47.122
Change of venue; convenience of parties or witnesses or in the interest of justice.
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47.122 Change of venue; convenience of parties or witnesses or in the interest of justice.—For the convenience of the parties or witnesses or in the interest of justice, any court of record may transfer any civil action to any other court of record in which it might have been brought.
History.—s. 1, ch. 69-83.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 243
cases (29 in the last 5 years), 1969–2025 · leading case: Hu v. Crockett
Hu v. Crockett (1983)
“In this interlocutory appeal, appellant, plaintiff below, asks us to determine that the lower court abused its discretion in ordering that, pursuant to Section 47.122, Florida Statutes (1981), [1] venue be changed in a wrongful death action from Escambia to Walton County.”
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Young (1997)
“, appeal an order denying their motion for change of venue from Duval County to Putnam County pursuant to section 47.122, Florida Statutes (1995). [1] Because appellants have failed to meet their burden of showing that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to…”
Government Employees Ins. Co. v. Burns (1996)
“" § 47.122, Fla.Stat. (1993). We construed the language in Rule 1.”
FLA. HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER v. Elsenheimer (2007)
“In these consolidated appeals, the Hospital challenges a nonfinal order denying its motion to transfer venue pursuant to section 47.122, Florida Statutes (2005), and two nonfinal orders granting class certification.”
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Mooney (2014)
“See § 47.122 (using the word “or” to refer to the three factors in the disjunctive).”
Marques v. Garcia (2018)
“1 Appellants, except Naples HMA, filed motions to transfer venue to Collier County pursuant to section 47.122, Florida Statutes (2016) (“the motions”).”
McDaniel Reserve Realty Holdings, LLC v. B.S.E. Consultants, Inc. (2010)
“See § 47.122, Fla. Stat. Palm Beach County was a proper venue for these multiple causes of action.”
Ford Motor Co. v. James (2010)
“§ 47.122, Fla. Stat. (2007). Thus, there are three statutory factors a court considers in determining whether to grant a motion pursuant to section 47.”
Graham v. Graham (1995)
“Section 47.122, Florida Statutes (1993), entitled "Change of venue; convenience of parties or witnesses or in the interest of justice," provides: For the convenience of the parties or witnesses or the interest of justice, any court of record may transfer any civil action to any…”
Mann v. Yeatts (2013)
“Although venue in Putnam County was not improper, pursuant to section 47.122, Florida Statutes, the trial court had the discretion to transfer the action to Hillsborough County in the interest of justice.”
Brown v. NAGELHOUT (2012)
“Finally, we decline to address the defendants’ argument on appeal that the change of venue should have been affirmed based on section 47.122, Florida Statutes (2009), which provides that “[f]or the convenience of the parties or witnesses or in the interest of justice, any court…”
Mann v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (1974)
“163, Florida Statutes, holding that Section 47.122, Florida Statutes, being a later expression of legislative will, controls.”
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