Florida Statute 948.031 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 948
PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CONTROL

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948.031 Condition of probation or community control; community service.—

(1) Any person who is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor and who is placed on probation or into community control may be required as a condition of supervision to perform some type of community service for a tax-supported or tax-exempt entity, with the consent of such entity. Such community service shall be performed at a time other than during such person’s regular hours of employment.

(2) Upon the request of the chief judge of the circuit, the Department of Corrections shall establish a community service program for a county, which program may include, but is not limited to, any of the following types of community service:

(a) Maintenance work on any property or building owned or leased by any state, county, or municipality or any nonprofit organization or agency.

(b) Maintenance work on any state-owned, county-owned, or municipally owned road or highway.

(d) Work in any state, county, or municipal hospital or any developmental services institution or other nonprofit organization or agency.

History.—s. 1, ch. 76-70; s. 17, ch. 83-131; s. 77, ch. 87-226; s. 30, ch. 89-308; s. 6, ch. 2017-115.

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Cases Citing Statute 948.031

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Reyes v. State, 655 So. 2d 111 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).

Cited 105 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 65502

...The trial court ordered Mr. Reyes to spend 200 hours in community service. He has not challenged that condition of his probation. Arguably, if the court has the power to order Mr. Reyes to spend 200 hours painting a courtroom as community service, see § 948.031, Fla....

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Johnson v. State, 495 So. 2d 188 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...incarceration. It is a means through which the *189 state meets its goals of punishment and deterrence as is permitted under Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660, 103 S.Ct. 2064, 76 L.Ed. 221 (1983). We hold section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1985), and section 948.031, Florida Statutes (1983), constitutional and, thus, affirm....

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Bowser v. State, 937 So. 2d 1270 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 2818500

...Additionally, we note that it may be wise to update the probation forms to facilitate compliance with the case law to specify a beginning and ending date for completing community service hours. The community service requirement is a special condition for probation. See § 948.031, Fla....

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Adams v. State, 979 So. 2d 921 (Fla. 2008).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2008 WL 794662

Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added); see also § 948.31, Fla. Stat. (2007) (providing for diagnosis, evaluation

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State v. Muoio, 438 So. 2d 160 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...re the city code authorized fines and jail terms but did not authorize placing a defendant on probation). All statutory references to community service work, such as those found in section 316.193(4)(a), section 775.091, Florida Statutes (1981), and section 948.031, Florida Statutes (1981), indicate that such service is to be considered either as an extra sanction or as an additional condition of probation and not as a substitute for some other type of punishment....

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White v. State, 539 So. 2d 1160 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 16621

...Because the offense for which White was convicted in 1987 is similar to that for which he was serving the probation, the stated reason for departure is valid under the decisions cited by the state. We affirm the departure sentence. Finally, White argues for the first time on appeal that sections 775.091 [3] and 948.031, [4] Florida Statutes, are unconstitutional because they contain no limitation on the imposition of community service as part of the conditions of probation in derogation of appellant's due process rights, and also amount to cruel and unusual...

...revocation of probation without stating any reasons for such departure. [3] Section 775.091, Fla. Stat. (1987), provides: Public Service. In addition to any punishment, the court may order the defendant to perform a specified public service. [4] Section 948.031, Fla....

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State v. Jones, 525 So. 2d 512 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1311, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 2201, 1988 WL 53027

condition of probation in conformity with section 948.031, Florida Statutes, and State v. Muoio, 438

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Victor Villanueva v. State of Florida, 200 So. 3d 47 (Fla. 2016).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 319, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 1428, 2016 WL 4168765

Therefore, I would affirm the decision below. . Section 948.31, Florida Statutes, which grants a trial court

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Victor Villanueva v. State of Florida (Fla. 2016).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

of specific kinds of terms and 7. Section 948.31, Florida Statutes, which grants a trial court

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Fillastre v. State, 387 So. 2d 400 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 16796

That requirement is expressly contrary to Section 948.031, Florida Statutes (1977), which provides: Any

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