18 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 839.04 County officers not to speculate in county warrants or certificates
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Any county court judge, clerk of the circuit court, sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser or their deputies, county commissioner, school board members, superintendent of schools, or any other county officer who buys up at a discount, or in any manner, directly or indirectly,…
Fla. Stat. § 839.05 Municipal officers not to speculate in municipal scrip
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Any mayor, marshal, treasurer, clerk, tax collector or other officer of any incorporated city or town, or any deputy of such officer, who buys up at a discount, or in any manner, directly or indirectly, speculates in any scrip or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the munic…
Fla. Stat. § 839.06 Collectors not to deal in warrants, etc.; removal
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No tax collector of any county shall, either directly or indirectly, purchase or receive in exchange any Chief Financial Officer’s or the former Comptroller’s warrants, county orders, jurors’ certificates or school district orders for a less amount than expressed on the face of s…
Fla. Stat. § 839.11 Extortion by officers of the state
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Any officer of this state who willfully charges, receives, or collects any greater fees or services than the officer is entitled to charge, receive, or collect by law is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 839.12 Officer failing to keep record of costs
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If any clerk of a court, sheriff, or county court judge neglects or refuses to keep a record book of the costs which she or he charges, she or he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083. Such record book shall be prima facie evi…
Fla. Stat. § 839.13 Falsifying records
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if any judge, justice, mayor, alderman, clerk, sheriff, coroner, or other public officer, or employee or agent of or contractor with a public agency, or any person whatsoever, shall steal, embezzle, alter, corruptly withdraw, falsify or a…
Fla. Stat. § 839.14 Officer withholding records from successor
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If any officer, after the expiration of the time for which she or he may have been appointed or elected, or in case of death, her or his executors and administrators, or the person in possession thereof, shall willfully and unlawfully withhold or detain from her or his successors…
Fla. Stat. § 839.15 Judicial officer withholding records
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Any justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the circuit court who, upon resignation or on being impeached, fails to file all papers and records in her or his possession belonging to her or his court with the proper clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, puni…
Fla. Stat. § 839.16 Fraud of clerk in drawing jury
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If the clerk of any court shall be guilty of any fraud, either by practicing on a jury box previous to a draft, or in drawing a juror, or in returning into the box any juror which had been lawfully drawn out and drawing or substituting another in her or his stead, or in any other…
Fla. Stat. § 839.17 Misappropriation of moneys by commissioners to make sales
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Any commissioner or general or special magistrate, having received the purchase money or the securities resulting from any of the sales authorized by law, who shall fail to deliver such moneys and securities, or either of them, to the executor or administrator, or the person enti…
Fla. Stat. § 839.18 Penalty for officer assuming to act before qualification
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Whoever being elected, or appointed, to any office assumes to perform any of the duties thereof before qualification, according to law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 839.19 Failure to execute process generally
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Any sheriff or other officer authorized to execute process, who willfully or corruptly refuses or neglects to execute and return, according to law, any process delivered to him or her, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s…
Fla. Stat. § 839.20 Refusal to execute criminal process
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If any officer authorized to serve process, willfully and corruptly refuses to execute any lawful process to him or her directed and requiring him or her to apprehend and confine any person convicted or charged with an offense, or willfully and corruptly omits or delays to execut…
Fla. Stat. § 839.21 Refusal to receive prisoner
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Any jailer or other officer, who willfully refuses to receive into the jail or into her or his custody a prisoner lawfully directed to be committed thereto on a criminal charge or conviction, or any lawful process whatever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, pu…
Fla. Stat. § 839.23 Officer taking insufficient bail
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An official who takes bail which the official knows is not sufficient, accepts a surety she or he knows does not have the qualifications required by law, or accepts as a surety a professional bond agent who is not registered with the clerk of the circuit court and qualified to ac…
Fla. Stat. § 839.24 Penalty for failure to perform duty required of officer
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A sheriff, county court judge, prosecuting officer, court reporter, stenographer, interpreter, or other officer required to perform any duty under the criminal procedure law who willfully fails to perform his or her duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, puni…
Fla. Stat. § 839.26 Misuse of confidential information
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Any public servant who, in contemplation of official action by herself or himself or by a governmental unit with which the public servant is associated, or in reliance on information to which she or he has access in her or his official capacity and which has not been made public,…
Fla. Stat. § 839.27 Restitution and community service
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A person who is convicted of any offense in this chapter shall be ordered by the sentencing judge to make restitution to the victim of the offense if, after conducting a hearing, the judge finds that the victim suffered an actual financial loss caused directly or indirectly by th…