# Fla. Stat. § 215.10: 215.10 Delinquent collectors; suspension

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.10

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 215.10
- **Heading:** 215.10 Delinquent collectors; suspension
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 215 / Section 215.10

## Text

For a failure or refusal of any tax collector or other officer, whose duty it is to perform any act connected with the assessment or collection of taxes, to perform any duty or act, to make any return, or pay over any money required by law, the Governor, by his or her written order, may suspend any such defaulting or noncomplying collector or other officer from office, and from further acting in his or her office until the Governor’s further order, but not beyond the adjournment of the next session of the Senate; and appoint or designate some other person to perform and discharge all the duties of such collector or other officer, who shall discharge such duties until the further order of the Governor, but not beyond the adjournment of the next session of the Senate, and to whom the official tax rolls, books and statements as required by law shall be delivered.

History: s. 4, ch. 1977, 1874; RS 413; GS 605; RGS 1040; CGL 1351; s. 1142, ch. 95-147.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 215.01 215.01 Fiscal year.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.01.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.02 215.02 Manner of paying money into the Treasury.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.02.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.03 215.03 Party to be reimbursed on reversal of judgment for state.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.03.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.04 215.04 Department of Financial Services to report delinquents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.04.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.05 215.05 Department of Financial Services to certify accounts of delinquents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.05.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.06 215.06 Certified accounts of delinquents as evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.06.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.07 215.07 Preference of state in case of insolvency.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.07.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.08 215.08 Delinquent collectors to be reported to state attorney.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.08.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.09 215.09 Delinquent collectors; forfeiture of commissions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.09.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.10 215.10 Delinquent collectors; suspension.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.10.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.11 215.11 Defaulting officers; Department of Financial Services to report to clerk.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.11.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.12 215.12 Defaulting officers; duty of clerk.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.12.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.15 215.15 School appropriations to have priority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.15.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 215.16 215.16 Appropriations from General Revenue Fund for public schools, state institutions of higher learning, and community colleges; reduction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXIV_C215_S215.16.md)

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