Florida Statute 47.025 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 47.025

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 47.025.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 47.025

Total Results: 14

SACHSE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. AFFIRMED DRYWALL CORP.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-07-18

Citation: 251 So. 3d 1005

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

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

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-09-14

Citation: 226 So. 3d 774

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-11-06

Citation: 858 So. 2d 401, 2003 WL 22508371

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

State v. Hamner

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-05-17

Citation: 816 So. 2d 810, 2002 WL 999369

Snippet: sexual battery resulted in a guidelines range of 47.25 to 78.25 months in prison. His score of 204.2 for

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-09-15

Citation: 767 So. 2d 610, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 11799

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

Altman & Sons Farms v. Rivera

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-06-23

Citation: 434 So. 2d 14, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19734

Snippet: in the week of the accident the claimant earned $47.25. Benefits based on the $120.00 average weekly wage

Brown v. Mitchell

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-03-14

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

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

Mitchell v. Brown

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-03-23

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

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

Brown v. Mitchell

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-03-02

Citation: 119 So. 2d 385, 1960 Fla. LEXIS 2380

Snippet: Davis had not been served as required by Sec. 47.25, Florida Statutes 1941, F.S.A., and therefore the

Mitchell v. Brown

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1959-07-28

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

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

Drake v. Wimbourne

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1959-05-13

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

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

McVeigh v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-06-25

Citation: 73 So. 2d 694, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1563

Snippet: Ala. 51, 33 So. 694; Roberts v. State, 122 Ala. 47, 25 So. 238; State v. Privitt, 175 Mo. 207, 75 S.W

Williams v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1903-01-15

Citation: 45 Fla. 128

Snippet: discretion appears. Roberts v. State, 122 Ala. 47, 25 South. Rep. 238; 21 Ency. Pl. & Pr., 982. .The

State ex rel. Archibald McCallum & Son v. Smith

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1893-06-15

Citation: 32 Fla. 476

Snippet: and recover of the plaintiffs, McCallum & Son, $47.25, the value of the goods. The plaintiffs having excepted