Florida Statute 903.02 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 903
BAIL

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903.02 Actions following denial; changes in bail conditions or bond amount; separation by charge or offense.—

(1) If application for bail is made to an authorized court and denied, no court of inferior jurisdiction shall admit the applicant to bail unless such court of inferior jurisdiction is the court having jurisdiction to try the defendant.

(2) No judge of a court of equal or inferior jurisdiction may remove a condition of bail or reduce the amount of bond required, unless such judge:

(a) Imposed the conditions of bail or set the amount of bond required;

(b) Is the chief judge of the circuit in which the defendant is to be tried;

(d) Is the designee of the chief judge and a judge has not yet been assigned to the criminal trial.

(3) The term “court,” as used in this chapter, includes all state courts.

(4) Any judge setting or granting monetary bail shall set a separate and specific bail amount for each charge or offense. When bail is posted, each charge or offense requires a separate bond.

History.—s. 45, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(45); s. 1, ch. 70-86; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 37, ch. 82-175; s. 40, ch. 84-103; s. 1, ch. 2006-279.

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Cases Citing Statute 903.02

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In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 246494

...If, after being summoned, the corporation does not appear, a plea of not guilty shall be entered and trial and judgment shall follow without further process. Committee Notes 1968 Adoption. (a) Same as section 903.01, Florida Statutes. (b) Same as section 903.04, Florida Statutes. (c) Same as section 903.02, Florida Statutes....

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Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc., 887 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 2004).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2004 WL 2201732

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Reese v. Miami-Dade Cnty., 242 F. Supp. 2d 1292 (S.D. Fla. 2002).

Cited 5 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26083, 2002 WL 31958925

and national origin concentrations." 24 C.F.R. § 903.2. In addition to the requirements set forth in the

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Hughes v. Eleventh Jud. Circuit of Florida, 274 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (S.D. Fla. 2003).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13585, 2003 WL 21800064

...in this matter. Hughes and Cloyd, however, assert that the individual judges are properly named in this matter, as they are the state officials who have direct control and authority over Hughes and Cloyd who are presently out on bail. See Fla. Stat. § 903.02 (providing that only the judge who imposed the conditions of bail or the chief judge of the circuit in which the defendant is to be tried may remove or alter a condition of bail). In light of Fla. Stat. § 903.02, the Court finds that the state trial judge and the chief judge of the circuit are properly named parties, as they have control over altering the conditions of bail imposed on Hughes and Cloyd....

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Shavis Johnson v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...the defendant; or 3 (D) is the first appearance judge and was authorized by the judge initially setting or denying bail to modify or set conditions of release. 2 Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.131(d); see also § 903.02(2), Fla....

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Anderson v. State, 669 So. 2d 262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 6580, 1995 WL 358094

. While recognizing that a violation of section 903.02 is not always punishable as a third degree

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Fireline Bail Bonds v. Brock, 110 So. 3d 11 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 440050, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 1822

...act and the addition of a new charge with a nonmonetary release has no impact on the ... [Surety’s obligations under the separate bonds.” 2 The Clerk supports his argument by directing our attention to the 2006 amendment adding subsection (4) to section 903.02 of the Florida Statutes. 3 Section 903.02(4) provides as follows: “Any judge setting or granting monetary bail shall set a separate and specific bail amount for each charge or offense. When bail is posted, each charge or offense requires a separate bond.” Thus section 903.02(4) eliminates the use of so-called “blanket bonds” and requires a separate bond for each charge against the defendant. Before the addition of subsection (4) to section 903.02, Florida courts frequently set a single bail amount per indictment or information instead of a separate bail amount for each offense alleged within the charging instrument....

...Ch.2006-279, § 1, at 2878, Laws of Fla. The amendment became effective on October 1, 2006. Id., § 5, at 2880. Effective January 1, 2010, the Supreme Court of Florida amended Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131(b)(2) by adding the language of subsection 903.02(4) to the rule....

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In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Crim. Procedure 3.131 (Fla. 2024).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...The amendments clarify that a first appearance judge can revoke pretrial release on a case not assigned to that judge in accordance with section 903.0471, Florida Statutes (2023). First, subdivision (f) is modified to specifically state this allowance. Next, subdivision (d) is modified to follow the language of section 903.02, Florida Statutes (2023), more closely....

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Polakoff & Aabbott Bail Bonds v. State, 111 So. 3d 253 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 1482778, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5904

...Those who elect to follow a different course proceed at their own risk. We conclude that we do not have jurisdiction to review the order denying reconsideration presented by Polakoff, and we dismiss this appeal. DISMISSED. PALMER and EVANDER, JJ., concur. . In 2006, the Legislature amended section 903.02(4), Florida Statutes, to provide that "[a]ny judge setting or granting monetary bail shall set a separate and specific bail amount for each charge or offense....

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