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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 80
QUO WARRANTO
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80.01 Quo warranto; refusal of Attorney General to institute.Any person claiming title to an office which is exercised by another has the right, on refusal by the Attorney General to commence an action in the name of the state upon the claimant’s relation, or on the Attorney General’s refusal to file a petition setting forth the claimant’s name as the person rightfully entitled to the office, to file an action in the name of the state against the person exercising the office, setting up his or her own claim. The court shall determine the right of the claimant to the office, if the claimant so desires. No person shall be adjudged entitled to hold an office except upon full proof of the person’s title to the office in any action of this character.
History.s. 2, ch. 1874, 1872; RS 1782; GS 2259; RGS 3582; CGL 5447; s. 30, ch. 67-254; s. 419, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 80.01

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Kissimmee River Valley Sportsman Ass'n v. City of Lakeland, 250 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2001).

Cited 7 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2001 WL 497373

particular body of water. See 50 C.F.R. § 80.1(1) ("Common horsepower is defined as any size motor
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State Ex Rel. Christian v. Austin, 302 So. 2d 811 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...of it." Ervin & Rhodes, Quo Warranto in Florida, 4 U.Fla.L.Rev. 559 (1951) (Footnotes omitted). In their briefs and during oral arguments Respondents conceded that notwithstanding the language of Rule 4.5, subd. c(1), Florida Appellate Rules, and F.S. 80.01, the power and authority of an Assigned State Attorney, if it is to be challenged, should be tested in a direct proceeding by way of quo warranto, citing Hart v....
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In re the Extradition of Ferriolo, 126 F. Supp. 3d 1297 (M.D. Fla. 2015).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120736, 2015 WL 5165244

convicted of laws including sections 73(1) and (4), section 80(1) and (2), section 81(2), and section 112(2)
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Fouts v. Bolay, 795 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 13894, 2001 WL 1175338

...election law, we reverse. Quo warranto is a writ of inquiry through which a court determines the validity of a party’s claim that an individual is exercising a public office illegally. See State ex tel. Bruce v. Kiesling, 632 So.2d 601 (Fla.1994). Section 80.01 of the Florida Statutes (1999) authorizes the pursuit of quo warranto relief but has been construed to require the person filing the writ to “not only to demonstrate by his allegations and proof that respondent was not elected, but th...
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Kissimmee River Valley v. City of Lakeland (11th Cir. 2001).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

suitable for a particular body of water. See 50 C.F.R. § 80.1(1) (“Common horsepower is defined as any size motor
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Kissimmee River Valley v. City of Lakeland (11th Cir. 2001).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

suitable for a particular body of water. See 50 C.F.R. § 80.1(1) ("Common horsepower is defined as any size
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United States v. Anastasio Moore, 253 F.3d 607 (11th Cir. 2001).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 11760

Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), Section 80.1 (West 1997). We note that it might be advisable
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United States v. Anastasio Moore, 253 F.3d 607 (11th Cir. 2001).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), Section 80.1 (West 1997). We note that it might be advisable
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In re the Reinstatement of McGregor, 122 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1960).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1960 Fla. LEXIS 2187

Amercia in violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 80.1 He was adjudged guilty and sentenced to imprisonment
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Washington Cnty. Kennel Club, Inc. v. State ex rel. Ward, 107 So. 2d 176 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...one, and those which primarily affect some private right, though they at the same time involve the usurpation of a public franchise, in the latter case an information being allowed on the relation of the person whose rights are affected. * M-- * ” Section 80.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides: “Any person claiming title to an office which is exercised by another shall have the right, upon refusal by the attorney general to institute proceedings in the name of the state upon such claimant...
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Bailey v. Laurie, DeSantis (Fla. 1st DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...1920)); 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries *262 (under English common law, the writ was “for the king, against him who claims or usurps any office, franchise, or liberty”). In chapter 80, Florida Statutes, the Legislature regulates in certain circumstances when a person may file a petition. See § 80.01, Fla....
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Butterworth v. Espey, 523 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1037, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1729, 1988 WL 39148

...As to (1), we affirm the dismissal of the amended complaint as brought by the individual appellants. Even if, as those appellants argue, the Attorney General refused to bring the suit, those appellants are not entitled to bring the suit unless they claim entitlement to the office. § 80.01, Fla.Stat....
...929 (1905), is to the contrary. Bryan simply reflects the proposition that the Attorney General may not delegate his responsibility for such a writ. There was no such delegation here. Also, the Attorney General did not refuse to commence this suit and, therefore, section 80.01, Florida Statutes (1985), is not applicable....

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