement trust fund, section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1996 Supplement), states… funds to the sheriff's office). 5 Section 932.7055(4)(c)1.-3., Fla. Stat. (1996 Supp.). 6 Attorney

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1997-05-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: General RAB/tgh 1 Section 932.7055(3), Fla. Stat. (1996 Supp.). 2 Section 932.7055(4)(c)1.-3., Fla. Stat.…forfeiture trust funds available pursuant to section 932.7055(4), Florida Statutes (1996 Supplement), to build…the governing body of the municipality. Section 932.7055(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1996 Supplement), provides

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1996-08-16T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the governing body of the municipality.2 Section 932.7055(4)(b), Florida Statutes, states: These funds may…the sheriff's request. Question Two Section 932.7055(3), Florida Statutes, provides: The proceeds from… 1 See, s. 932.703(1)(a), Fla. Stat. 2 See, s. 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. 3 See generally, Alsop v. Pierce…forfeiture trust fund established pursuant to s. 932.7055, Fla. Stat., could not be used to repay monies… a city for authorized expenditures. 6 Section 932.7055(4)(a), Fla. Stat. 7 See, Op. Att'y Gen. Fla

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1995-12-20T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act. Section 932.7055, Fla. Stat., as amended by Ch. 95-265, Laws of