Florida Statute 938.85 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 938
COURT COSTS

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F.S. 938.085

938.085 Additional cost to fund rape crisis centers.—In addition to any sanction imposed when a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, a violation of s. 775.21(6) and (10)(a), (b), and (g); s. 784.011; s. 784.021; s. 784.03; s. 784.041; s. 784.045; s. 784.048; s. 784.07; s. 784.08; s. 784.081; s. 784.082; s. 784.083; s. 784.085; s. 787.01(3); s. 787.02(3); 787.025; s. 787.06; s. 787.07; s. 794.011; s. 794.05; s. 794.08; former s. 796.03; former s. 796.035; s. 796.04; s. 796.05; s. 796.06; s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i); s. 800.03; s. 800.04; s. 810.14; s. 810.145; s. 812.135; s. 817.025; s. 825.102; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 836.10; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135(2); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0145; s. 943.0435(4)(c), (7), (8), (9)(a), (13), and ¹(14)(c); or s. 985.701(1), the court shall impose a surcharge of $151. Payment of the surcharge shall be a condition of probation, community control, or any other court-ordered supervision. The sum of $150 of the surcharge shall be deposited into the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund established within the Department of Health by chapter 2003-140, Laws of Florida. The clerk of the court shall retain $1 of each surcharge that the clerk of the court collects as a service charge of the clerk’s office.

History.—s. 3, ch. 2003-114; s. 9, ch. 2011-220; s. 18, ch. 2012-97; s. 24, ch. 2014-160; s. 17, ch. 2016-104; s. 14, ch. 2017-170; s. 35, ch. 2018-3; s. 4, ch. 2018-128; s. 91, ch. 2019-167.

¹Note.—Some material formerly in s. 943.0435(14)(c) was moved to s. 943.0435(9)(a) by s. 2, ch. 2024-73.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 938.085

Total Results: 21

VKE v. State

934 So. 2d 1276, 2006 WL 1838948

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

Cited 29 times | Published

Florida Statutes and $151.00 pursuant to section 938.085, Florida Statutes. Sections 938.08 and 938

Griffin v. State

946 So. 2d 610, 2007 WL 28253

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 5, 2007 | Docket: 1771252

Cited 16 times | Published

(2004), and costs of $2 and $150 pursuant to section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2004).[5] Section 939.185

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

proceeding is empowered by section 938.08 and section 938.085 to assess surcharges of $201.00 and $151.00

Brenton McNeil v. State of Florida

215 So. 3d 55, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 453, 2017 WL 1366131, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 828

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 2017 | Docket: 4684628

Cited 7 times | Published

pursuant to section 938.08, $453 pursuant to section 938.085, and $404 pursuant to section 938.10(1). Id

KENNY FABRA AYOS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

275 So. 3d 178

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 2019 | Docket: 15798574

Cited 4 times | Published

charge for the Rape Crisis Trust Fund under section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2016), must be stricken

Cutwright v. State

934 So. 2d 667, 2006 WL 2191981

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 4, 2006 | Docket: 1747662

Cited 4 times | Published

erred by imposing a $151 cost pursuant to section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2004), and a $65 cost pursuant

Clark v. State

963 So. 2d 911, 2007 WL 2428478

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 29, 2007 | Docket: 1697271

Cited 2 times | Published

are surcharges of $150 and $2 imposed under section 938.085, Florida Statutes (creating a surcharge to

State v. JC

916 So. 2d 847

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 19, 2005 | Docket: 1187323

Cited 2 times | Published

08, Florida Statutes (2004), and $151 under section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2004), against five juveniles

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

certified question. Neither section 938.083 nor section 938.085 exempts juvenile delinquencies from the convictions

Jeffery Clayton Hood v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 21, 2025 | Docket: 69660267

Published

U.S. 738 (1967). costs imposed pursuant to section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2022). AFFIRMED and

Burns v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2024 | Docket: 68426929

Published

Among those costs was $151 imposed pursuant to section 938.085, Florida Statutes. Burns argues he was not

ELLIOTT ANDERSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 2024 | Docket: 68277199

Published

errantly includes a $352 assessment under section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2022). The trial court is

KENNY FABRA AYOS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 20, 2019 | Docket: 14752829

Published

charge for the Rape Crisis Trust Fund under section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2016), must be stricken

KRISTOPHER HADDOCK v. STATE OF FLORIDA

255 So. 3d 994

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 2018 | Docket: 8053793

Published

and to reduce the cost imposed pursuant to section 938.085 from $453 to $302. In addition, the trial

Dixon v. State

182 So. 3d 670, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 17424, 2015 WL 7302580

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 20, 2015 | Docket: 60252801

Published

mandatory surcharges of $151, pursuant to section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2014); $201, pursuant to

Matthews v. State

171 So. 3d 800, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 11809, 2015 WL 4680971

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 2015 | Docket: 2681883

Published

court imposed a total cost of $152 pursuant to section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2012). That statute, though

McNeil v. State

162 So. 3d 274, 2015 WL 1071158

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 2015 | Docket: 60247467

Published

Statutes (2006), which imposes a $201 surcharge; section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2006), which imposes a $151

S.P. v. State

936 So. 2d 713, 2006 WL 2347788

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 11, 2006 | Docket: 64846323

Published

in domestic violence, and $151 pursuant to section 938.085, to fund rape crisis centers. In J.C., this

Whitaker v. State

914 So. 2d 513, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 18578, 2005 WL 3116104

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 23, 2005 | Docket: 64840912

Published

for the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund under section 938.085, effective July 1, 2003, and $101 for the Child

State v. J.C.

916 So. 2d 847, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 12792

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 19, 2005 | Docket: 64841398

Published

08, Florida Statutes (2004), and $151 under section 938.085, Florida Statutes (2004), against five juveniles—

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

proceeding is empowered by section 938.08 and section 938.085 to assess surcharges of $201.00 and $151.00