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The Florida Pawnbroking ActFla. Stat. § 539.001

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 50 Florida counties, 8,567 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 539.001 covers

Chapter 539 of the Florida Statutes — Pawnbroking. A single statute can span several offences at different degrees, and the figures on this page pool every degree. No single rate here is the rate for any one degree.

How often did this charge end in state prison, by county?

Sorted alphabetically, never worst-first. Every rate below has one denominator and it is stated in the column heading: all charges recorded, not convictions. A rate computed on convictions would be higher, and mixing the two is why the same statute can appear to have different “worst counties” on different pages. Across the 39 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 39.1%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County17451.7%
Bay County7732.5%
Bradford County2166.7%
Broward County16433.5%
Charlotte County3842.1%
Citrus County7860.3%
Clay County10833.3%
Collier County6848.5%
Desoto County100.0%
Duval County52034.8%
Escambia County47113.2%
Hendry County1127.3%
Hernando County13342.9%
Highlands County1850.0%
Hillsborough County1,83425.6%
Indian River County10560.0%
Lake County4450.0%
Lee County20537.6%
Leon County17628.4%
Manatee County34723.9%
Marion County26355.9%
Martin County4542.2%
Miami-Dade County23339.1%
Monroe County1266.7%
Okaloosa County10311.6%
Okeechobee County3839.5%
Orange County34524.6%
Osceola County9727.8%
Palm Beach County27139.1%
Pasco County48638.1%
Pinellas County52915.7%
Polk County18324.0%
Putnam County8068.7%
Sarasota County40335.0%
Seminole County15127.2%
St. Johns County5345.3%
St. Lucie County30253.0%
Sumter County1154.5%
Volusia County32239.8%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (11)

Fewer than 10 records each. The count is published; the rate is not.

Source, window and the n≥10 floor

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. A sentencing rate is published for a county only where that county has at least 10 records for this charge. Percentages are weighted by case count. Where the categories on a county page sum to less than 100%, the remainder is a sentence not recorded in the public extract, and that county page names it.

The statute

Read Fla. Stat. § 539.001 at the source →

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Past sentencing patterns do not predict future outcomes in any individual case. CaseParity does not recommend litigation strategy, plea decisions, sentencing positions, or appellate arguments. Sentencing outcomes reflect many factors not captured in structured public records.

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