Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 75.07 (2025)

Intervention; hearings.

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75.07 Intervention; hearings.Any property owner, taxpayer, citizen or person interested may become a party to the action by moving against or pleading to the complaint at or before the time set for hearing. At the hearing the court shall determine all questions of law and fact and make such orders as will enable it to properly try and determine the action and render a final judgment with the least possible delay.
History.s. 3, ch. 6868, 1915; RGS 3298; s. 1, ch. 11854; s. 3, ch. 12003, 1927; CGL 5108, 5125; s. 25, ch. 67-254.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1944–2015 · leading case: Forsythe v. Longboat Key Beach Erosion, 604 So. 2d 452 (Fla. 1992).
Forsythe v. Longboat Key Beach Erosion, 604 So. 2d 452 (Fla. 1992). · cites it 4× “§ 75.07, Fla. Stat. (1989). [3] Section 189.”
Strand v. Escambia Cnty., 992 So. 2d 150 (Fla. 2008). · cites it 2× “Gregory Strand intervened pursuant to section 75.07, Florida Statutes (2006). Dr.”
Rich v. State, 663 So. 2d 1321 (Fla. 1995). · cites it 7× “Regarding the first issue, appellants contend that they are "interested persons" within the meaning of section 75.07, Florida Statutes (1993), which governs who may intervene in bond validation proceedings.”
State v. Florida State Tpk. Auth., 134 So. 2d 12 (Fla. 1961). · cites it 2× “" [4] In particular, Section 75.07, Florida Statutes 1959, F.S.”
Meyers v. City of St. Cloud, 78 So. 2d 402 (Fla. 1955). · cites it 10× “They had not previously intervened or re *403 quested leave to intervene, as they might have done pursuant to F.S.A. § 75.07. The City of St. Cloud, as appellee, has moved to dismiss this appeal on the ground that since the appellants did not intervene in the proceedings below,…”
Robert R. Reynolds v. Leon Cnty. Energy Improvement Dist., etc., 176 So. 3d 254 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 4× “” Section 75.07, Florida Statutes, goes on to provide that “[a]ny property owner, taxpayer, citizen or person interested may become a party to the action by moving against or pleading to the complaint at or before the time set for hearing.”
Vicki Thomas v. Clean Energey Coastal Corridor, etc., 176 So. 3d 249 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 2× “1995) (holding *254 that a “person interested” and therefore entitled to intervene in a bond validation proceeding pursuant to section 75.07, Florida Statutes, “is anyone who has a justicia-ble interest in a bond validation proceeding because he or she stands to gain or lose…”
Florida Bankers Ass'n v. Florida Dev. Fin. Corp., 176 So. 3d 1258 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 2× “Reynolds filed a response to the order to show cause alleging that he is a property owner in Leon County, Florida, and thus a party-defendant to the action who may intervene pursuant to section 75.07, Florida Statutes (2014). Reynolds further alleged that although chapter 288,…”
GRW Corp. v. Dep't of Corr., 642 So. 2d 718 (Fla. 1994). · cites it 2× “§ 75.07, Fla.Stat. (1993). See People Against Tax Revenue Mismanagement, Inc.”
State v. Florida State Improvement Com'n, 75 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1954). “Section 75.07, F.S.A., it is provided that any interested person may become a party to the proceeding by pleading to the petition on or before the time set for hearing, as provided for in F.”
Rianhard v. Port of Palm Beach Dist., 186 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 1966). “Section 75.07, F.S.A. It is the intent of the law that validations be expedited at the earliest time reasonably possible.”
State v. City of Sarasota, 17 So. 2d 109 (Fla. 1944). “Furthermore, there is some language in Section 75.07 F.S. 1941 which tends to bear out our view on this question.”
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