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Fraudulent use of credit cardsFla. Stat. § 817.61

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 64 Florida counties, 8,822 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 817.61 covers

Chapter 817 of the Florida Statutes — Fraudulent Practices. 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 51 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 24.0%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County26640.2%
Baker County1225.0%
Bay County42639.4%
Bradford County1338.5%
Broward County10728.0%
Charlotte County9228.3%
Citrus County8349.4%
Clay County7412.2%
Collier County8525.9%
Columbia County214.8%
Desoto County4546.7%
Duval County32825.3%
Escambia County4317.4%
Hardee County130.0%
Hendry County120.0%
Hernando County12041.7%
Highlands County6741.8%
Hillsborough County1,37616.4%
Holmes County119.1%
Indian River County13326.3%
Jackson County3141.9%
Lake County8219.5%
Lee County14415.3%
Leon County15217.8%
Levy County1020.0%
Manatee County24527.3%
Marion County28317.3%
Martin County12230.3%
Miami-Dade County44923.4%
Monroe County3910.3%
Nassau County2810.7%
Okaloosa County2029.9%
Okeechobee County3542.9%
Orange County2328.6%
Osceola County897.9%
Palm Beach County47723.9%
Pasco County37129.4%
Pinellas County59726.0%
Polk County11636.2%
Putnam County5438.9%
Santa Rosa County6516.9%
Sarasota County13317.3%
Seminole County18722.5%
St. Johns County11734.2%
St. Lucie County20027.0%
Sumter County2524.0%
Suwannee County1612.5%
Taylor County1225.0%
Volusia County49533.3%
Wakulla County128.3%
Walton County2917.2%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (13)

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. § 817.61 at the source →

CaseParity takes no position on sentencing policy. We do not advocate for longer sentences or shorter ones. We do not favor any party, any side, or any outcome. We publish the record.

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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