27.10 Obligation as to claims; how discharged. - Florida Statutes

27.10 Obligation as to claims; how discharged.

The charges mentioned in s. 17.20 shall be evidence of indebtedness on the part of any state attorney against whom any charge is made for the full amount of such claim to the state until the same shall be collected and paid into the treasury or sued to insolvency, which fact of insolvency shall be certified by the circuit judge of his or her circuit, unless the state attorney makes it fully appear to the Department of Financial Services that the failure to collect the same did not result from his or her neglect.

History. s. 2, ch. 1413, 1863; RS 1348; GS 1783; RGS 3013; CGL 4749; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 120, ch. 95-147; s. 80, ch. 2003-261.