There shall be a state attorney for each of the judicial circuits, who shall be elected at the general election by the qualified electors of their respective judicial circuits as other state officials are elected, and who shall serve for a term of 4 years.
Fla. Stat. § 27.01
State attorneys; number, election, terms
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Reno (1985)
Most recently applied in Andrew H. Warren v. Ron DeSantis (January 2024)
History.--s. 1, ch. 5120, 1903; GS 1796; ss. 1, chs. 6197, 6198, 1911; RGS 3026; CGL 4769; ss. 1, 5-A, ch. 17085, 1935; s. 1, ch. 26761, 1951.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.