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Home » US Law » 2022 Florida Statutes » Title V - Judicial Branch » Chapter 38 - Judges: General Provisions » 38.05 – Disqualification of Judge on Own Motion.
38.05 Disqualification of judge on own motion.—Any judge may of his or her own motion disqualify himself or herself where, to the judge’s own knowledge, any of the grounds for a suggestion of disqualification, as named in s. 38.02, exist. The failure of a judge to so disqualify himself or herself under this section shall not be assignable as error or subject to review.

History.—s. 6, ch. 16053, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 4155(5); s. 6, ch. 63-559; s. 209, ch. 95-147.