4160-01__2019-07.pdf: published requirements — St. Lucie County, FL · BenchPath

19th Cir. — 4160-01__2019-07.pdf: published requirements

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Proposed Orders19th Jud. Cir., 4160-01__2019-07.pdf (pp. 1) — sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

2 verbatim requirements extracted from 4160-01__2019-07.pdf, across 1 topic.

Applies to

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.

Requirement

PROPOSED ORDERS • ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2019 – 07 (Superseding Administrative Order 2012-04) • RE: REVISED ST. LUCIE COUNTY BOND SCHEDULE WHEREAS, it is preferable to have conditions of pretrial release established on an individualized basis by a judge pursuant to the justice factors listed in Florida Criminal Rule of Procedure 3.131 and Florida Statute 903.046, however, utilization of a bond schedule to establish bond amounts for arre stees prior to first appearance has been utilized traditionally in St. Lucie County to facilitate the pretrial release process at the earliest possible time, and; WHEREAS, said factors controlling bond amounts primarily relate to the likelihood of flight and the need for a financial surety obligation to secure future appearance at court proceedings; and WHEREAS, said factors include the nature of punishment associated with particular offenses and the general financial abilities of persons arrested; and WHEREAS, these general factors are subject to legislative changes and local economic realities, and therefore, from time to time , a bond schedule must be updated to take into account such changes; and WHEREAS, notwithstanding the general amounts set in the schedule, the first appearance judge is encouraged and empowered to alter the amounts in the schedule, as is consistent with law and justice on review of the individual case; NOW THEREFORE, Pursuant to the authority invested in me as Chief Judge pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, and after car eful consideration of the factors stated above , it is hereby ORDERED that the revised bond schedule attached hereto as “Attachment A” shall take effect in Saint Lucie County effective August 15, 2019. It is further ORDERED that Administrative Order 2012- 04 RE: St. Lucie County Bond Schedule entered on February 24, 2012 is hereby superseded. DONE and ORDERED at Stuart, Martin County, Florida this __8th__day of August, 2019.

Source of truth

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2019 – 07 (Superseding Administrative Order 2012-04)

Official source: 19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Document sha256: a8a67351ec8f3dae6de146f38a5f17c016f8e8a08d7aaf4667ade752247c35b1. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass. Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3g): 1 kerning-split word rejoined; wording untouched. Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

Bond & Pretrial Release

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