THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
UNIFORM STATEWIDE BOND SCHEDULE …..
The Supreme Court of Florida signed Administrative Order No. AOSC23-88 on December 12, 2023.
The bond schedule below is effective from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
For a more detailed understanding of the AO, you can find the seven page document here:
In part, the AO reads:
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.
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§ 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:
The AO then goes on to list seven subsections, including:
(g) The person’s current offense of arrest is for one or more of the following crimes:
1. A capital felony, life felony, felony of the first degree, or felony of the second degree;
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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).
HERE IS THE BOND SCHEDULE:
1. For persons arrested for a crime listed in § 903.011(6), Fla. Stat., or who meet the criteria in § 903.011(6), Fla. Stat.
Bond: None; 1st appearance required
2. For persons not covered by number 1., arrested for a third degree felony that involves any amount of force or threat of force against a person.
Bond: $5,000
3. For persons not covered by number 1., arrested for a third degree felony that does not involve any force or threat of force against a person.
Bond: $2,500
4. For persons not covered by number 1., arrested for a first degree misdemeanor or an ordinance punishable like a first degree misdemeanor, that involves any amount of force or threat of force against a person.
Bond: $1,000
5. For persons not covered by number 1., arrested for a first degree misdemeanor or an ordinance punishable like a first degree misdemeanor, that does not involve any force or threat of force against a person and that is not driving under the influence or boating under the influence.
Bond: $500
6. For persons not covered by number 1., arrested for a second degree misdemeanor or an ordinance punishable like a second degree misdemeanor, that involves any amount of force or threat of force against a person.
Bond: $250
7. For persons not covered by number 1., arrested for a second degree misdemeanor or an ordinance punishable like a second degree misdemeanor, that does not involve force or threat of force against a person and that is not driving under the influence or boating under the influence.
Bond: $150
8. For persons not covered by numbers 1. or 3., arrested for driving under the influence or boating under the influence.
a. First degree misdemeanor. Bond: $1,000
b. Second offense, second degree misdemeanor. Bond: $750
c. First offense, second degree misdemeanor. Bond: $500
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