Florida Statute 47.071 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 47
VENUE

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47.071 Jurisdiction over navigable waters.—When the territorial jurisdiction of a court extends to one bank of any navigable water, such court has jurisdiction across such navigable water from shore to shore. If the territorial jurisdiction of different courts, whether of the same county or not, extends to the opposite bank of any navigable water, such courts have concurrent jurisdiction across said navigable water from shore to shore.

History.—RS 1002; GS 1387; RGS 2583; CGL 4223; s. 3, ch. 67-254.

Note.—Former s. 46.06.

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Cases Citing Statute 47.071

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Lightsey v. Williams, 526 So. 2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 59578

...this matter having been scheduled to commence two business days from issuance of this opinion, no motion for rehearing will be entertained. WRIT ISSUED. DAUKSCH and COWART, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Sections 7.49 and 7.53, Florida Statutes (1987). [2] Section 47.071, Florida Statutes (1987).

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Hendry Corp. v. State Bd. of Trs. of Int. Imp. Tr. F., 313 So. 2d 453 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...This being true and considering the basic consideration of convenience to all concerned, [1] it is difficult to perceive a more local type of action than determination of the character of lands in a particular county. *455 We reject the appellee's contention that the common law local action rule is overridden by Fla. Stat. § 47.071 [2] which confers jurisdiction in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court, concurrent with the court in Manatee County, from shore to shore of Tampa Bay....

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Bd. of Trs. of Internal v. Walker Ranch, 496 So. 2d 153 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...ll be inferred and used to support the OHWL as the boundary. [5] Walker's argument concerning the administrative and policing problems that would arise due to the exposure of the land if the low water mark were not the county boundary is rebutted by section 47.071, Florida Statutes (1985), [6] which provides for concurrent jurisdiction over navigable waters from shore to shore. Under the general definition of "shore" "the area between the high and low water mark" the Osceola court, pursuant to section 47.071, would have full authority to adjudicate the present action up to the high water mark....

...be the said bulkhead lines to the extent they are so established. [5] If the Trustees had established a bulkhead, it seems that an argument could be made that the Trustees were improperly delegated a duty which solely belongs to the legislature. [6] Section 47.071 provides: 47.071 Jurisdiction over navigable waters....

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Liberty Mut. Ins. v. Magee, 389 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 17556

Chapter 47, the venue statute, and specifically Section 47.071 thereof which provides: Jurisdiction over navigable

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