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- 1The state is divided into 20 judicial circuits:9(1) 10The first circuit is composed of Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties.23(2) 24The second circuit is composed of Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla Counties.38(3) 39The third circuit is composed of Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, and Taylor Counties.54(4) 55The fourth circuit is composed of Clay, Duval, and Nassau Counties.66(5) 67The fifth circuit is composed of Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter Counties.80(6) 81The sixth circuit is composed of Pasco and Pinellas Counties.91(7) 92The seventh circuit is composed of Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia Counties.105(8) 106The eighth circuit is composed of Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, and Union Counties.120(9) 121The ninth circuit is composed of Orange and Osceola Counties.131(10) 132The tenth circuit is composed of Hardee, Highlands, and Polk Counties.143(11) 144The eleventh circuit is composed of Miami-Dade County.152(12) 153The twelfth circuit is composed of DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota Counties.164(13) 165The thirteenth circuit is composed of Hillsborough County.173(14) 174The fourteenth circuit is composed of Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties.188(15) 189The fifteenth circuit is composed of Palm Beach County.198(16) 199The sixteenth circuit is composed of Monroe County.207(17) 208The seventeenth circuit is composed of Broward County.216(18) 217The eighteenth circuit is composed of Brevard and Seminole Counties.227(19) 228The nineteenth circuit is composed of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie Counties.242(20) 243The twentieth circuit is composed of Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee Counties.256(21) 257Notwithstanding subsections (1)-(20), the territorial jurisdiction of a circuit court may be expanded as provided for in s. 275910.03(3)276.
277The judicial nominating commission of each circuit, in submitting nominations for any vacancy in a judgeship, and the Governor, in filling any vacancy for a judgeship, shall consider whether the existing judges within the circuit, together with potential nominees or appointees, reflect the geographic distribution of the population within the circuit, the geographic distribution of the caseload within the circuit, the racial and ethnic diversity of the population within the circuit, and the geographic distribution of the racial and ethnic minority population within the circuit.
History.-s. 4, ch. 72-404; s. 1, ch. 80-164; s. 1, ch. 81-220; s. 1, ch. 82-238; s. 1, ch. 94-137; s. 2, ch. 94-184; s. 8, ch. 2008-4; s. 7, ch. 2014-182.
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Note.-Former ss. 26.02, 26.03, 26.04, 26.05, 26.06, 26.07, 26.08-26.16, and 26.161-26.165.
