NATIONAL AND STATE FLAG POLICY

By order of the President of the United States, the National Flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States government and the governor of a state, territory, or possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be flown at half-staff according to presidential instructions or orders, in accordance with recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law. (4 U.S.C. § 7(m)). The State Flag shall be flown at half-staff whenever the National Flag is flown at half-staff. Rules for particular Government officials follow:
1. President or former President of the United States: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of death over the State Capitol, at State facilities throughout Florida, and at all county courthouses and city halls throughout Florida.
2. Vice President, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, retired Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, or Speaker of the House of United States Representatives: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff for ten days from the day of death over the State Capitol, at State facilities throughout Florida, and at all county courthouses and city halls throughout Florida.
3. Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, secretary of an executive or military department, or former Vice President of the United States: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff from the day of death until interment over the State Capitol, at State facilities throughout Florida, and at all county courthouses and city halls throughout Florida.
4. Member of Congress from Florida: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff on the day of death and the following day over the State Capitol, at State facilities throughout Florida, and at the county courthouse and city hall in the decedent’s hometown.
In the event of the death of a present or former official of the Florida State government or the death of a member of the Armed Forces from Florida who dies while serving on active duty, the Governor may proclaim that the National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff, in accordance with 4 U.S.C. § 7. Rules for particular State Government officials and Armed Forces members follow:

1. Present or former Governor of Florida: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff from the day of death until the day of interment over the State Capitol, at State facilities throughout Florida, and at all county courthouses and city halls throughout Florida.

2. Member of the Armed Forces from Florida who dies while serving on active duty: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff on the day of interment (or day of family’s preference) over the State Capitol and at the county courthouse and city hall in decedent’s (or the family’s) hometown.

3. Prominent present or former State of Florida officials: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff on the day of interment over the State Capitol and at the county courthouse and city hall in the decedent’s hometown.

4. Florida law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, and selected other State and local officials: The National and State Flags shall be flown at half-staff on the day of interment at the local agency where the decedent was employed and at the county courthouse and city hall in decedent’s hometown.