Florida Statute 34.022 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 34
COUNTY COURTS

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34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.—The number of county court judges in each county shall be as follows:

COUNTY TOTAL

(1) Alachua..........5

(2) Baker..........1

(3) Bay..........5

(4) Bradford..........1

(5) Brevard..........11

(6) Broward..........32

(7) Calhoun..........1

(8) Charlotte..........3

(9) Citrus..........3

(10) Clay..........3

(11) Collier..........6

(12) Columbia..........2

(13) DeSoto..........1

(14) Dixie..........1

(15) Duval..........17

(16) Escambia..........5

(17) Flagler..........2

(18) Franklin..........1

(19) Gadsden..........1

(20) Gilchrist..........1

(21) Glades..........1

(22) Gulf..........1

(23) Hamilton..........1

(24) Hardee..........1

(25) Hendry..........1

(26) Hernando..........3

(27) Highlands..........1

(28) Hillsborough..........25

(29) Holmes..........1

(30) Indian River..........2

(31) Jackson..........1

(32) Jefferson..........1

(33) Lafayette..........1

(34) Lake..........5

(35) Lee..........9

(36) Leon..........5

(37) Levy..........1

(38) Liberty..........1

(39) Madison..........1

(40) Manatee..........5

(41) Marion..........5

(42) Martin..........3

(43) Miami-Dade..........47

(44) Monroe..........4

(45) Nassau..........2

(46) Okaloosa..........3

(47) Okeechobee..........1

(48) Orange..........22

(49) Osceola..........5

(50) Palm Beach..........20

(51) Pasco..........7

(52) Pinellas..........17

(53) Polk..........11

(54) Putnam..........2

(55) St. Johns..........3

(56) St. Lucie..........4

(57) Santa Rosa..........3

(58) Sarasota..........5

(59) Seminole..........6

(60) Sumter..........2

(61) Suwannee..........1

(62) Taylor..........1

(63) Union..........1

(64) Volusia..........10

(65) Wakulla..........1

(66) Walton..........1

(67) Washington..........1

History.—s. 1, ch. 72-406; s. 2, ch. 73-329; s. 19, ch. 73-333; s. 1, ch. 74-306; s. 2, ch. 76-175; s. 2, ch. 77-368; s. 2, ch. 78-168; s. 6, ch. 79-413; s. 3, ch. 80-164; s. 3, ch. 81-220; s. 3, ch. 82-238; s. 7, ch. 84-303; s. 2, ch. 85-218; s. 2, ch. 86-279; s. 2, ch. 87-89; s. 3, ch. 88-167; s. 2, ch. 89-290; s. 2, ch. 90-206; s. 2, ch. 93-63; s. 4, ch. 94-137; s. 2, ch. 95-351; s. 2, ch. 96-271; s. 2, ch. 97-257; ss. 3, 4, ch. 99-151; s. 2, ch. 2001-284; ss. 3, 4, ch. 2005-150; s. 2, ch. 2005-356; s. 2, ch. 2006-166; s. 3, ch. 2019-95; s. 2, ch. 2020-112; s. 2, ch. 2021-45; s. 3, ch. 2022-163; s. 2, ch. 2024-194; s. 2, ch. 2025-202.

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Chames v. DeMayo, 972 So. 2d 850 (Fla. 2007).

Cited 20 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2007 WL 4440212

935, 944-45 (1993); and Virginia: Va.Code Ann. § 34-22 (2005). [6] E.g., Rogers v. Great Am. Fed. Say

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Rogers v. Atl. Nat'l Bank of Jacksonville, 371 So. 2d 174 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15069

J.S. Issue, p. 781. Page, The Law of Wills, Section 34.22, provides: “. . . Whatever may have been the

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1974).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

Florida (s. 26.031, F.S.) and Ch. 72-406, id. (Section 34.022, id.). The circuit court judgeship is presently

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In re Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 281 So. 2d 328 (Fla. 1973).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1973 Fla. LEXIS 5008

Walton. “Chapter 73-329, Laws of Florida, amends § 34.022, Florida Statutes, relating to the number of permanent

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In Re: Certification of Need for Additional Judges (Fla. 2020).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

authorize the four circuit court judgeships, and section 34.022, Florida Statutes, to authorize the six county

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