Florida Statute 66.101 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 66
EJECTMENT

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F.S. 66.101

66.101 Betterment, payment by defendant.—If plaintiff does not pay or secure the sum within 20 days, within 20 days thereafter defendant may pay to plaintiff the value of the land as assessed or give plaintiff a bond with surety, to be approved by the clerk, conditioned to pay plaintiff the value in two equal annual installments, with 6 percent interest; or if plaintiff fails to pay the bond given by him or her when it becomes due, for 20 days after the expiration of the time fixed in the bond for payment, defendant shall again have the privilege of paying to plaintiff in cash the value of the land assessed. On the payment of the sum to plaintiff at any of the times hereinbefore mentioned, title to the land shall vest in defendant and plaintiff or those holding under him or her shall give defendant a deed to the land, tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances, and if defendant has been evicted from or has surrendered the property, it shall be restored to him or her by order of court on motion.

History.—RS 1522; GS 1977; RGS 3245; CGL 5053; s. 21, ch. 67-254; s. 353, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 70.12.

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Amendments to 66.101

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 66.101

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 66.101.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 66.101

Total Results: 6

Centennial Homeowners Assn. v. Dolomite Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-10-13

Citation: 47 So. 3d 863, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 15565, 2010 WL 3985299

Snippet: to [Centennial] by order of court on motion.” § 66.101, Fla. Stat. (2009). Were that possibility to occur

Pietri v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-08-26

Citation: 885 So. 2d 245, 2004 WL 1899973

Snippet: See United States v. Morrison, 449 U.S. 361, 365-66, 101 S.Ct. 665, 66 L.Ed.2d 564 (1981). Pietri has failed

Brown v. Johns

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1975-05-15

Citation: 312 So. 2d 526

Snippet: 1940, 145 Fla. 389, 199 So. 361. [5] F.S. 66.041-66.101. [6] See McCreary v. Lake Boulevard Sponge Exchange

Levenson v. Starr

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-10-05

Citation: 190 So. 2d 835, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 7057

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed.

In re Rehearing

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-10-17

Citation: 98 Fla. 638

Snippet: 519; 34 L. Ed. 531; Price v. Winter, 15 Fla. 66, 101; Ryan v. Ferguson, 28 Pac. R. 910; Grignon v. Aster

Fiehe v. Householder Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-05-15

Citation: 125 So. 2, 98 Fla. 627

Snippet: S. 519; 34 L.Ed. 531; Price v. Winter, 15 Fla. 66, 101; Ryan v. Ferguson, 28 Pac. R. 910; Grignon v. Aster