Florida Statutes Title XLVII. Criminal Procedure and Corrections § 921.241. Felony judgments; fingerprints required in record

(a) “Electronic signature” has the same meaning as in s. 933.40.

(b) “Transaction control number” means the unique identifier comprised of numbers, letters, or other symbols for a digital fingerprint record generated by the device used to electronically capture the fingerprints.

(a) A written record that is signed by the judge and recorded by the clerk of the court; or

(b) An electronic record that contains the judge's electronic signature and is recorded by the clerk of the court.

(a) Manually taken, the fingerprints must be filed in the case in which the judgment of guilty is entered. Beneath such fingerprints shall be appended a certification to the following effect:

“I hereby certify that the above and foregoing fingerprints are the fingerprints of the defendant, (name) , and that they were placed thereon by said defendant in my presence this the ___ day of ______, (year) .”

(b) Electronically captured, the following certification must be filed in the case in which the judgment of guilty is entered:

“I hereby certify that the digital fingerprint record associated with Transaction Control Number _____ contains the fingerprints of the defendant, (name) , which were electronically captured from the defendant in my presence this the ___ day of ______, (year) .”

(a) Manual fingerprints filed in the case in which the judgment of guilty is entered and certified as set forth in this section are the fingerprints of the defendant against whom the judgment of guilty was rendered.

(b) Digital fingerprint record associated with the transaction control number specified in the certification required by this section and filed in the case in which the judgment of guilty is entered contains the fingerprints of the defendant against whom the judgment of guilty was rendered.