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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 876
CRIMINAL ANARCHY, TREASON, AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
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876.09 Scope of law.
(1) The provisions of ss. 876.05-876.10 shall apply to all employees and elected officers of the state, including the Governor and constitutional officers and all employees and elected officers of all cities, towns, counties, and political subdivisions, including the educational system.
(2) This act shall take precedence over all laws relating to merit, and of civil service law.
History.ss. 5, 7, ch. 25046, 1949.

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Cases Citing Statute 876.09

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Repub. Party of Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Davis, 18 So. 3d 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 12508, 2009 WL 2601834

...but did not actually deliver it to the Party's office because they had been told that it would be untimely. [3] § 103.091(1), Fla. Stat. (2008). [4] There is no apparent purpose for this oath as regards political party executive committee members. Section 876.09, "Scope of law," specifies that these provisions only apply to "employees and elected officers of the state, including the Governor and constitutional officers and all employees and elected officers of all cities, towns, counties, and...
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1999).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

previously concluded that the provisions of section 876.09, Florida Statutes, are binding on all public
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City of Orlando v. State of Fla., 751 F. Supp. 974 (M.D. Fla. 1990).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15951, 1990 WL 185893

...an employee who fails to execute the oath to continue in his job is guilty of a second-degree misdemeanor. Section 876.10, Florida Statutes, provides that any person who falsely executes the oath set forth in section 876.05 is guilty of perjury. [1] Section 876.09 provides that sections 876.05 through 876.10 apply to all employees and elected officers of the State, as well as all cities, towns, counties and political subdivisions in Florida....
...residence requirement for any person as a condition precedent to employment by the state; however, preference may be given to Florida residents in hiring. Fla.Stat. § 110.105(3). As noted above, however, pursuant to sections 876.05, 876.06, 876.08, 876.09 and 876.10, Florida Statutes, every State of Florida employee or officer must swear that he or she is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Florida as a condition of continued employment, and criminal penalties are attached for the failure of public employers to require execution of the prescribed oath....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1996).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...allot as a qualified candidate. 6 The oath must be taken before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of instruments for public record and must be filed with the records of the governing official or employing governmental agency. 7 Pursuant to section 876.09 , Florida Statutes, "[t]he provisions of ss....
...bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully[.] An affirmation is a solemn statement or declaration made as a substitute for a sworn statement by a person whose conscience will not permit him to swear.") 4 Sections 876.05 (1), and 876.09 (1), Fla....

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