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FL Stat § 92.141 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.141 - Law Enforcement Employees; Travel Expenses; Compensation as Witness.

92.141 Law enforcement employees; travel expenses; compensation as witness.—Any employee of a law enforcement agency of a municipality or county or the state who appears as an official witness to testify at any hearing or law action in any court of this state as a direct result of his or her employment in the law enforcement agency is entitled to per diem and travel expenses at the same rate provided for state employees under s. 112.061, except that if the employee travels by privately owned vehicle he or she is entitled to such travel expenses for the actual distance traveled to and from court. In addition thereto, such employee is entitled to receive the daily witness pay, exclusive of the mileage allowance, provided by s. 92.142, except when the employee is appearing as a witness during time compensated as a part of his or her normal duties.History.—s. 1, ch. 63-508; s. 1, ch. 67-427; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 43, ch. 81-259; s. 1, ch. 84-153; s. 505, ch. 95-147.Note.—Former s. 90.141.
FL Stat § 92.142 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.142 - Witnesses; Pay.

92.142 Witnesses; pay.—(1) Witnesses in all cases, civil and criminal, in all courts, now or hereafter created, and witnesses summoned before any arbitrator or general or special magistrate appointed by the court shall receive for each day’s actual attendance $5 and also 6 cents per mile for actual distance traveled to and from the courts. A witness in a criminal case required to appear in a county other than the county of his or her residence and residing more than 50 miles from the location of the trial shall be entitled to per diem and travel expenses at the same rate provided for state employees under s. 112.061, in lieu of any other witness fee.(2) An employee of the state who is required, as a direct result of employment, to appear as an official witness to testify in the course of any action in any court of this state, or before an administrative law judge, a hearing officer, hearing examiner, or any board or commission of the state or of its agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions, shall be considered to be on duty during such appearance and shall be entitled to per diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061. Except as provided in s. 92.141 and as provided in this subsection, such employee shall be required to tender to the employing agency any witness fee and other expense reimbursement received by the employee for such appearance.(3) Any witness subpoenaed to testify on behalf of the state in any action brought pursuant to s. 895.05 or chapter 542 who is required to travel outside his or her county of residence and more than 50 miles from his or her residence, or who is required to travel from out of state, shall be entitled to per diem and travel expenses at the same rate provided for state employees under s. 112.061 in lieu of any state witness fee.History.—s. 5, ch. 3106, 1879; RS 1103; s. 1, ch. 4387, 1895; GS 1512; s. 2, ch. 5649, 1907; s. 1, ch. 6905, 1915; s. 1, ch. 7280, 1917; RGS 2712; CGL 4379; s. 1, ch. 29927, 1955; s. 8, ch. 65-483; s. 1, ch. 67-401; s. 15, ch. 73-334; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 1, ch. 78-175; s. 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379; s. 1, ch. 83-36; s. 506, ch. 95-147; s. 9, ch. 96-410; s. 59, ch. 2004-11; s. 36, ch. 2005-236; s. 9, ch. 2016-84.Note.—Former s. 90.14.
FL Stat § 92.143 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.143 - Compensation to Traffic Court Witnesses.

92.143 Compensation to traffic court witnesses.—Any party who secures the attendance of a witness in traffic court shall bear all costs of calling the witness, including witness fees. If the witness is required to testify on behalf of the prosecution, the office of the state attorney of the respective judicial circuit shall pay the fees and costs of calling the witness.History.—s. 66, ch. 2005-236.
FL Stat § 92.151 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.151 - Witness Compensation; Payment; Overcharges.

92.151 Witness compensation; payment; overcharges.—Compensation shall be paid to the witness by the party in whose behalf the witness is summoned, and the prevailing party may tax the same as costs against the prevailing party’s adversary; but no person shall be compelled to attend court as a witness in any civil cause unless the party in whose behalf the person is summoned shall first pay the person the amount of compensation to which he or she would be entitled for mileage and per diem for 1 day, or the same is deposited with the executive officer of said court, and the person shall not be compelled to attend thereafter unless paid in advance. But if any witness should serve without payment in advance, at the completion of his or her services the witness may exhibit his or her account for compensation, and when the same shall have been taxed and approved by the court wherein the services have been rendered, such bill shall have the force and effect of judgment and execution against the party in whose behalf the witness was summoned, and be collected by the sheriff as in other cases of execution. Any witness who shall charge and receive more than is really due shall forfeit and pay to the party injured 4 times the amount so unjustly claimed; and if the witness shall willfully make out the account for more than is lawfully due, the witness shall forfeit the compensation.History.—s. 41, Nov. 11, 1828; RS 1104; s. 4, ch. 4387, 1895; GS 1513; RGS 2713; CGL 4380; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 507, ch. 95-147.Note.—Former s. 90.15.
FL Stat § 92.153 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.153 - Production of Documents by Witnesses; Reimbursement of Costs.

