Florida legal term
Disposition in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Disposition” 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 “Disposition” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Disposition” means details relating to the termination of an individual criminal defendant’s relationship with a criminal justice agency, including information disclosing that the law enforcement agency has elected not to refer a matter to a prosecutor or that a prosecutor has elected not to commence criminal proceedings, that a court has dealt with the individual, or that the individual has been incarcerated, paroled, pardoned, released, or granted clemency. (Fla. Stat. § 943.045)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records
- Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility
- Exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older
- Fighting or baiting animals; offenses; penalties
- Fraud involving a security interest
- Linen suppliers
- Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on juvenile sexual offenders
- Refusal to submit to testing; penalties
- Retention of criminal history records of minors
- Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital sexual battery; further proceedings to determine sentence
- Unlawful protests
- Unmarked human burials
Related terms in the same statutes
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.