§ 923.02, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 923. FORM OF INDICTMENT AND OTHER FORMS
Notice of setting case for trial.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
The judge of any trial court may adopt as a rule of her or his court a rule requiring that at least 4 days before the sounding of the docket in criminal cases in any trial court, the clerk of said court shall send by United States mail, to the defendant, the defendant’s sureties, and the defendant’s attorney, if known, a notice in postcard form, reading as follows:
THE STATE OF FLORIDA
vs. ________
NOTICE OF FILING INFORMATION
TO: ________
You are hereby notified that an information (indictment) charging you with the offense of ________ has been filed in the office of ________ in and for ________ County; and you are required to appear in the ________ court in and for ________ County at the Courthouse in ________ on ________ (date) for arraignment, plea and trial, or setting for trial in default of which your bond will be estreated, for failure to appear.
(Prosecuting Officer) .
If such rule is adopted by any court and the rule is not complied with by the clerk the failure so to comply with the rule shall not constitute reversible error nor affect the obligations of the bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 278, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(288); s. 1552, ch. 97-102.
Source of truth
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- 2026 Florida Statutes
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- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0900-0999/0923/0923.html
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