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Florida Statute 47.172 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 47.172 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 47.172 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
47.172 Change of venue; transfer of papers, etc.On a change of venue the clerk of the court in which such action was pending shall transmit all papers filed in said action, a certified copy of all entries of record in the progress docket and a copy of the order of transfer to the court to which the action is transferred, which court has full power to hear and determine the action.
History.s. 3, ch. 373, 1851; RS 1077; GS 1479; RGS 2679; CGL 4346; s. 3, ch. 67-254.
Note.Former s. 53.10.

Cases Citing F.S. 47.172

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·State v. Erber, 560 So. 2d 1255 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 2496, 1990 WL 41683

...isdiction to enter valid orders in the transferred case. 3 Although there is some ancient authority for the proposition, 4 we reject the State’s position that the order for a change of venue is not effective until the court clerk has complied with section 47.172, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.240(f), and has transferred all necessary court files and papers and copies of records to the transferee court....
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Cited as authorityVasilinda v. Lozano (1994)
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·Mathis v. Wainwright, 484 So. 2d 96 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 592, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6805

...fashion an appropriate disposition of the cause, including, if need be, remanding the cause with directions that the petition for habeas corpus be transferred to the circuit court of the county in which appellant is detained. See section 47.091 and section 47.172, Florida Statutes....
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Eagle Transp. Corp. of North Carolina d/b/a Eagle Transp. Corp. & Cynthia S. Roberts v. Jacqueline Roch-hernandez, as Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Lucca G. Roch-hernandez (Fla. 4th DCA 2021).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...Eagle Transport’s principal address is in North Carolina, the truck driver is a resident of Duval County, and the personal representative is a resident of Miami-Dade County. Appellants moved to dismiss the action for improper venue or, alternatively, to transfer venue to Alachua County pursuant to section 47.172, Florida Statutes (2020)....

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