92.153 Production of documents by witnesses; reimbursement of costs.—(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:(a) “Disinterested witness” means a person to whom a summons is issued with respect to documents involving or relating to transactions of others and who has not initiated a proceeding, is not a party to a proceeding, and is not the subject of investigation in a proceeding and who, at the time the summons is issued, is not an officer, employee, accountant, or attorney, or acting as such, for a person who has initiated, is a party to, or is the subject of investigation in a proceeding.(b) “Document” means any book, paper, record, or other data, or a reproduction thereof.(c) “Proceeding” means any civil or criminal action before a court; any investigation, inquiry, or proceeding before a grand jury, a state attorney, or a state, county, municipal, or other governmental department, division, bureau, commission or other body, or any officer thereof; any action before an officer or person authorized to issue a summons; or any administrative action authorized by law.(d) “Summons” means any subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, order, or other legal process which requires the production of documents.(2) REIMBURSEMENT OF A DISINTERESTED WITNESS.—(a) In any proceeding, a disinterested witness shall be paid for any costs the witness reasonably incurs either directly or indirectly in producing, searching for, reproducing, or transporting documents pursuant to a summons; however, the cost of documents produced pursuant to a subpoena or records request by a state attorney or public defender may not exceed 15 cents per page and $10 per hour for research or retrieval.(b) In a proceeding before a court or an administrative agency or officer, which is not an investigation or inquiry and which by law or rule includes the right to a public trial or hearing in the same proceeding and which involves adversary parties, responsibility for payment to the disinterested witness shall be fixed by the court, agency, or officer before which the proceeding is pending. Payment shall be enforced by the court, agency, or officer upon motion by the disinterested witness.(c) In all other proceedings, payment to the disinterested witness shall be made by the person or governmental authority requesting the summons. Any disinterested witness who desires reimbursement of such costs shall submit a request for reimbursement, supported by an affidavit, to the person or governmental authority responsible for payment. Payment shall be made within 30 days from the date the request is submitted. If payment is not made within such time, the witness may enforce payment by bringing a separate action in a court which has jurisdiction of the total amount of such costs and which is located in the judicial circuit where the witness resides.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 81-196; s. 508, ch. 95-147; s. 77, ch. 2003-402.
FL Stat § 92.16 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.16 - Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund Respecting the Ownership, Conveyance Of, and Other Facts in Connection With Public Lands.

92.16 Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund respecting the ownership, conveyance of, and other facts in connection with public lands.—A certificate of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund under its official seal, with respect to the present or past ownership by the state or by the school, seminary or internal improvement funds of any lands in this state, or of the conveyance or transfer of any such lands by said Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or of the State Board of Education or other officers or boards of the state having power to convey any such lands, or any facts shown by the public records of his or her office with respect to any of such lands, or the transfer, ownership, or conveyance of the same, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein certified, and every such certificate shall be admissible in evidence in all of the courts of this state. All such certificates shall, without other or further proof, be admitted to record and recorded in the deed books of the respective counties of this state where the lands mentioned in such certificates lie, and the record of every such certificate shall have the same force and effect for all purposes as the record of deeds.History.—s. 1, ch. 2063, 1875; RS 1112; GS 1524; s. 1, ch. 7381, 1917; RGS 2724; CGL 4395; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 3, ch. 63-294; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 509, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 92.17 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.17 - Effect of Seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.

92.17 Effect of seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.—The impression of the seal of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund upon any deed, agreement or contract, purporting to have been made by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, or by the members of the State Board of Education, shall entitle the same to be received in evidence in all courts and in all proceedings in this state.History.—s. 1, ch. 3127, 1879; ss. 1, 2, ch. 3877, 1889; RS 1114; GS 1526; RGS 2726; CGL 4397; s. 4, ch. 63-294; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
FL Stat § 92.18 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.18 - Certificate of State Officer.

92.18 Certificate of state officer.—The certificate of any state officer, under seal of office, as to any official act occurring in the course of the official business of the office in which the state officer presides, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact.History.—s. 1, ch. 3250, 1881; RS 1113; GS 1525; RGS 2725; CGL 4396; s. 510, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 92.19 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.19 - Portions of Records.

