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Fla. Stat. § 47.131 (2025)
Change of venue; second change, when permitted.
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47.131 Change of venue; second change, when permitted.—When it appears to the court to which an action has been transferred by a change of venue that any of the grounds for change of venue exist in the county to which the action has been transferred, the court may order a second change of venue, but it shall not be made to the county from which it was originally transferred.
Note.—Former s. 53.06.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases, 1978–2014 · leading case: Lottinger-Serraes v. Serraes, 774 So. 2d 959 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).
Lottinger-Serraes v. Serraes, 774 So. 2d 959 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). “§ 47.131, Fla.Stat. (1999) (emphasis supplied).”
Se. Off. Supply & Furniture Co. v. Barley, 427 So. 2d 1139 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). “Moreover, section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1981), provides: When it appears to the court to which an action has been transferred by a change of venue that any of the grounds for change of venue exist in the county to which the action has been transferred, the court may order a…”
Bingham v. Manson, 363 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). “F.S. 47.131 provides: "When it appears to the court to which an action has been transferred by a change of venue that any of the grounds for change of venue exist in the county to which the action has been transferred, the court may order a second change of venue, but it shall…”
Valencia Ctr. v. Publix Super Mkt., 464 So. 2d 1267 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “Even if venue initially had been proper in Polk County, a second change of venue transferring this case back to Polk County is prohibited under section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1983). See Bingham v.”
State v. Kotecki, 82 So. 3d 1150 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). “However, the court then declined to transfer the case back to Manatee County based on the language of section 47.131, Florida Statutes (2010), which reads: Change of venue; second change, when permitted.”
State v. Gary, 609 So. 2d 1291 (Fla. 1992). “Had he independently considered and found that any of the grounds for change of venue exist in Leon County that existed in Dade County, an issue that has not been determined, then under the provision of *1295 section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1991), he could have transferred…”
McGee v. McGee, 145 So. 3d 955 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). “§ 47.131, Fla. Stat. An exception to this statutory prohibition is where the initial transferor court is the only one where venue is lawful, which applies here.”
Dep't of Transp. v. Soldovere, 452 So. 2d 11 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984). “Were it not for Section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1981), there would be no question that the second transfer was proper.”
Kalodish v. South Florida State Hosp., 536 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988). “Appellees assert that albeit the cited cases seem to say that section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1985) unqualifiedly prohibits return of the case to that county from which it has previously been transferred, the law nevertheless does not prevent the instant transfer.”
Florida Dept. of Corr. v. Hanson, 903 So. 2d 282 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). “See § 47.131, Fla. Stat. (2004); Piper Aircraft Corp.”
Piper Aircraft Corp. v. Ashling, 462 So. 2d 92 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). “The order transferring venue is reversed and this cause remanded for further proceedings on the authority of section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1981). ANSTEAD, C.”
City of Panama City v. Florida Dep't of Transp., 477 So. 2d 646 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). “Our conclusion makes unnecessary the resolution of argument by the parties as to the impact of § 47.131, Florida Statutes, following joinder of the City as defendant.”
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