Florida Statute 945.31 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 945
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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F.S. 945.31

945.31 Restitution and other payments.—The department may establish bank accounts outside the State Treasury for the purpose of collecting and disbursing restitution and other court-ordered payments from persons in its custody or under its supervision, and may collect an administrative processing fee in an amount equal to 4 percent of the gross amounts of such payments. Such administrative processing fee shall be deposited in the department’s Operating Trust Fund and shall be used to offset the cost of the department’s services. The department is authorized to deposit or transfer into the General Revenue Fund:

(1) Offender overpayments that are less than $10 at the end of the offender’s supervision.

(2) Offender funds that are not claimed within 1 year after supervision is terminated.

(3) Victim restitution payments that are not claimed within 1 year after the offender’s supervision is terminated.

(4) Interest earned on balances in the COPS bank accounts.

(5) Payments that cannot be identified and are not claimed within 1 year after they are received.

History.—s. 11, ch. 89-526; s. 14, ch. 93-120; s. 32, ch. 95-283; s. 5, ch. 98-388; s. 1, ch. 2003-136.

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Cases Citing Statute 945.31

Total Results: 5

Griffis v. State

848 So. 2d 422, 2003 WL 21501907

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 2, 2003 | Docket: 1309450

Cited 6 times | Published

4% administrative processing fee pursuant to section 945.31, Florida Statutes (1999), to the Florida Department

Harris v. State

593 So. 2d 1169, 1992 WL 25820

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 1992 | Docket: 1508925

Cited 3 times | Published

processing fee for each payment pursuant to section 945.31, Florida Statutes. The record does not contain

Powell v. State

681 So. 2d 722, 1996 WL 228580

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 8, 1996 | Docket: 1385262

Cited 2 times | Published

banc), must be orally pronounced. Also, because section 945.31, Florida Statutes (1993), authorizes the Florida

SHAREE DIXON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 14, 2020 | Docket: 18534801

Published

09(1)(a)2., Fla. Stat. (2016). Third, citing section 945.31, Florida Statutes (2016), the probation order

Stanley v. State

42 So. 3d 330, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 12167, 2010 WL 3238978

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 18, 2010 | Docket: 1647367

Published

already provided a solution for this problem. Section 945.31(3), Florida Statutes (2010), authorizes the