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Fla. Stat. § 6.04 (2025)

Jurisdiction over such lands; how ceded to the United States.

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6.04 Jurisdiction over such lands; how ceded to the United States.—Whenever the United States shall contract for, purchase, or acquire any land within the limits of this state for the purposes aforesaid, in either of the modes above mentioned and provided, or shall hold for such purposes lands heretofore lawfully acquired or reserved therefor, and shall desire to acquire constitutional jurisdiction over such lands for said purposes, the Governor of this state may, upon application made to him or her in writing on behalf of the United States for that purpose, accompanied by the proper evidence of said reservation, purchase, contract, or acquisition of record, describing the land sought to be ceded by convenient metes and bounds, thereupon, in the name and on behalf of this state, cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the land so reserved, purchased, or acquired and sought to be ceded; the United States to hold, use, occupy, own, possess, and exercise said jurisdiction over the same for the purposes aforesaid, and none other whatsoever; provided, always, that the consent aforesaid is hereby given and the cession aforesaid is to be granted and made as aforesaid, upon the express condition that this state shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the land or lands so to be ceded, and every portion thereof, so far that all process, civil or criminal, issuing under authority of this state, or of any of the courts or judicial officers thereof may be executed by the proper officers thereof, upon any person amenable to the same, within the limits and extent of lands so ceded, in like manner and to like effect as if this law had never been passed; saving, however, to the United States security to their property within said limits and extent, and exemption of the same, and of said lands from any taxation under the authority of this state while the same shall continue to be owned, held, used, and occupied by the United States for the purposes above expressed and intended, and not otherwise.

History.—s. 3, ch. 25, 1845; RS 9; GS 7; RGS 7; CGL 7; s. 2, ch. 95-147.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 23 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1946–2025 · leading case: Waggy v. State, 935 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).

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Waggy v. State, 935 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). · cites it 6× “Section 6.04, Florida Statutes (1977), provides in pertinent part: Whenever the United States shall contract for, purchase, or acquire any land within the limits of this state for the purposes aforesaid, in either of the modes above mentioned and provided, or shall hold for such…”

Marina v. Leahy, 578 So. 2d 382 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). · cites it 5× “The trial court held an emergency evidentiary hearing, and determined that Marina was not a resident of the City of Sweetwater six months prior to qualifying as a candidate for mayor of the City of Sweetwater as mandated by § 6.04 of the City of Sweetwater Charter.”

Gulf Power Co. v. Coalsales II, L.L.C., 661 F. Supp. 2d 1270 (N.D. Fla. 2009). · cites it 3× “Section 6.04 provides, in relevant part: “[Coalsales] shall have the right to supply the coal to be delivered hereunder from the Paso Diablo Mine, (Source A), State of Zulia, Venezuela; the Galatia Mine, (Source B), Saline County, State of Illinois; or other Source(s) approved…”

Lord v. Local Union No. 2088, 481 F. Supp. 419 (M.D. Fla. 1979). · cites it 2× “The Enforceability of the Union Security Agreement.”

Bancroft Inv. Corp. v. City of Jacksonville, 27 So. 2d 162 (Fla. 1946). “We think what we have said concludes the question, but Section 6.04 is also persuasive. This statute deals with the question of jurisdiction on the part of the state and federal governments over lands acquired by the latter for needful federal purposes and concludes with this…”

Mansur v. Eubanks, 368 So. 2d 645 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). “While the two may, on occasions, overlap, or one may exist without the other, 1 Dooley, Modern Tort Law § 6.04 at 156 (1977), both have distinct meanings.”

Jones v. Cont'l Ins., 670 F. Supp. 937 (S.D. Fla. 1987). “04(3) (1986) wherein the author states: One state, Florida, has enacted statutory provisions expressly authorizing a private civil action for damages against an insurer who commits various unfair claims settlement practices [footnote citation to Fla.”

Wright v. Frankel, 965 So. 2d 365 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). “Section 6.04 sets forth the procedure that must be followed for the filing, examination and certification of all initiated petitions.”

Archstone Palmetto Park, LLC v. Kennedy, 132 So. 3d 347 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014). “Read in conjunction, Section 6.04 of the City’s Charter provides the means of commencing such proceedings, providing as follows: Any five (5) qualified voters may commence initiative or referendum proceedings by filing with the city clerk an affidavit stating that they will…”

DSR, Inc. v. Manuel (In Re Hamilton Roe Int'l, Inc.), 162 B.R. 590 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1993). “The noncom-pete provision contained in section 6.04, if it is a material obligation at all, applies only to the Seller.”

City of Ocala v. Marion Cty. Police, 392 So. 2d 26 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). “A similar rule, § 6.04, is incorporated in City's Police Department Rules and Regulations.”

Dibiccari v. Lockheed Martin Ret. Plan, 244 F. Supp. 2d 1308 (M.D. Fla. 2002). “Plan, § 6.04(d). In October 1990, Dibiccari fell in her driveway after returning home from work and claimed that she injured her back.”

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— 6.04(3) — 1 case

— 6.04(a) — 2 cases

Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, Rule 6-12.1, 524 So. 2d 634 (Fla. 1988).

Russo v. Lorenzo, 67 So. 3d 1165 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

— 6.04(b) — 1 case

Russo v. Lorenzo, 67 So. 3d 1165 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

— 6.04(c) — 1 case

Russo v. Lorenzo, 67 So. 3d 1165 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

— 6.04(d) — 1 case

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