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Florida Statute 7.13 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 7.13 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 7.13 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
7.13 Miami-Dade County.—The boundary lines of Miami-Dade County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of township fifty-one south, range thirty-five east; thence east following the south line of township fifty-one south, across ranges thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine and forty east, to the southwest corner of township fifty-one south, range forty-one east; thence north on the range line dividing ranges forty and forty-one east to the northwest corner of section thirty-one, township fifty-one south, range forty-one east; thence east on the north boundary of said section thirty-one and other sections to the waters of the Atlantic Ocean; thence easterly to the eastern boundary of the State of Florida; thence southward along the coast, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the gulf stream within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to a point on the reefs of Florida immediately opposite the mouth of Broad Creek (a stream separating Cayo Lago from Old Rhodes Key); thence in a direct line through the middle of said stream to a point east of Mud Point, said point being located on the east line of the west one half of section seven, township fifty-nine south, range forty east, at a distance of two thousand three hundred feet, more or less, south of the northeast corner of the west one half of said section seven being a point on the existing Miami-Dade County boundary line as established by s. 7.13; thence run southerly along the east line of the west one half of said section seven, township fifty-nine south, range forty east, to a point two thousand feet, more or less, north of the south line of said section seven; thence run westerly along a line parallel to the south line of said section seven, through the open water midway between two islands lying in the west one half of said section seven to a point on the west line of section seven, township fifty-nine south, range forty east; thence run southerly for a distance of two thousand feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of said section seven; thence run southerly along the west line of section eighteen, township fifty-nine south, range forty east, to the southwest corner of said section eighteen; thence run in a southwesterly direction along a straight line to the southwest corner of section twenty-four, township fifty-nine south, range thirty-nine east; thence run southerly along the east line of section twenty-six, township fifty-nine south, range thirty-nine east, to the southeast corner of said section twenty-six; thence run southerly along the east line of section thirty-five, township fifty-nine south, range thirty-nine east, to a point of intersection with a line drawn parallel with the north line of said section thirty-five and through the open water midway between Main and Short Key; thence run westerly along a line parallel to the north line of said section thirty-five, through the open water midway between Main and Short Key to a point on the west line of section thirty-five and a point on the east line of section thirty-four, township fifty-nine south, range thirty-nine east; thence run southwesterly in a straight line to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of said section thirty-four and the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section three, township sixty south, range thirty-nine east; thence run southerly along the east line of the northwest quarter of said section three to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of said section three; thence run westerly along the south line of the northwest quarter of said section three to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of said section three; thence run westerly to a point on the northerly bank of Manatee Creek at the easterly mouth of said Manatee Creek; thence run westerly meandering the northerly bank of Manatee Creek to the intersection thereof with the west right-of-way line of United States Highway No. 1, said right-of-way line being the east boundary of the Everglades National Park and said north bank of Manatee Creek being the southerly line of the mainland of the State of Florida and the existing boundary line between Miami-Dade County and Monroe County; thence along the mainland to the range line between ranges thirty-four and thirty-five east, thence due north on said range line to place of beginning. However, the boundary lines of Miami-Dade County shall not include the following: Begin at the northwest corner of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east, Miami-Dade County, Florida; thence, southerly following the west line of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east to the intersection with a line which is two hundred and thirty feet south of and parallel to the north line of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east; thence, easterly following the line which is two hundred and thirty feet south of and parallel to the north line of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east, to the intersection with the west boundary line of the Town of Golden Beach; thence, northerly following the west boundary line of the Town of Golden Beach to the intersection with the north line of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east; thence, westerly following the north line of section thirty-five, township fifty-one south, range forty-two east to the point of beginning.
History.—s. 1, Feb. 4, 1836; s. 1, ch. 1592, 1866; s. 1, ch. 1998, 1874; RS 53; GS 51; s. 1, ch. 5970, 1909; s. 1, ch. 6934, 1915; RGS 58; CGL 64; s. 1, ch. 61-16; s. 2, ch. 78-119; s. 2, ch. 2008-4.

Cases Citing F.S. 7.13

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·Am. Trucking Ass'n, Inc. v. United States of Am. & Interstate Com. Comm'n, 688 F.2d 1337 (11th Cir. 1982).

Cited 26 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 24900

Davis Treatise, supra, at § 7:13, p. 61. 8 . This is true only with
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·Brooks Shoe Mfg. Co. v. Suave Shoe Corp., 533 F. Supp. 75 (S.D. Fla. 1981).

Cited 14 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 215 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 358, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16432

marks are said to be `weak'." 1 J. McCarthy, supra § 7:13 at 173. Based on the fact that there is nothing
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·Cates-Harman v. Stage (In Re Stage), 85 B.R. 880 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1988).

