FL S1186

Judgment records for petit theft, felony, and chapter 796 offenses may now be in written form signed by the judge or in electronic form containing the judge's electronic signature, both recorded by the clerk of court

For written judgment records of guilty verdicts, defendants' fingerprints must be manually taken and affixed beneath the judge's signature with a signed judge's certificate

For electronic judgment records of guilty verdicts, defendants' fingerprints must be electronically captured with a transaction control number, and the judge must place an electronic signature on the required certificate

Defines "electronic signature" as specified in section 933.40 and "transaction control number" as the unique identifier generated by electronic fingerprint capture devices

Effective date is July 1, 2019