92.19 Portions of records.—In all cases where any certified copy of any record, pleading, document, deed, conveyance, paper or instrument in writing, involving the title to real estate shall be lawfully admissible in evidence in any of the courts of this state, a certified copy of such portions of such instrument as shall contain the essential parts thereof and only such portion of the descriptive matter thereof as shall be involved in the case on trial, shall likewise be admissible in evidence; and in no case shall it be necessary to include in such certified copies descriptive matter not involved in the case in which such copy is offered in evidence.History.—s. 1, ch. 10237, 1925; CGL 4400.
FL Stat § 92.20 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.20 - Certificates Issued Under Authority of Congress.

92.20 Certificates issued under authority of Congress.—Every certificate issued under authority of the Congress and every duly certified copy thereof under the seal of the United States governmental department having the authority to issue such certified copy, relating to the grade, classification, quality or condition of agricultural products shall be accepted in any court of this state as prima facie evidence of the true grade, classification, condition or quality of such agricultural product at the time of its inspection.History.—s. 1, ch. 13568, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 4400(1).
FL Stat § 92.21 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.21 - Certificate as to Sanitary Condition of Buildings.

92.21 Certificate as to sanitary condition of buildings.—Every owner, agent, or lessee of any building or buildings used for the purpose of providing board and lodgings for the entertainment of guests, containing 10 rooms or more, who shall have obtained and posted a certificate as provided by law, may present the same as evidence in the owner’s, agent’s, or lessee’s defense in any suit in any of the courts in this state in which damages are claimed for injuries from alleged unsanitary conditions of said buildings and premises.History.—s. 4, ch. 4606, 1899; GS 1527; RGS 2727; CGL 4398; s. 511, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 92.23 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.23 - Rule of Evidence in Suits on Fire Policies for Loss or Damage to Building.

92.23 Rule of evidence in suits on fire policies for loss or damage to building.—In all suits or proceedings brought upon policies of insurance on buildings against loss or damage by fire, hereafter issued or renewed, the insurer shall not be permitted to deny that the property insured was worth, at the time of insuring it by the policy, the full sum insured therein on such property.History.—s. 2, ch. 4677, 1899; GS 1528; RGS 2728; CGL 4399.
FL Stat § 92.231 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.231 - Expert Witnesses; Fee.

92.231 Expert witnesses; fee.—(1) The term “expert witness” as used herein shall apply to any witness who offers himself or herself in the trial of any action as an expert witness or who is subpoenaed to testify in such capacity before a state attorney in the investigation of a criminal matter, or before a grand jury, and who is permitted by the court to qualify and testify as such, upon any matter pending before any court.(2) Any expert or skilled witness who shall have testified in any cause shall be allowed a witness fee including the cost of any exhibits used by such witness in an amount agreed to by the parties, and the same shall be taxed as costs. In instances where services are provided for the state, including for state-paid private court-appointed counsel, payment from state funds shall be in accordance with standards adopted by the Legislature.(3) In a criminal case in which the state or an indigent defendant requires the services of an expert witness whose opinion is relevant to the issues of the case, the expert witness shall be compensated in accordance with standards adopted by the Legislature.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 25090, 1949; s. 19, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 1, ch. 59-201; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 512, ch. 95-147; s. 78, ch. 2003-402; s. 37, ch. 2005-236.Note.—Former s. 90.231.
FL Stat § 92.233 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.233 - Compensation of Witness Summoned in Two or More Criminal Cases.

92.233 Compensation of witness summoned in two or more criminal cases.—A witness subpoenaed in two or more criminal cases pending at the same time shall be paid one charge for per diem and mileage, but when the costs are taxed against the defendant, a witness may charge the full amount in each case.History.—s. 4, ch. 159, 1848; RS 2865; s. 1, ch. 5133, 1903; GS 3921; RGS 6020; CGL 8314; s. 102, ch. 70-339; s. 79, ch. 2003-402.Note.—Former s. 932.34; s. 914.09.
FL Stat § 92.24 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.24 - Certain Tax Deeds Prima Facie Evidence of Title.