Cited 10 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida

...om donor to donee, as would be the case if the condition were precedent. Id. at 588; See also Restatement (Second) of Property, § 31.2 (Tent. Draft No. 11, 1988); Drewett, supra ; R. Brown, The Law of Personal Property (W. Raushenbush 3rd Ed. 1975) § 7.13.
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·White Constr. Co. v. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 633 F. Supp. 2d 1302 (M.D. Fla. 2009).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29467, 2009 WL 961135

...American Hydro-Surgical Instruments, Inc., 262 F.Supp.2d 1334, 1342 (S.D.Fla.1999) ("reliance on fraudulent representations is unreasonable as a matter of law where the alleged misrepresentations contradict the express terms of the ensuing written agreement.") (internal citations omitted). Section 7.13 of the MSA expressly provides that during the term of the Agreement, Martin Marietta shall have the option and right to purchase the assets of White Construction and Limerock Industries at their fair market value....
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·Fisher v. Salazar, 656 F. Supp. 2d 1357 (N.D. Fla. 2009).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91838, 2009 WL 3030736

...endangered species habitat" ("TE habitat") to submit an application that provides written documentation demonstrating that impacts to TE habitat have been avoided and/or minimized to the maximum extent possible. Escambia County Land Development Code § 7.13.01....
...If an applicant demonstrates adequate minimization of unavoidable impacts to TE habitat, then the applicant must submit a mitigation plan for review and consideration by County officials. Mitigation procedures are required in any case where development may degrade TE habitat. Id. at § 7.13.03.C....
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·Provenzano v. State, 760 So. 2d 137 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2000 WL 674703

Ann. § 46.04(h) (West Supp.2000); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-901(a)(v) (Michie 1999). Other states have adopted
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·Palm Lake Partners II, LLC v. C & C Powerline, Inc., 38 So. 3d 844 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 8932, 2010 WL 2472490

See 3 Richard A. Lord, Williston on Contracts § 7:13 at 272-79 (4th ed. 1992) ("[W]here the reservation
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·Perfumeria Ultra, S.A De C v. v. Miami Customs Serv., Inc., 231 F. Supp. 2d 1218 (S.D. Fla. 2002).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21468, 2002 WL 31664695

...Counts I and III are barred by the economic loss doctrine. NOTES [1] Because the section regarding "course of dealing" is found in Article 1, General Provisions, of the U.C.C., "it is not limited to agreements for the sale of goods but applies to all commercial contracts." E. ALLAN FARNSWORTH, CONTRACTS § 7.13 (3d ed.1999)....
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·Donald Frederick Evans & Assocs., Inc. v. Cont'l Homes, Inc., 785 F.2d 897 (11th Cir. 1986).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 54 U.S.L.W. 2582, 229 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 321, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 23620

...be small in an absolute sense and not merely in relation to the size of the entire edition. For example, this requirement would not be satisfied if the notice were omitted from 1,000 copies out of an edition of 100,-000.’ ” 2 Nimmer on Copyright § 7.13[A], at 7-88 (quoting the Register’s Supplementary Report at 106)....
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·The Florida Bar v. Graham, 662 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. 1995).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 572, 1995 Fla. LEXIS 1865, 1995 WL 677718

...ial office; and (3) removal from judicial office and suspension or disbarment from the practice of law. As to the third available sanction, the Joint Committee on Professional Discipline of the American Bar Association has recommended the following: 7.13 Consideration of Lawyer Discipline....
...f lawyer discipline before he [or she] is restored to practice. The judge should be aware of the possibility of this further sanction, and be heard on the matter. A.B.A. Joint Comm. on Prof. Discipline, Professional Discipline for Lawyers and Judges § 7.13, at 58-59 (1979)....
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·Payas v. Adventist Health Sys./Sunbelt, Inc., 238 So. 3d 887 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...1.110(b)(2). "[T]he phrase 'ultimate facts' is used to refer to logical conclusions that are deduced from evidentiary facts. Ultimate facts are the final effect of legal reasoning from the evidentiary facts." Philip J. Padovano Florida Civil Practice § 7.13 at 246, 246 (2018 ed.)....
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·Cal. Fin., LLC v. Perdido Land Dev. Co., 303 F. Supp. 3d 1306 (M.D. Fla. 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida

...Count 1: Breach of Contract The central issue in the breach of contract claim is whether Defendants were contractually obligated to obtain a "no further action letter" from the FDEP, or whether a "no further action letter with controls" satisfies Defendants' remedial obligations under the Contract. Section 7.13 of the Contract provides that Defendants "agree[ ] herein to remediate the [dry cleaning solvent contamination] problem in accordance with the Golder Associate's Inc.'s [Remediation Plan]." This obligation "shall terminate upon receipt o...
...ies set forth in Article 7." (Doc. 26-1). Similarly, the "as is, where is" clause provides that Defendants are not responsible for any physical or environmental conditions affecting the Property, "except for [Defendants'] obligations as set forth in Section 7.13." ( Id....
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Linda Prentice, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Fla. 2022).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Goldberg et al., The Place of Reliance in Fraud, 48 Ariz. L. Rev. 1001, 1007 (2006). “[W]here the recipient knows the true facts that are misrepresented or for any reason does not believe the misrepresentation, he cannot be found to rely on it.” 2 Fowler V. Harper et al., The Law of Torts § 7.13, at 465 (2d ed. 1986) (footnotes omitted)....
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Ford ex rel. Ford v. Wainwright, 752 F.2d 526 (11th Cir. 1985).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

(1983); Utah Code Ann. § 77-19-13 (1982); Wyo.Stat. § 7-13-901 et seq. (Cum.Supp.1984). Five states which
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Armando Payas v. Adventist Health Sys. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

" Philip J. Padovano Florida Civil Practice § 7.13 at 246, 246 (2018 ed.). "It is not necessary

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