Florida Statute 26.57 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 26
CIRCUIT COURTS

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26.57 Temporary designation of county court judge to preside over circuit court cases.—A county court judge may be designated on a temporary basis to preside over circuit court cases by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court upon recommendation of the chief judge of the circuit. He or she may be assigned to exercise all county and circuit court jurisdiction in the county, except appeals from the county court. In addition, he or she may be required to perform the duties of circuit judge in other counties of the circuit as time may permit and as the need arises, as determined by the chief judge of the circuit. A county court judge designated to preside over circuit court cases shall receive the same salary as a circuit court judge, to the extent that funds are specifically appropriated by law for such purposes.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-217; s. 115, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 2008-111; s. 1, ch. 2009-61.

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Cases Citing Statute 26.57

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Nipper v. Smith, 39 F.3d 1494 (11th Cir. 1994).

Cited 25 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1994 WL 642754

district when necessary or convenient. See Fla.Stat. § 26.57 (assignment of county judges to sit as circuit

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Gonzales v. City of Belle Glade, 287 So. 2d 669 (Fla. 1973).

Cited 23 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

note 2, supra. [9] Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 26-57 provided: "Rogues and vagabonds, or dissolute persons

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Rodgers v. State, 325 So. 2d 48 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...State, Fla. 1972, 265 So.2d 685. In point two, the appellant contends that the trial court erred in not granting his motion to disqualify the trial judge, a county judge. In support of this position, which we submit is not well taken, appellant relies on Section 26.57, Florida Statutes....

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At&t Mobility LLC v. Patrick Rigney (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

3d DCA 2005) (reversing section 26 57.105 fee award because attorney

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