92.24 Certain tax deeds prima facie evidence of title.—All tax deeds issued under and pursuant to the provisions and in the form prescribed in and by the following acts and statutes of this state, to wit: s. 10, chapter 4888, Acts, 1901 and said section as amended by s. 1, chapter 5152, Acts, 1903; s. 577 of the General Statutes of Florida, 1906; s. 779 of the Revised General Statutes of Florida, 1920, and said section as amended by s. 12, chapter 14572, Acts, 1929; are declared to be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings from the valuation of the land described in such deeds respectively, by the assessors, to the date of the deed or deeds inclusive, and shall be so received in evidence in any and all the courts of this state, without regard to date of execution.History.—s. 1, ch. 5150, 1903; GS 1521; RGS 2721; CGL 4389.
FL Stat § 92.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.25 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Use of Abstracts.

92.25 Records destroyed by fire; use of abstracts.—Whenever in the trial of any suit, or in any proceeding in any court of this state, it shall be made to appear that the original of any deed or other instrument of writing, or of any record of any court relating to any land, the title thereof or any interest therein being in controversy in such suit or proceeding, is lost or destroyed, or not within the power of the party to produce the same, and that the record thereof has been heretofore destroyed by fire, and that no certified copy of such record is in the possession or control of such party, it is lawful for such party, and the court shall receive as evidence, any abstract of title, or letter-press copy thereof made in the ordinary course of business prior to such loss or destruction; and it is also lawful for any such party to offer, and the court shall receive as evidence, any copy, extract or minutes from such destroyed records, or from the original thereof, which were at the date of such destruction in the possession of any person or persons then engaged in the business of making abstracts of titles for others for hire.History.—s. 1, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 1529; RGS 2729; CGL 4401.
FL Stat § 92.26 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.26 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Use of Sworn Copies.

92.26 Records destroyed by fire; use of sworn copies.—A sworn copy of any writing admissible under s. 92.25 made by the person or persons having possession of such writing shall be admissible in evidence; provided, the party desiring to use such sworn copy, as aforesaid, shall have given the opposite party a reasonable opportunity to verify the correctness of such copy; and provided, that no abstract of title or letter-press copy thereof, extract or minutes or copy made admissible in evidence by this section, shall be so admitted by virtue hereof unless a copy thereof shall have been served on the opposite party, or the opposite party’s attorney or counsel, at least 10 days before the same is offered in evidence. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the impeachment of such evidence, or its exclusion by the court for good and sufficient cause.History.—s. 1, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 1530; RGS 2730; CGL 4402; s. 513, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 95-280.
FL Stat § 92.27 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.27 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Effect of Abstracts in Evidence.

92.27 Records destroyed by fire; effect of abstracts in evidence.—In all cases in which any destroyed abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps or plats, or copies thereof, purchased and placed in the clerk’s office, as provided by law, or which are made admissible in evidence under any of the provisions of this revision, whether purchased or placed in such office or not, shall be received in evidence under this law, all deeds or other instruments of writing appearing thereby to have been executed by any person or persons, or in which they appear to have joined, shall (except as against any person or persons in actual possession of the land or lot described therein at the time of the destruction of the record of such county, claiming title thereto, otherwise than under sale for taxes or special assessments) be presumed to have been executed and acknowledged according to law; and all sales under powers, and all judgments, decrees and legal proceedings, and all sales thereunder (sale for taxes and assessments, and judgments and proceedings for the enforcement of taxes and assessments excepted) shall be presumed to be regular and correct, except as against the person or persons in this section above-mentioned and excepted.History.—s. 4, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 1531; RGS 2731; CGL 4403.
FL Stat § 92.28 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.28 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Land Title Suits; What May Be Received in Evidence.

92.28 Records destroyed by fire; land title suits; what may be received in evidence.—In all suits or proceedings concerning any land, or any estate, interest or right in, or any lien or encumbrance upon the same, when it shall be made to appear that the original of any deed, conveyance, map, plat or other written or record evidence has been lost or destroyed, or is not in the power, custody or control of the party wishing to use it on the trial to produce same, and the record thereof has been heretofore destroyed by fire, the court shall receive all such evidence as may have a bearing on the case to establish the execution or contents of any deed, conveyance, map, plat record, or other written evidence so lost or destroyed; provided, that the testimony of the parties themselves shall be received only in such cases, and subject to all the qualifications in respect to such testimony as now provided by law; and provided further, that any writing in the hands of any person or persons, which may become admissible in evidence under the provisions of this section, or any part of this law, shall be rejected and not admitted as evidence, unless the same appear upon the face thereof without erasure, blemish, alteration, interlineation or interpolation in any material part, unless the same shall be explained to the satisfaction of the court, and appear fairly and honestly made in the ordinary course of business.History.—s. 5, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 1532; RGS 2732; CGL 4404.