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Fla. Stat. § 948.039 (2025)

Special terms and conditions of probation or community control imposed by court order.

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948.039 Special terms and conditions of probation or community control imposed by court order.The court may determine any special terms and conditions of probation or community control. The terms and conditions should be reasonably related to the circumstances of the offense committed and appropriate for the offender. The court shall impose the special terms and conditions by oral pronouncement at sentencing and include the terms and conditions in the written sentencing order. Special terms and conditions may include, but are not limited to, requirements that the offender:
(1) Attend an HIV/AIDS awareness program consisting of a class of not less than 2 hours or more than 4 hours in length, if such a program is available in the county of the offender’s residence. The offender shall pay the cost of attending the program.
(2) Pay not more than $1 per month during the term of probation or community control to a nonprofit organization established for the sole purpose of supplementing the rehabilitative efforts of the Department of Corrections.
History.s. 26, ch. 2004-373.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2011–2026 · leading case: Victor Villanueva v. State of Florida, 200 So. 3d 47 (Fla. 2016).
Victor Villanueva v. State of Florida, 200 So. 3d 47 (Fla. 2016). · cites it 13× “”); § 948.039, Fla. Stat. (2008) (“The court may determine any special terms and conditions of probation or community control.”
Velez-Pizzini v. State, 58 So. 3d 278 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011). · cites it 6× “1 Section 948.039, Florida Statutes (2009), mandates that trial courts impose special conditions of probation by oral pronouncement and written order.”
Villanueva v. State, 118 So. 3d 999 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013). · cites it 2× “(2011) (“The enumeration of specific kinds of terms and conditions [for probation] shall not prevent the court from adding thereto such other or others as it considers proper.”
Lavender v. State, 203 So. 3d 969 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016). · cites it 2× “§ 948.039, Fla. Stat. (2014).: Here, the requirement of maintaining a daily activity log is not statutorily authorized under sections 948.”
Ronald L. Thompson v. State of Florida, 239 So. 3d 1269 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018). · cites it 3× “2d DCA 2016) (citing § 948.039, Fla. Stat. (2014)). See § 948.”
Victor Villanueva v. State of Florida (Fla. 2016). · cites it 5× “”); § 948.039, Fla. Stat. (2008) (“The court may determine any special terms and conditions of probation or community control.”
Richard Caldwell v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2022). · cites it 4× “” § 948.039, Fla. Stat. (2019). “To impose a special condition of probation, there must be a reasonable nexus between the condition and the crime committed.”
Dale E. Folsom v. State of Florida (Fla. 1st DCA 2024). · cites it 4× “” § 948.039, Fla. Stat. There is nothing in the law that prevented the trial court from including the terms and conditions of drug-offender probation as part of Folsom’s overall probation.”
Carissa Parker v. State of Florida (Fla. 1st DCA 2025). · cites it 4× “Parker also challenges special conditions 20 and 22 as not “reasonably related to the circumstances of the offense committed and appropriate for the offender” as required by section 948.039, Florida Statutes. These challenges were raised in Parker’s rule 3.”
Carissa Parker v. State of Florida (Fla. 1st DCA 2024). · cites it 3× “Special condition 22 requires Parker to “successfully complete parenting classes.”
Jean Claude Noel v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2024). · cites it 2× “§ 948.039, Fla. Stat. (2021); Metellus v.”
Donell Dowell v. State of Florida (Fla. 5th DCA 2025). · cites it 2× “See § 948.039, Fla. Stat. (“The court shall impose the special terms and conditions by oral pronouncement at sentencing and include the terms and conditions in the written sentencing order.”
— 948.039(2) — 1 case
Velez-Pizzini v. State, 58 So. 3d 278 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011). “1 Section 948.039, Florida Statutes (2009), mandates that trial courts impose special conditions of probation by oral pronouncement and written order.”
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