Florida Florida Statutes

§ 116.22

FS § 116.22Ch. 116

Statute text

n such time as aforesaid, all claims in reference thereto are forever barred.

(4)Except for the cost of publishing the notice for the clerk's unclaimed court-related moneys, the cost of publishing the notices as required by subsection (2) shall be paid by the county commissioners, and the sheriff or the clerk shall receive as compensation the regular fee allowed by statute for the collection of fines, fees, and costs adjudged to the state upon the amounts remitted to the fine and forfeiture fund. Upon such payment to the fine and forfeiture fund, the sheriff or clerk shall be released and discharged from any and all further responsibility or liability in connection therewith.

Legislative history

ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 22050, 1943; s. 8, ch. 82-118; s. 744, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 97-56; s. 40, ch. 2005-236.