Florida Statute 903.2 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 903
BAIL

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F.S. 903.02

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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Amendments to 903.02

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 903.02

Total Results: 9

In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.

606 So. 2d 227, 1992 WL 246494

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 24, 1992 | Docket: 2191048

Cited 9 times | Published

section 903.04, Florida Statutes. (c) Same as section 903.02, Florida Statutes. (d) Same as section 903

Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc.

887 So. 2d 1090, 2004 WL 2201732

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 2004 | Docket: 1515169

Cited 5 times | Published

section 903.04, Florida Statutes. (c) Same as section 903.02, Florida Statutes. (d) Same as section 903

Reese v. Miami-Dade County

242 F. Supp. 2d 1292, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26083, 2002 WL 31958925

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 5, 2002 | Docket: 2516459

Cited 5 times | Published

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

Hughes v. Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida

274 F. Supp. 2d 1334, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13585, 2003 WL 21800064

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 5, 2003 | Docket: 2361052

Cited 3 times | Published

who are presently out on bail. See Fla. Stat. § 903.02 (providing that only the judge who imposed the

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 25, 2024 | Docket: 68470936

Published

subdivision (d) is modified to follow the language of section 903.02, Florida Statutes (2023), more closely. This

SHAVIS JOHNSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 1, 2019 | Docket: 15034052

Published

release. 2 Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.131(d); see also § 903.02(2), Fla. Stat. (2018) (containing similar provisions)

Polakoff & Aabbott Bail Bonds v. State

111 So. 3d 253, 2013 WL 1482778, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5904

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 12, 2013 | Docket: 60230787

Published

concur. . In 2006, the Legislature amended section 903.02(4), Florida Statutes, to provide that "[a]ny

Fireline Bail Bonds v. Brock

110 So. 3d 11, 2013 WL 440050, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 1822

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 6, 2013 | Docket: 60230174

Published

adding subsection (4) to section 903.02 of the Florida Statutes.3 Section 903.02(4) provides as follows:

Anderson v. State

669 So. 2d 262, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 6580, 1995 WL 358094

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 16, 1995 | Docket: 64762849

Published

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