{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-90.607","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 90.607","heading":"Competency of certain persons as witnesses.","body":"(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the judge presiding at the trial of an action is not competent to testify as a witness in that trial. An objection is not necessary to preserve the point.\n(b) By agreement of the parties, the trial judge may give evidence on a purely formal matter to facilitate the trial of the action.\n(2)(a) A member of the jury is not competent to testify as a witness in a trial when he or she is sitting as a juror. If the juror is called to testify, the opposing party shall be given an opportunity to object out of the presence of the jury.\n(b) Upon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror is not competent to testify as to any matter which essentially inheres in the verdict or indictment.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 487, ch. 95-147.","path":["TITLE VII EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 90 EVIDENCE CODE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0000-0099/0090/0090.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:58:45Z","sha256":"e98b4703a577e57bee29a8d36a23f1d1913c4ce722f26ff5988d5c0c02b26213","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-90.6063","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-90.608"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}