Florida Statute 903.32 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 903
BAIL

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903.32 Defects in bond.—

(1) A bond shall not be held invalid because of any irregularity if it was taken by a legally authorized official and states the place of appearance and the amount of bail.

(2) If no day, or an impossible day, is stated in a bond for the defendant’s appearance before a trial court judge for a hearing or trial, the defendant shall be bound to appear 10 days after receipt of notice to appear by the defendant, the defendant’s counsel, or any surety on the undertaking.

History.—s. 75, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(75); s. 37, ch. 70-339; s. 1487, ch. 97-102; s. 31, ch. 2004-11; s. 18, ch. 2013-25.

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Int'l Fid. Ins. Co. v. State, 691 So. 2d 14 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 2535, 1997 WL 120093

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 903.32(1), Fla.Stat....

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Resolute Ins. Co. v. State ex rel. Dade Cnty., 238 So. 2d 520 (Fla. 4th DCA 1970).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1970 Fla. App. LEXIS 6020

serious charges to be an irregularity cured by § 903.32, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., which is quoted in the majority

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