Case Name: FRONTIER INSURANCE COMPANY, as Principal, and Joey G. Bail Bonds, Inc., as agent, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-06-21
Citations: 760 So. 2d 299
Docket Number: No. 3D98-2970
Parties: FRONTIER INSURANCE COMPANY, as Principal, and Joey G. Bail Bonds, Inc., as agent, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C-J-, and FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 760
Pages: 299–300

Head Matter:
FRONTIER INSURANCE COMPANY, as Principal, and Joey G. Bail Bonds, Inc., as agent, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D98-2970.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 21, 2000.
Tarver & Fernandez and Paige C. Tar-ver, Miami, for appellants.
Robert A. Ginsburg, Miami-Dade County Attorney and Jess M. McCarty, Assistant County Attorney, for, appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C-J-, and FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal by a surety from an order denying its application to set aside the forfeiture of an appearance bond. We affirm on the ground that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear the motion because it was brought before the court more than 65 days after the forfeiture. § 903.26(5), Fla. Stat. (1997); County Bonding Agency v. State, 724 So.2d 131 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998). This conclusion makes it unnecessary to reach the other arguments advanced by the appellee.
. Subsequent to the events in this case, the 35 day period provided by the 1997 version of the statute was extended to 60 days by a 1999 amendment to section 903.26(5). Even under that provision, however, the motion below was untimely heard.