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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to electronic access to official 2
records; amending s. 28.2221, F.S.; requiring the 3
county clerk of the court to make certain information 4
available in a searchable database on the clerk's 5
official website; providing an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 28.2221, Florida 10
Statutes, is amended to read: 11
28.2221 Electronic access to official records. — 12
(8)(a) Each county recorder or clerk of the court must 13
make the identity of each respondent against whom a final 14
judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor under 15
s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.04 85 is entered, as well as the 16
fact that a final judgment for an injunction for the protection 17
of a minor under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485 has been 18
entered against that respondent, publicly available on the 19
clerk's official website, an Internet website for general public 20
display, which may include the Internet website required by this 21
section, unless the respondent is a minor. The identity and 22
information required under this subsection must be viewable 23
through a searchable database that is availab le in a clear and 24
conspicuous location on the homepage of the clerk's official 25
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website and must be available for search by the general public. 26
(b) Any information specified in this subsection not made 27
available by the county recorder or clerk of the court as 28
provided in this subsection on a publicly available Internet 29
website for general public display before July 1, 2024 2021, 30
must be made publicly available on the clerk of the court's 31
official an Internet website if the affected party identifies 32
the information and requests that such information be added to a 33
publicly available Internet website for general public display. 34
Such request must be in writing and delivered by mail, 35
facsimile, or electronic transmission or in person to the county 36
recorder or clerk of the court. The request must specify the 37
case number assigned to the final judgment for an injunction for 38
the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 39
784.0485. A fee may not be charged for the addition of 40
information pursuant to such request. 41
(c) No later than 30 days after July 1, 2024 2021, notice 42
of the right of any affected party to request the addition of 43
information to the searchable database on the clerk of court's 44
official a publicly available Internet website pursuant to th is 45
subsection must shall be conspicuously and clearly displayed by 46
the county recorder or clerk of the court on the clerk's 47
official publicly available Internet website on which images or 48
copies of the county's public records are placed and in the 49
office of each county recorder or clerk of the court. Such 50
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notice must contain appropriate instructions for making the 51
addition of information request in person, by mail, by 52
facsimile, or by electronic transmission. The notice must state, 53
in substantially similar form, that any person has a right to 54
request that a county recorder or clerk of the court add 55
information to the searchable database on the clerk of court's 56
official a publicly available Internet website if that 57
information involves the identity of a respo ndent against whom a 58
final judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor 59
under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485 is entered, unless 60
the respondent is a minor. Such request must be made in writing 61
and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electron ic transmission or 62
in person to the county recorder or clerk of the court. The 63
request must specify the case number assigned to the final 64
judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor under 65
s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485. A fee may not be charged 66
for the addition of a document pursuant to such request. 67
(d) Any affected person may petition the circuit court for 68
an order directing compliance with this subsection. 69
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 70