Bill Text: FL S1616 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Electronic Access to Official Records

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-29 - Chapter No. 2024-117 [S1616 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S1616-Enrolled.html
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    2         An act relating to electronic access to official
    3         records; amending s. 28.2221, F.S.; requiring the
    4         county recorder or clerk of the court to make certain
    5         information publicly available through a searchable
    6         database on the county recorder’s or clerk of the
    7         court’s official website; authorizing such requirement
    8         to be satisfied by providing a stand-alone link to the
    9         official records index; providing requirements for
   10         such link; providing requirements for certain notices;
   11         providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 28.2221, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         28.2221 Electronic access to official records.—
   18         (8)(a) Each county recorder or clerk of the court must make
   19  the identity of each respondent against whom a final judgment
   20  for an injunction for the protection of a minor under s. 741.30,
   21  s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485 is entered, as well as the fact that
   22  a final judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor
   23  under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485 has been entered
   24  against that respondent, publicly available on the county
   25  recorder’s or clerk of the court’s official website an Internet
   26  website for general public display, which may include the
   27  Internet website required by this section, unless the respondent
   28  is a minor. The identity and information required under this
   29  subsection must be viewable through a searchable database that
   30  is available in a clear and conspicuous location on the homepage
   31  of the county recorder’s or clerk of the court’s official
   32  website and must be available for search by the general public.
   33         (b) The requirement in paragraph (a) may be satisfied by
   34  providing a stand-alone link to the official records index. The
   35  link must be located in a clear and conspicuous location on the
   36  homepage of the county recorder’s or clerk of the court’s
   37  official website and must be available for search by the general
   38  public. The link must be titled in a manner that clearly informs
   39  the user that by clicking the link, the user will be redirected
   40  to a searchable database on which information available pursuant
   41  to this subsection relating to the identity of a respondent
   42  against whom a final judgment for injunction for the protection
   43  of a minor can be found.
   44         (c)(b) Any information specified in this subsection not
   45  made available by the county recorder or clerk of the court as
   46  provided in this subsection on a publicly available Internet
   47  website for general public display before July 1, 2024 2021,
   48  must be made publicly available on the county recorder’s or
   49  clerk of the court’s official an Internet website if the
   50  affected party identifies the information and requests that such
   51  information be added to a publicly available Internet website
   52  for general public display. Such request must be in writing and
   53  delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission or in
   54  person to the county recorder or clerk of the court. The request
   55  must specify the case number assigned to the final judgment for
   56  an injunction for the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s.
   57  784.046, or s. 784.0485. A fee may not be charged for the
   58  addition of information pursuant to such request.
   59         (d)(c) No later than 30 days after July 1, 2024 2021,
   60  notice of the right of any affected party to request the
   61  addition of information to the searchable database on the county
   62  recorder’s or clerk of the court’s official a publicly available
   63  Internet website pursuant to this subsection must shall be
   64  conspicuously and clearly displayed by the county recorder or
   65  clerk of the court on the county recorder’s or clerk of the
   66  court’s official publicly available Internet website on which
   67  images or copies of the county’s public records are placed and
   68  in the office of each county recorder or clerk of the court.
   69  Such notice must contain appropriate instructions for making the
   70  addition of information request in person, by mail, by
   71  facsimile, or by electronic transmission. The notice must state,
   72  in substantially similar form, that any person has a right to
   73  request that a county recorder or clerk of the court add
   74  information to the searchable database on the county recorder’s
   75  or clerk of the court’s official a publicly available Internet
   76  website if that information involves the identity of a
   77  respondent against whom a final judgment for an injunction for
   78  the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s.
   79  784.0485 is entered, unless the respondent is a minor. The
   80  notice must also state that the information related to the
   81  identity of each respondent against whom a final judgment for an
   82  injunction for the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s.
   83  784.046, or s. 784.0485 is entered is available for search by
   84  the general public. The notice must include step-by-step
   85  instructions detailing how a user can access the searchable
   86  database and search for such information. Such request must be
   87  made in writing and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic
   88  transmission or in person to the county recorder or clerk of the
   89  court. The request must specify the case number assigned to the
   90  final judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor
   91  under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485. A fee may not be
   92  charged for the addition of a document pursuant to such request.
   93         (e)(d) Any affected person may petition the circuit court
   94  for an order directing compliance with this subsection.
   95         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

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