Florida Statute 57.051 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 57
COURT COSTS

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57.051 Costs; prohibition against unlawful exaction.—

(1) PROHIBITION.—No officer shall make two charges for the same official act or service, nor charge for any constructive service. No fee shall be charged for any official service performed or claimed to be performed by any officer unless the fee is specifically authorized and its amount is specified by law.

(2) PENALTY.—When any officer willfully charges or levies more than he or she is entitled to, the officer shall forfeit and pay to the party injured 4 times the amount unjustly claimed which may be recovered on motion in the court where the services were rendered.

History.—ss. 2, 8, ch. 73, 1847; ss. 3, 4, ch. 1535, 1866; RS 1305; GS 1737; RGS 2952; CGL 4676; s. 13, ch. 67-254; s. 312, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 58.05.

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Port Everglades Terminal Co. v. Canty, 120 So. 2d 596 (Fla. 1960).

Cited 31 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

Larson in his work on Workmen's Compensation Law, § 57.51, that most modern courts follow the rule stated

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Beckwith v. Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc., 374 So. 2d 951 (Fla. 1979).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...er and invested by him to result in earnings to the prevailing party, yet funds held by the clerk of the circuit court earning interest to be kept for the general treasury. The statute is also unconstitutional, says the receiver, because it violates section 57.051, Florida Statutes (1977), [2] and constitutes either a taking without due process of law or an unlawful tax....

...are other fees and commissions of the clerk's office. Each clerk shall, as soon as is practicable after the end of the fiscal year, report to the county governing authority the total interest earned on all investments during the preceding year. [2] § 57.051, Fla....

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Lister v. Walker, 409 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

Larson, Workmen's Compensation Law, Vol. II, Section 57.51, pages 10-164.24, 10-164.49. Also compare Port

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Hg Boddiford Painting Cons., Inc. v. Boddiford, 426 So. 2d 1243 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

" 2 Larson, The Law of Workmen's Compensation § 57.51 (1981) (hereinafter: Larson). That rule is premised

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Newman Heating & Boiler Repair, Inc. v. Newman, 418 So. 2d 1008 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19518

business. Cf. Larson, Workmen's Compensation Law, § 57.51, et seq. [2] Evidence includes eighteen pages

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Taylor v. Brennan Constr. Co., 143 So. 2d 320 (Fla. 1962).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1962 Fla. LEXIS 2706

cites from Larson’s Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 57.51, the following appropriate statement: “ ‘An employee

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Millender v. City of Carrabelle, 174 So. 2d 740 (Fla. 1965).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1965 Fla. LEXIS 3149

quotation from Larson’s Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 57.51 reads: “ ‘An employee who is so injured that he

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