Florida SB 1322: Clerks of the Court

Bill Text

1322 
Clerks of the Court 
2026-01-07T07:07:56Z 
Requiring the clerk to retain certain funds or deposit the funds into the fine and forfeiture fund; authorizing the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, on behalf of the clerks, to submit a request for reimbursement to reimburse the clerks for filing certain petitions, orders, appeals, and summons; authorizing the clerk to be reimbursed for certain fees and charges, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1322 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00688B-26 20261322__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to clerks of the court; amending ss. 
 3 28.24, 28.241, 28.37, 45.035, 318.14, 318.15, 318.18, 
 4 322.245, 721.83, 744.3678, and 938.05, F.S.; requiring 
 5 the clerk to retain certain funds or deposit the funds 
 6 into the fine and forfeiture fund; amending s. 40.29, 
 7 F.S.; authorizing the Florida Clerks of Court 
 8 Operations Corporation, on behalf of the clerks, to 
 9 submit a request for reimbursement to reimburse the 
 10 clerks for filing certain petitions, orders, appeals, 
 11 and summons; increasing the fee for filing certain 
 12 petitions, orders, appeals, and summons; amending ss. 
 13 57.081, 57.082, 394.459, 394.463, 394.467, 394.914, 
 14 394.917, 397.681, 741.30, 784.046, 784.0485, and 
 15 825.1035, F.S.; authorizing the clerk to be reimbursed 
 16 for certain fees and charges; amending s. 318.21, 
 17 F.S.; increasing the percentage of certain penalties 
 18 that must be deposited into the fine and forfeiture 
 19 fund and decreasing the percentage of certain 
 20 penalties that must be paid to a municipality; 
 21 amending ss. 28.35, 28.36, and 142.01, F.S.; 
 22 conforming cross-references and provisions to changes 
 23 made by the act; providing an effective date. 
 24 
 25 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 26 
 27 Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3), paragraph (a) of 
 28 subsection (5), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), paragraph (b) 
 29 of subsection (11), paragraph (a) of subsection (14), paragraph 
 30 (a) of subsection (15), subsection (17), paragraph (a) of 
 31 subsection (18), subsection (19), paragraph (a) of subsection 
 32 (20), paragraph (a) of subsection (21), and subsection (26) of 
 33 section 28.24, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 34 28.24 Service charges.—The clerk of the circuit court shall 
 35 charge for services rendered manually or electronically by the 
 36 clerk’s office in recording documents and instruments and in 
 37 performing other specified duties. These charges may not exceed 
 38 those specified in this section, except as provided in s. 
 39 28.345. 
 40 (2) For examining, comparing, correcting, verifying, and 
 41 certifying transcripts of record in appellate proceedings, 
 42 prepared by attorney for appellant or someone else other than 
 43 clerk, per page: 5.00, from which the clerk shall remit 0.50 per 
 44 page to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General 
 45 Revenue Fund. 
 46 (3) For preparing, numbering, and indexing an original 
 47 record of appellate proceedings, per instrument: 3.50, from 
 48 which the clerk shall remit 0.50 per instrument to the 
 49 Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 
 50 (5)(a) For verifying any instrument presented for 
 51 certification prepared by someone other than clerk, per page: 
 52 3.50, from which the clerk shall remit 0.50 per page to the 
 53 Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 
 54 (9)(a) For writing any paper that is a court record other 
 55 than a paper otherwise specifically mentioned in this section, 
 56 including signing and sealing: 7.00, from which the clerk shall 
 57 remit 1.00 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 
 58 General Revenue Fund. 
 59 (11) For receiving money into the registry of court: 
 60 (b) Eminent domain actions, per deposit: 170.00, from which 
 61 the clerk shall remit 20.00 per deposit to the Department of 
 62 Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 
 63 (14)(a) Oath, administering, attesting, and sealing of 
 64 court records not otherwise provided for in this section: 3.50, 
 65 from which the clerk shall remit 0.50 to the Department of 
 66 Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 
 67 (15)(a) For validating certificates or any authorized bonds 
 68 that are court records, each: 3.50, from which the clerk shall 
 69 remit 0.50 each to the Department of Revenue for deposit into 
 70 the General Revenue Fund. 
 71 (17) For exemplified certificates, including the signing 
 72 and sealing of them: 7.00, from which the clerk shall remit 1.00 
 73 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General 
 74 Revenue Fund. 
 75 (18)(a) For authenticated certificates that are court 
 76 records, including the signing and sealing of them: 7.00, from 
 77 which the clerk shall remit 1.00 to the Department of Re