Florida Statute 47.025 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 47
VENUE

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F.S. 47.025

47.025 Actions against contractors.—Any venue provision in a contract for improvement to real property which requires legal action involving a resident contractor, subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, or materialman, as defined in ¹part I of chapter 713, to be brought outside this state is void as a matter of public policy. To the extent that the venue provision in the contract is void under this section, any legal action arising out of that contract shall be brought only in this state in the county where the defendant resides, where the cause of action accrued, or where the property in litigation is located, unless, after the dispute arises, the parties stipulate to another venue.

History.—s. 9, ch. 99-225; s. 1, ch. 99-386.

¹Note.—As created by s. 9, ch. 99-225. Section 47.025 was also created by s. 1, ch. 99-386, and that version cites to s. 713.01.

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In Re Terazosin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation

160 F. Supp. 2d 1365, 2001 WL 1002711

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 2001 | Docket: 2492088

Cited 19 times | Published

consumer of any such product." TENN. CODE ANN. § 47-25-102. The statute generally authorizes suits by

Kerr Const., Inc. v. Peters Contracting, Inc.

767 So. 2d 610, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 11799, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 2223

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 15, 2000 | Docket: 1661504

Cited 8 times | Published

clause of the subcontract. Kerr argued that section 47.025, Florida Statutes (1999), which became effective

& SC16-400 Elizabeth White v. Mederi Caretenders Visiting Services of Southeast Florida, LLC., and Americare Home Therapy, Inc., etc. v. Carla Hiles

226 So. 3d 774

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 2017 | Docket: 6152185

Cited 7 times | Published

Norman J. Singer, Sutherland Statutory Construction § 47.25 (7th ed. 2014). This follows the conventional rule

SAI Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Applied Systems, Inc.

858 So. 2d 401, 2003 WL 22508371

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 6, 2003 | Docket: 1513566

Cited 6 times | Published

clauses are void as a matter of public policy. See § 47.025, Fla. Stat. (1999). Applied reasons that because

Mitchell v. Brown

114 So. 2d 178, 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 2701

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 28, 1959 | Docket: 60193126

Cited 2 times | Published

not served with process in compliance with F.S. § 47.25, F.S.A., and therefore the foreclosure proceedings

SACHSE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. AFFIRMED DRYWALL CORP.

251 So. 3d 1005

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 18, 2018 | Docket: 7461924

Cited 1 times | Published

of real property in Florida, in violation of section 47.025, Florida Statutes (2016). We reverse that

Brown v. Mitchell

151 So. 2d 305, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3519

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 14, 1963 | Docket: 60210811

Cited 1 times | Published

said case was not served in compliance with Section 47.25 Florida Statutes and that the court in said

Lavoski Jackson v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 16, 2025 | Docket: 69899470

Published

Norman J. Singer, Sutherland Statutory Construction § 47.25 (7th ed. 2014). This follows the conventional

Mitchell v. Brown

128 So. 2d 8, 1961 Fla. App. LEXIS 2997

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 23, 1961 | Docket: 60197215

Published

process in that earlier suit was insufficient under § 47.25(2), Florida Statutes, 1941, F.S.A., in that the

Drake v. Wimbourne

112 So. 2d 27, 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 2899

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 13, 1959 | Docket: 60192538

Published

of the failure of the sheriff to comply with Section 47.25, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which deals with