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5 verbatim requirements extracted from 12996-01__2025-02-Exhibit-A.pdf, across 3 topics.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE, AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES, STATE OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2025-02 IN RE: LOCAL BOND SCHEDULE WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature has enacted section 903.011 (5)(a), Florida Statutes, requiring the Florida Supreme Court to adopt an annual uniform statewide bond schedule that applies when the police or county jail or pretrial release employees exercise discretion to release a person on bond before the person's first appearance hearing; and WHEREAS, the Florida Supreme Court has issued AOSC24-126 (In Re: Uniform Statewide Bond Schedule) in furtherance of the legislative directive; NOW THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as the Chief Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit and pursuant to the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, it is hereby: ORDERED, that all police or county jail or pretrial release employees of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit exercising discretion to release a person on bond before the person's first appearance hearing shall follow the Uniform Statewide Bond Schedule set forth in AOSC24-126, a copy of such order being attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such schedule shall be effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. It is further, ORDERED, that notwithstanding such schedule, all non-United States citizens charged with any felony offense shall be held without bond until first appearance. DONE at Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida this £1 Yday of January 2025. CHARLES A. SCHWAB CHIEF JUDGE cc: All Judges in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit All Magistrates in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit St. Lucie County Clerk of Court Indian River County Clerk of Court • IN RE: UNIFORM STATEWIDE BOND SCHEDULE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER Effective January 1, 2025, the Florida Supreme Court hereby issues a uniform statewide bond schedule to the extent it is procedural. This bond schedule applies when the police or county jail or pretrial release employees exercise their discretion to release a person on bond before that person’s first appearance hearing. The uniform statewide bond schedule shall not bind a judge in an individual case who is conducting a first appearance hearing or bail determination. The chief judge of a judicial circuit may establish a local bond schedule that adds conditions of release and/or increases the bond amounts above those required by this schedule. The chief judge of a judicial circuit may petition this Court for approval of a local bond schedule that sets lower bond amounts than those required by this schedule. • § 903.011(6), Florida Statutes, states in pertinent part: A person may not be released before his or her first appearance hearing . . . if the person meets any of the following criteria: (a) The person was, at the time of arrest for any felony, on pretrial release, probation, or community control in this state or any other state; (b) The person was, at the time of arrest, designated as a sexual offender or sexual predator in this state or any other state; (c) The person was arrested for violating a protective injunction; (d) The person was, at the time of arrest, on release from supervision under s. 947.1405, s. 947.146, s. 947.149, or s. 944.4731; (e) The person has, at any time before the current arrest, been sentenced pursuant to s. 775.082(9) or s. 775.084 as a prison releasee reoffender, habitual violent felony offender, three-time violent felony offender, or violent career criminal; (f) The person has been arrested three or more times in the 6 months immediately preceding his or her arrest for the current offense; or EXHIBITS & EVIDENCE • 6. Sexual battery; indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching; exposure of sexual organs; incest; luring or enticing a child; or child pornography; 7. Abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult; 8. Child abuse or aggravated child abuse; 9. Arson; riot, aggravated riot, inciting a riot, or aggravated inciting a riot; or a burglary or theft during a riot; 10. Escape; tampering or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant; destruction of evidence; or tampering with a jury; 11. Any offense committed for the purpose of benefitting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang; 12. Trafficking in a controlled substance, including conspiracy to engage in trafficking in a controlled substance; 13. Racketeering; or 14. Failure to appear at required court proceedings while on bail. Pursuant to § 903.047(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131(a), an arrested person released from jail before trial must refrain from criminal activity of any kind and DISCOVERY DISPUTES • must refrain from any contact of any type with the victim, except through pretrial discovery pursuant to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. A violation of either of these conditions of pretrial release subjects the arrestee to revocation of bond. Each crime of arrest requires a separate bond pursuant to § 903.02(4), Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131(b)(2). The bond schedule below is effective from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. 1. For persons arrested for a crime Bond: None listed in § 903.011(6), Fla. Stat., 1st appearance or who meet the criteria in required. § 903.011(6), Fla. Stat.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE, AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES, STATE OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2025-02 IN RE: LOCAL BOND SCHEDULE WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature has enacted section 903.011 (5)(a), Florida Statutes, requiring the Florida Supreme Court to adopt an annual uniform statewide bond schedule that applies when the police or county jail or pretrial release employees exercise discretion to release a person on bond before the person's first appearance hearing; and WHEREAS, the Florida Supreme Court has issued AOSC24-126 (In Re: Uniform Statewide Bond Schedule) in furtherance of the legislative directive; NOW THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as the Chief Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit and pursuant to the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, it is hereby: ORDERED, that all
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4 verbatim requirements on hearings.
2 verbatim requirements on hearing time in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.