Florida Statute 47.011 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 47
VENUE

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F.S. 47.011

47.011 Where actions may be begun.—Actions shall be brought only in the county where the defendant resides, where the cause of action accrued, or where the property in litigation is located. This section shall not apply to actions against nonresidents.

History.—s. 7, Nov. 21, 1829; s. 1, ch. 3721, 1887; RS 998; GS 1383; RGS 2579; CGL 4219; s. 24, ch. 57-1; s. 12, ch. 63-572; s. 6, ch. 65-1; s. 3, ch. 67-254; s. 11, ch. 73-334.

Note.—Former s. 46.01.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 47.011

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 47.011.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 47.011

Total Results: 20

Omega Insurance Company v. MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-31T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: MILLER, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 47.011, Fla. Stat. (2020) (“Actions shall be brought

LIGHTSEY CATTLE COMPANY v. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATIVE COMMISSION

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-12T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: which Lightsey’s hunting preserve is located.11 § 47.011, Fla. Stat. PETITION TRANSFERRED. GANNAM

ALEX FINCH D/B/A FINCH LAW FIRM, AND FROMANG AND FINCH, P.A. v. AUTO CLUB INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, BRESSLER, AMERY & ROSS, P.C., LINDA MICHELLE BERNS MASSEY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-05-10T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: action in the complaint accrued there. 4 See § 47.011, Fla. Stat. (2021) (providing that actions against

Pierre Woodland Meadows, LLC, d/b/a The Osprey v. KAC 2021-1 LLC, as Assignee to Iregena Percentie

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-01-24T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: lease required service of notices and payments. § 47.011, Fla. Stat. (2022); see also Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.060

In Re: Judicial Circuit Assessment

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: public hearings, and persons 112 See, e.g., §§ 47.011, 47.021, 910.03, Fla. Stat (2023). …public, who have already invested 119 See, e.g., §§ 47.011, 47.021, 910.03, Fla. Stat (2023).

MARK P. STOPA v. KEVIN S. CANNON

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-11-15T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: filed a motion to transfer venue, citing section 47.011, and arguing that venue was proper in Orange County…x27;s motion to transfer venue based on section 47.011, noting that venue was proper in Pinellas County

PROPERTY REGISTRATION CHAMPIONS, LLC v. DAVID MULBERRY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-11-13T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: 338 So. 3d 32, 34 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022). 2 See § 47.011, Fla. Stat. (2021).

BROWN & BROWN OF FLORIDA, INC., etc. v. TZADIK ACQUISITIONS, LLC, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-01-31T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 363, 365 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020). Pursuant to section 47.011, Florida Statutes, “[a]ctions shall be brought

LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM, etc. v. IGNACIO MARTINEZ, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-03-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the applicable Florida venue statutes, sections 47.011 and 47.051, Lee County is the only proper venue… Under Florida’s general venue statute, section 47.011, Florida Statutes (2021), “[a]ctions shall be

JAMES CULLEN LOWERY, III v. SHANE MCBEE

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-06-09T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: is whether—for purposes of venue under section 47.011, Florida Statutes (2019)—a cause of action for … a motion to dismiss or transfer venue. Section 47.011, Florida Statutes (2019), pertinently provides …Defendant therefore maintained that under section 47.011, venue would have been proper in Palm Beach County…of the plaintiff’s venue selection under section 47.011, the trial court must resolve any relevant factual…Fla. 4th DCA 2017). As noted above, section 47.011 provides that “[a]ctions shall be brought only

BUY AND SELL FITNESS, LLC v. KERVIN VILLALBA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-01-05T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 2d 530, 532 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)). Section 47.011, Florida Statutes, provides a civil action “shall

Woodson Electric Solutions v. Port Royal Property

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-03-13T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: and/or transfer for improper venue under section 47.011, Florida Statutes (2018). For the reasons that … asserting that venue is improper under section 47.011. In response to the Defendants’ motion…county where the action was filed). Section 47.011, Florida Statutes (2018), provides: “Actions shall… for the purpose of the third clause of section 47.011, Florida Statutes.”). …motion to dismiss for improper venue under section 47.011. The remaining arguments raised by the Defendants

Ashley Knapp v. Brian Knapp

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-02-27T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: years and where she would be subject to suit). § 47.011, Fla. Stat. (2019). The wife’s pro se plea, that…McGee, 145 So. 3d 955, 957 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014); §§ 47.011, 47.122 & 61.13(2)(d), Fla. Stat. (2019), I

FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE OF GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, INC. and FIRST DISTRICT CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, INC. v. SITE CONCEPTS, INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-02-26T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: directions to transfer venue to Alachua County. See § 47.011, Fla. Stat. (2018) (stating that “[a]ctions shall

Kristopher Darwin Robinson v. Sabrina K. Robinson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-03-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: County because both parties reside there, see § 47.011, Fla. Stat., and transfer—not dismissal—is the

Kristopher Darwin Robinson v. Sabrina K. Robinson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-01-15T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: because both parties reside there, see section 47.011, Florida Statutes, and transfer—not dismissal—is

KURT GARDNER v. ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY and THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-10-25T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: proper venue, which is generally found in section 47.011. However, when the defendant is a corporation, …several venue selections authorized by either section 47.011 or section 47.051, Fla. Stat., the only one which

Dyal v. Dyal

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-07-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 223 So. 3d 470, 2017 WL 3197658, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 10777

Snippet: have been commenced in St. Johns County. Section 47.011, Florida Statutes (2016), explains where an action…initiated in St. Johns County, based upon section 47.011, Florida Statutes (2016). For the reasons

Bessman Okafor v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-06-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 225 So. 3d 768, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 639, 2017 WL 2481266, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 1268

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Green v. Ivey

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-03-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 220 So. 3d 475, 2017 WL 1202630, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 4420

Snippet: where the property in litigation is located.” § 47.011, Fla. Stat. (2015). To contest an alleged improper