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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 938
COURT COSTS
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F.S. 938.01
938.01 Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund.
(1) All courts created by Art. V of the State Constitution shall, in addition to any fine or other penalty, require every person convicted for violation of a state penal or criminal statute or convicted for violation of a municipal or county ordinance to pay $3 as a court cost. Any person whose adjudication is withheld pursuant to the provisions of s. 318.14(9) or (10) shall also be liable for payment of such cost. In addition, $3 from every bond estreature or forfeited bail bond related to such penal statutes or penal ordinances shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue as described in this subsection. However, no such assessment may be made against any person convicted for violation of any state statute, municipal ordinance, or county ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles.
(a) All costs collected by the courts pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue in accordance with administrative rules adopted by the executive director of the Department of Revenue for deposit in the Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund. These funds and the funds deposited in the Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 318.21(2)(c) shall be distributed as follows:
1. Ninety-two percent to the Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund.
2. Six and three-tenths percent to the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund for the Criminal Justice Grant Program.
3. One and seven-tenths percent to the Department of Children and Families Domestic Violence Trust Fund for the domestic violence program pursuant to s. 39.903(1).
(b) All funds in the Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund shall be disbursed only in compliance with s. 943.25(8).
(2) Except as provided by s. 938.15 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds collected and deposited pursuant to this section or s. 943.25 shall be expended unless specifically appropriated by the Legislature.
History.s. 8, ch. 74-386; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 2, ch. 78-347; s. 189, ch. 79-164; s. 144, ch. 79-190; s. 13, ch. 80-71; s. 17, ch. 81-24; s. 81, ch. 81-167; s. 85, ch. 83-55; s. 8, ch. 83-259; s. 20, ch. 84-258; s. 11, ch. 85-224; s. 6, ch. 85-250; s. 11, ch. 86-154; s. 16, ch. 86-187; s. 2, ch. 86-286; ss. 3, 5, 6, ch. 87-186; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 42, ch. 93-120; s. 17, ch. 93-252; s. 9, ch. 95-408; s. 12, ch. 97-225; s. 3, ch. 97-271; ss. 39, 40, ch. 2000-171; s. 19, ch. 2001-122; s. 1, ch. 2001-184; s. 3, ch. 2001-232; ss. 29, 30, 54, ch. 2001-254; s. 18, ch. 2002-55; ss. 76, 77, ch. 2002-402; s. 8, ch. 2003-400; s. 122, ch. 2003-402; s. 12, ch. 2011-52; s. 16, ch. 2012-147; s. 312, ch. 2014-19.
Note.Former s. 943.25(3).

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 938.01

Total Results: 22

VKE v. State

934 So. 2d 1276, 2006 WL 1838948

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2006 | Docket: 2185398

Cited 29 times | Published

benefit the Additional Cost Clearing Trust Fund), section 938.01 imposes a $3.00 court cost and section 938

VKE v. State

902 So. 2d 343, 2005 WL 1250783

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 27, 2005 | Docket: 1675050

Cited 16 times | Published

benefit the Additional Cost Clearing Trust Fund), section 938.01 imposes a $3.00 court cost and section 938

Kimball v. State

933 So. 2d 1285, 2006 WL 2135842

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 2, 2006 | Docket: 1309017

Cited 4 times | Published

(Emphasis added.) The "costs provided for" in section 938.01 are assessed against "every person convicted

In RE: AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE-2018 REGULAR-CYCLE REPORT.

265 So. 3d 494

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 4, 2018 | Docket: 7982207

Cited 1 times | Published

___ $3.00 as a court cost pursuant to section 938.01, Florida Statutes (Criminal Justice Trust Fund)

White v. State

22 So. 3d 157, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 18401, 34 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 2486

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 2, 2009 | Docket: 1432137

Cited 1 times | Published

The trial court assessed costs of $3 under section 938.01 and $2 under section 938.15, Florida Statutes

Edney v. State

3 So. 3d 1281, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2144, 2009 WL 593153

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 10, 2009 | Docket: 60289135

Cited 1 times | Published

(Emphasis added.) The “costs provided for” in section 938.01 are assessed against “every person convicted

V.K.E. v. State

934 So. 2d 1276, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 505, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 1475

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2006 | Docket: 64845913

Cited 1 times | Published

benefit the Additional Cost Clearing Trust Fund), section 938.01 imposes a $3.00 court cost and section 938

Whitley v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 13, 2023 | Docket: 68084176

Published

costs associated with section 938.01, Florida Statutes (2018), twice. Section 938.01 states, in relevant

Kelvin Leon Jones v. Governor of Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 11, 2020 | Docket: 18430246

Published

Jones II, 2020 WL 2618062, at *4; Fla. Stat. § 938.01(1). As the district court found, Florida

Kelvin Leon Jones v. Governor of Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 11, 2020 | Docket: 18439265

Published

Jones II, 2020 WL 2618062, at *4; Fla. Stat. § 938.01(1). As the district court found, Florida

JOSHUA J. MURPHY v. STATE OF FLORIDA

273 So. 3d 1147

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 31, 2019 | Docket: 15704312

Published

erroneously combined a $151 fine authorized under section 938.01, Florida Statutes (2017), with $550 in felony

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure - 2018 Regular-Cycle Report

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 19, 2018 | Docket: 7471972

Published

$3.00 as a court cost pursuant to section 938.01, Florida Statutes (Criminal Justice Trust Fund)

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure – Corrected Opinion

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 18, 2016 | Docket: 3037339

Published

$3.00 as a court cost pursuant to section 938.01, Florida Statutes (Criminal Justice Trust Fund)

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure - Corrected Opinion

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 2016 | Docket: 3029854

Published

$3.00 as a court cost pursuant to section 938.01, Florida Statutes (Criminal Justice Trust Fund)

In Re AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

188 So. 3d 764, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 594, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 2949, 2015 WL 10490032

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 29, 2015 | Docket: 3008264

Published

Fund). ■ $3.00 as a court cost pursuant to section 938.01, Florida Statutes (Criminal Justice Trust Fund)

De la Fuente v. State

58 So. 3d 394, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 5189, 2011 WL 1377065

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 2011 | Docket: 60299354

Published

(2007), Crimes Compensation Trust Fund; 2) Section 938.01(1), Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund;

In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure

48 So. 3d 17, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 516, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 1610, 2010 WL 3701323

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 23, 2010 | Docket: 60296528

Published

Fund). _ $3.00 as a court cost pursuant to section 938.01, Florida Statutes (Criminal Justice Trust Fund)

C.S. v. State

985 So. 2d 706, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 10523

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 11, 2008 | Docket: 64855175

Published

states otherwise. Id. Like section 938.05, section 938.01 makes no mention of juvenile delinquency proceedings

CS v. State

985 So. 2d 706, 2008 WL 2697249

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 11, 2008 | Docket: 1254123

Published

states otherwise. Id. Like section 938.05, section 938.01 makes no mention of juvenile delinquency proceedings

V.K.E. v. State

902 So. 2d 343, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 8060

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 27, 2005 | Docket: 64838431

Published

benefit the Additional Cost Clearing Trust Fund), section 938.01 imposes a $3.00 court cost and section 938

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jan 30, 2002 | Docket: 3255627

Published

of the Florida Constitution are required by section 938.01, Florida Statutes, to assess, in addition to

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 2, 1999 | Docket: 3256553

Published

ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles." Section 938.01(1)(a), Fla. Stat., further directs that the