Florida legal term
Case number in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Case number” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Case number” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Case number” means the uniform case number assigned by the clerk of court to a criminal case.(h) “Case status” means whether a case is open, active, inactive, closed, reclosed, or reopened due to a violation of probation or community control.(i) “Charge description” means the statement of the conduct that is alleged to have been violated, the associated statutory section establishing such conduct as criminal, and the misdemeanor or felony classification that is provided for in the statutory section alleged to have been violated.(j) “Charge disposition” means the final adjudication for each ch (Fla. Stat. § 900.05)
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