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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 73
EMINENT DOMAIN
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73.081 Form of verdict.The verdict of the jury shall state an accurate description of each parcel of the property sought to be appropriated and the amount to be paid therefor, together with any damage to the remainder caused by the taking and including business damages when allowable by statute. When severance damages, business damages, moving costs, separate compensation for permanent improvements made by a mobile home owner under s. 73.072, or other special damages are sought, the verdict shall state the amount of such damages separately from the amounts of other damages awarded.
History.s. 1, ch. 65-369; s. 1, ch. 70-284; s. 2, ch. 78-315.

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Cases Citing Statute 73.081

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City of Fort Lauderdale v. Casino Realty, Inc., 313 So. 2d 649 (Fla. 1975).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1975 Fla. LEXIS 3307

...Each owner has his interest protected under the law which provides the appropriate procedure for the compensation of each of the parties' interest in a parcel of land. The instant condemnation proceeding was commenced on March 11, 1969, and, therefore, Section 73.081 (Florida Statutes, 1969), which provides: "Form of verdict....
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Div. Of Admin., State, Dept of Transp. v. Allen, 447 So. 2d 1383 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...entered as to each property interest. At the conference, Peterson dropped its claim for business damages. DOT argues that while Peterson, as lessee, was an owner for purposes of entitlement to compensation, it was not entitled to a separate verdict. Section 73.081, Florida Statutes (1981), states: Form of verdict — The verdict of the jury shall state an accurate description of each parcel of the property sought to be appropriated and the amount to be paid therefor, together with any damage to t...
...f such damages separately from the amounts of other damages awarded. This section had previously been amended in 1970 by chapter 70-284, Laws of Florida. The title to the revision states: *1385 AN ACT RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS: AMENDING SECTION 73.081, FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR SEPARATE STATEMENTS IN THE VERDICT OF CERTAIN DAMAGES: PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE....
...in the same action in a summary proceeding after the jury has ascertained and rendered a verdict as to the value of the property taken and damages to the remainder. Id. at 753. Peterson claims that Carter, Casino Realty, and Rich were correct under section 73.081 (1969), but that the 1970 amendments thereto clearly intended to eliminate the so-called "unity rule" replacing it with a rule which permitted the jury to render a verdict for each property interest being acquired....
...tionment, together with the disposition of any other matters arising from the taking. Peterson's interest (the claim for business damages having been abandoned) is not classified as special damages and therefore a separate award was not proper under section 73.081, Florida Statutes (1981)....
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Valls v. Arnold Indus., Inc., 328 So. 2d 471 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...In Florida, the compensation for property being appropriated by eminent domain is first determined by a jury. Fla. Stat. § 73.071 (1975). The verdict must specify the amount to be paid for each parcel, and when severance damages are sought, these amounts shall be separately stated. Fla. Stat. § 73.081 (1975)....
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State Road Dep't v. Hartsfield, 216 So. 2d 61 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 4664

...peal. Section 73.071(3), Florida Statutes, F.S. A., provides that the jury shall determine the total amount of just compensation to be paid, which shall include the value of the property taken, severance damage to the remainder, and business damage. Section 73.081, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., requires the verdict to state the award to be made as a whole irrespective of the separate interests of the various parties or the various items of damage claimed....
...judgment and secure fee simple title to the land condemned by paying the compensation awarded to the fee owner and one of the tenants, and then question by appeal that part of the judgment awarding compensation to the remaining tenant. Although F.S. Section 73.081, F.S.A., requires the jury to render a verdict fixing the compensation to be paid for the entire parcel condemned as a whole, Section F.S....
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Grieser v. Div. of Admin., State Dep't of Transp., 371 So. 2d 164 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14513

...vely to compensation to be awarded to the owner or owners of property taken and that it did not include a mortgagee who merely owned a chose of action creating a lien upon the property. The appellant points out that Chapter 73 was amended in 1965. 1 Section 73.081, Florida Statutes (1977), entitled “Form of Verdict,” which is comparable to Section 73.11, Florida Statutes (1951), now eliminates any reference to attorney’s fees....

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