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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 938
COURT COSTS
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F.S. 938.10
938.10 Additional court cost imposed in cases of certain crimes.
(1) If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, any offense against a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787, chapter 794, former s. 796.03, former s. 796.035, s. 800.04, chapter 827, s. 847.012, s. 847.0133, s. 847.0135(5), s. 847.0138, s. 847.0145, s. 893.147(3), or s. 985.701, or any offense in violation of s. 775.21, s. 823.07, s. 847.0125, s. 847.0134, or s. 943.0435, the court shall impose a court cost of $151 against the offender in addition to any other cost or penalty required by law.
(2) Each month the clerk of the court shall transfer $50 from the proceeds of the court cost to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of Children and Families’ Grants and Donations Trust Fund for disbursement to the 1Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office and $100 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of Children and Families’ Grants and Donations Trust Fund for disbursement to the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding children’s advocacy centers that are members of the network. The clerk shall retain $1 from each sum collected as a service charge.
History.s. 84, ch. 2004-265; s. 115, ch. 2006-120; s. 8, ch. 2008-16; s. 25, ch. 2008-172; s. 1, ch. 2009-174; s. 313, ch. 2014-19; s. 25, ch. 2014-160; s. 50, ch. 2016-24; s. 22, ch. 2021-156; s. 7, ch. 2024-73.
1Note.Substituted by the editors for a reference to the Office of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem to conform to the correct name of the office.

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Amendments to 938.10


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 938.10

Total Results: 18

Brenton McNeil v. State of Florida

215 So. 3d 55, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 453, 2017 WL 1366131, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 828

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 2017 | Docket: 4684628

Cited 7 times | Published

illustrated by the variance between the text of section 938.10 and the title of that statute: “Additional

Gonzalez v. State

40 So. 3d 60, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 9761, 2010 WL 2634430

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 2, 2010 | Docket: 1667128

Cited 6 times | Published

and sentence imposed a $100 cost pursuant to section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2007). That cost was not

Love v. State

992 So. 2d 823, 2008 WL 4180056

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 12, 2008 | Docket: 1723106

Cited 1 times | Published

trial court imposed a $16.25 cost pursuant to section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2004). The trial court must

Brown v. State

963 So. 2d 342, 2007 WL 2376631

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 22, 2007 | Docket: 474113

Cited 1 times | Published

error in the $16.25 cost imposed pursuant to section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2004), which authorizes

Eric Zonk Ward v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 14, 2025 | Docket: 70260118

Published

Against Minors” court cost imposed pursuant to section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2024). As the state concedes

Kayden J. Desselles v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 21, 2025 | Docket: 69660266

Published

instructions to strike the cost assessed pursuant to section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2022). 1 Anders v

James M. Talbert v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 14, 2025 | Docket: 69640880

Published

that it assessed against Appellant pursuant to section 938.10(1), Florida Statutes (2021). Pertinent here

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure - 2024 Legislation

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 2025 | Docket: 69636665

Published

is required tomust pay $ .........., under section 938.10, Florida Statutes. ..... The child

RYAN BARRETT HENSLEE vs STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 19, 2023 | Docket: 68034574

Published

record is a $151 court cost imposed pursuant to section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2021), for the violation

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure - 2018 Regular-Cycle Report

258 So. 3d 1254

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 6, 2018 | Docket: 8347876

Published

child is required to pay $-.........., under section 938.10, Florida Statutes. ..... The child has

KRISTOPHER HADDOCK v. STATE OF FLORIDA

255 So. 3d 994

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 2018 | Docket: 8053793

Published

costs by removing the cost imposed pursuant to section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2016), and to reduce the

Dixon v. State

182 So. 3d 670, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 17424, 2015 WL 7302580

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 20, 2015 | Docket: 60252801

Published

the trial court’s assessment of costs under section 938.10, Florida Statutes (2014), per count, rather

Matthews v. State

171 So. 3d 800, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 11809, 2015 WL 4680971

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 2015 | Docket: 2681883

Published

First, it imposed a cost of $100 pursuant to section 938.10(1), Florida Statutes (2012), which mandates

McNeil v. State

162 So. 3d 274, 2015 WL 1071158

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 2015 | Docket: 60247467

Published

(2006), which imposes a $151 surcharge; and section 938.10(1), Florida Statutes (2006), which imposes

Eric Michael Crapser v. State of Florida

148 So. 3d 794

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 22, 2014 | Docket: 1311328

Published

Similarly, the additional cost imposed pursuant to section 938.10(1), Florida Statutes (2007), must be reduced

In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure

123 So. 3d 1128, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 697, 2013 WL 5476883, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2139

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 3, 2013 | Docket: 60234859

Published

and the child is required to pay $.. under section 938.10, Florida Statutes. . The child has violated

In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure

115 So. 3d 286, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 337, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1944, 2013 WL 2248756

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 23, 2013 | Docket: 60232163

Published

minor and the child is reouired to pav $.under section 938.10, Florida Statutes. The child has violated Gchapter

Whitaker v. State

914 So. 2d 513, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 18578, 2005 WL 3116104

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 23, 2005 | Docket: 64840912

Published

$101 for the Child Advocacy Trust Fund under section 938.10(1), effective July 1, 2004.