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Florida Statute 903.16 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 903
BAIL
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F.S. 903.16
903.16 Deposit of money or bonds as bail.
(1) A defendant who has been admitted to bail, or another person in the defendant’s behalf, may deposit with the official authorized to take bail money or nonregistered bonds of the United States, the state, or a city, town, or county in the state, equal in market value to the amount set in the order and the personal bond of the defendant and an undertaking by the depositor if the money or bonds are deposited by another. The sheriff or other officials may remit money or bonds received to the clerk to be held by the clerk pending court action or return to the defendant or depositor. The clerk shall accept money or bonds remitted by the sheriff.
(2) Consent is conclusively presumed for the clerk of the circuit court to sell bonds deposited as bail after forfeiture of the bond.
History.s. 59, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(59); s. 1, ch. 59-353; s. 26, ch. 70-339; s. 4, ch. 91-306; s. 1480, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 903.16
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 903.16.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

POLAKOFF AABBOTT BAIL BONDS, v. STATE, 111 So. 3d 253 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . surety follows this course and the bond is secured other than by money and bonds authorized in section 903.16 . . .

H. MINASIAN, v. STATE, 655 So. 2d 1143 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . Sections 903.16 and 903.17 authorize a surety other than the defendant to deposit a cash bond, along . . . forfeiture of cash bail bonds deposited by a surety or someone other than the defendant under sections 903.16 . . .

UNITED STATES, v. CITY OF FULTON, 9 Cl. Ct. 1422 (Fed. Cir. 1986)

. . . . §§ 903.15, 903.16. . . .

UNITED STATES v. CITY OF FULTON, 475 U.S. 657 (U.S. 1986)

. . . . §§903.15, 903.16. . . .

UNITED STATES v. TEX- LA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. UNITED STATES v. NORTHEAST TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., 693 F.2d 392 (5th Cir. 1982)

. . . . § 903.16. . . .

ACCREDITED SURETY CASUALTY COMPANY, INC. v. STATE, 418 So. 2d 378 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . or discharged within 30 days and the bond is secured other than by money and bonds authorized in s. 903.16 . . .

AL ESTES BONDING AGENCY, v. CITRUS COUNTY,, 417 So. 2d 1127 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . See §§ 903.09, 903.16, 903.17, Fla.Stat. (1981). . See § 648.25(5), Fla.Stat. (1981). . . . .

P. FERLITA, v. STATE, 380 So. 2d 1118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . discharged within thirty days and the bond is secured other than by money and bonds authorized in § 903.16 . . .

RESOLUTE INSURANCE COMPANY, a v. STATE DADE COUNTY,, 289 So. 2d 456 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)

. . . discharged within thirty days and the bond is secured other than by money and bonds authorized in § 903.16 . . .