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Fla. Stat. § 923.02 — Notice of setting case for trial
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 923: Form of Indictment and Other Forms, Florida Statutes.
Full text of Fla. Stat. § 923.02
Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.
The judge of any trial court may adopt as a rule of her or his court a rule requiring that at least 4 days before the sounding of the docket in criminal cases in any trial court, the clerk of said court shall send by United States mail, to the defendant, the defendant’s sureties, and the defendant’s attorney, if known, a notice in postcard form, reading as follows:
THE STATE OF FLORIDA
vs.
NOTICE OF FILING INFORMATION
TO:
You are hereby notified that an information (indictment) charging you with the offense of has been filed in the office of in and for County; and you are required to appear in the court in and for County at the Courthouse in on (date) for arraignment, plea and trial, or setting for trial in default of which your bond will be estreated, for failure to appear.
(Prosecuting Officer) .
If such rule is adopted by any court and the rule is not complied with by the clerk the failure so to comply with the rule shall not constitute reversible error nor affect the obligations of the bond.
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