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<br />RE: DUPLICATE ORIGINAL BOND FILINGS IN FLORIDA <br /> <br />Florida Statute 255.05 requires that a contractor who enters into a contract with a <br />PUBLIC ENTITY IN THE STATE OF Florida must provide Performance and Payment <br />Bonds for the project and record the bonds in the public records of the County where the <br />improvement is located. <br /> <br />When the contract is with a PRIV ATE ENTITY (Florida Statute 713.23) the <br />responsibility of the filing the bond falls with the Owner; however, we strongly <br />recommend that the contractors do the filing themselves in order to be sure they are <br />protected. <br /> <br />Therefore, we are enclosing a duplicate original set of bonds, which need to be filed with <br />the Clerk of the Circuit Court in the County where the project is located in accordance <br />with Florida Statutes 244.05 or 713.23. <br />