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9 verbatim mandatory provisions from 03-21.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • When an arrest is made pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 370 of the Florida Statutes and any law enforcement officer confiscates perishable saltwater products or saltwater products illegally taken or landed, Section 370.061(5)(a), Florida Statutes provides that a fair value of such confiscated products shall be determined by a judge. • However, in arrest cases, in lieu of a hearing to determine fair value, the court directs that the law enforcement officer(s) shall promptly establish the fair value of any marketable product(s) by obtaining three bids, -- 1 of 4 -- 2 when feasible, from licensed wholesale dealers and using the highest price obtainable. • The Defendant shall be -- 2 of 4 -- 3 informed of the fair value and given an opportunity to post bond or cash deposit within a reasonable time in the amount of the fair value, payable to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to be held in escrow. • The Defendant shall then have twenty-four hours from the time of posting bond or cash deposit to transport said product(s) outside the state for sale or other disposition. • Should no bond or cash deposit be posted within a reasonable time in view of all the accompanying circumstances, or the Defendant waives his right to do so in writing, the law enforcement officer shall deliver said products to the highest bidding licensed wholesale dealer and receive a check or draft payable to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to be submitted to and held in escrow pending trial of the accused pursuant to Chapter 370.061(5), Florida Statutes. 2. • However, if the saltwater products confiscated are undersized, taken during closed season(s) and/or cannot lawfully be sold in this state, the law enforcement officer shall so indicate on the complaint and thereafter may deliver said saltwater products to any charitable organization or non-profit governmental organization for its use in feeding the indigent, sheltered and/or imprisoned individuals they serve, under proper receipt. • In all cases, the law enforcement officer(s) shall prepare all necessary documentation or reports regarding the disposition of the confiscated saltwater products. • Said documentation shall be submitted along with the complaint and related information to the Office of the State Attorney and to the court upon request. 5. • Upon conviction, the Court shall direct the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to deposit any funds held in escrow into the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund or into the commission’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund, as applicable, which shall constitute confiscation pursuant to Chapter 370.061(5).
When an arrest is made pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 370 of the Florida Statutes and any law enforcement officer confiscates perishable saltwater products or saltwater products illegally taken or landed, Section 370.061(5)(a), Florida Statutes provides that a fair value of such confiscated products shall be determined by a judge.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 1ef6b21063593102e53e24b2080567ba1983cd8f72c33804e36584bcad24ba0f (94617 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 01 on hearing time & argument limits.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 02 on hearing time & argument limits.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 03 on hearing time & argument limits.