Palmetto Surety Corp. v. Escambia County Clerk of Court

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2025-0765 _____________________________ PALMETTO SURETY CORP., Appellant, v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY CLERK OF COURT, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Stephen A. Pitre, Judge. April 8, 2026 OSTERHAUS, C.J. Under Florida’s bail law, chapter 903, Florida Statutes, a surety that posts a bond guarantees to the State that the defendant will appear at a subsequent court proceeding. A defendant’s subsequent failure to appear triggers proceedings between the surety…