Florida Florida Statutes
§ 34.021 — Qualifications of county court judges
FS § 34.021Ch. 34
Statute text
View on source(1)No person is eligible for election or appointment to the office of county court judge unless the person is, and has been for the preceding 5 years, a member in good standing of the bar of Florida prior to qualifying for election to such office or submitting his or her name to the appropriate judicial nominating commission for appointment. However, a person is eligible for election or appointment to the office of county court judge in a county having a population of 40,000 or less if he or she is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.
(2)A county court judge is eligible to seek reelection or retention, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), if, on the first day of the qualification period for election to such office or a retention vote, such judge is actively serving in such office and is not under suspension or disqualification.
(3)Any person who was a county court judge prior to July 1, 1978, in any county having a population of 40,000 or less, according to the last decenniafonclusions of law; and
(b)State concisely the question to be certified.
(3)The decision to certify the question to the district court of appeal is within the sole discretion of the county court.
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Legislative history
s. 3, ch. 84-303; s. 6, ch. 2020-61.