Florida Statute 85.051 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 85
ENFORCEMENT OF STATUTORY LIENS

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F.S. 85.051

85.051 Time of bringing action.—When there has been no record of a notice of lien, action to enforce a lien (if it exists without such record) must be brought within 12 months from the accrual of the unpaid rent, the performance of the work, or the furnishing of the materials, and if there has been such record, the action must be brought within 12 months from the time of such record.

History.—RS 1748; s. 18, ch. 5143, 1903; GS 2223; RGS 3530; CGL 5393; s. 37, ch. 67-254; s. 10, ch. 73-330.

Note.—Former s. 86.11.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 85.051

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 85.051.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 85.051

Total Results: 10

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1998-02-16

Snippet: the authority of this office); 91-58 (1991), and 85-51 (1985).

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1994-02-16

Snippet: keepers of the city coffers."3 In Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 85-51 (1985), this office concluded that a municipality

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-08-08

Snippet: council member for her legal expenses. 5 Cf., AGO 85-51 in which this office concluded that a municipality

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-08-08

Snippet: discretion of the keepers of the city coffers."4 In AGO 85-51 this office concluded that a municipality was authorized

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1990-09-05

Snippet: successfully defending an ethics charges. In AGO 85-51 this office concluded that the City of Kissimmee

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-05-23

Snippet: So.2d 988 (Fla. 1983). 6 Id. at p. 976. Cf., AGO 85-51 (City of Kissimmee authorized to pay for defense

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1987-05-21

Snippet: well pre-payment as post-payment." See also, AGO 85-51, concluding that a city was authorized to pay for

Hepler v. Atlas Mut. Ins. Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-01-22

Citation: 501 So. 2d 681, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 322

Snippet: [2] This amendment, made by section 1, chapter 85-51, Laws of Florida, became applicable to binders and

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-04-30

Snippet: absence of statutory authorization. See, e.g., AGO 85-51 (municipality authorized to reimburse former city

Trent v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-05-29

Citation: 469 So. 2d 939, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 19580

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Olusczak v. Florida Industrial Commission, 230 So.2d 31 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970). ANSTEAD, C.J., and HERSEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.