Florida Statute 903.05 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 903
BAIL

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903.05 Qualification of sureties.—A surety for the release of a person on bail, other than a company authorized by law to act as a surety, shall be a resident of the state or own real estate within the state.

History.—s. 48, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(48); s. 21, ch. 70-339.

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1989).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

would appear to be a discretionary matter.12 Section 903.05, F.S., specifically authorizes a resident of

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Al Estes Bonding Agency v. Citrus Cnty., 417 So. 2d 1127 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20840

. See § 648.25(4), Fla.Stat. (1981). . See § 903.05, Fla.Stat. (1981). . See §§ 903.09, 903.16,

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Minasian v. State, 655 So. 2d 1143 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 3645, 1995 WL 169924

...The state does not suggest how or when she was supposed to make her objection and lack of consent known, if she was not a party and was not given any prior notice. Bail bonds are controlled by an extensive body of statutory law. See Ch. 903, Fla.Stat. (1993). Section 903.05 authorizes residents of this state to act as sureties for bail bonds, even though they are not licensed pursuant to chapter 648....

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