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Fla. Stat. § 119.11 (2025)
Accelerated hearing; immediate compliance.
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119.11 Accelerated hearing; immediate compliance.—
(1) Whenever an action is filed to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the court shall set an immediate hearing, giving the case priority over other pending cases.
(2) Whenever a court orders an agency to open its records for inspection in accordance with this chapter, the agency shall comply with such order within 48 hours, unless otherwise provided by the court issuing such order, or unless the appellate court issues a stay order within such 48-hour period.
(3) A stay order shall not be issued unless the court determines that there is a substantial probability that opening the records for inspection will result in significant damage.
(4) Upon service of a complaint, counterclaim, or cross-claim in a civil action brought to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the custodian of the public record that is the subject matter of such civil action shall not transfer custody, alter, destroy, or otherwise dispose of the public record sought to be inspected and examined, notwithstanding the applicability of an exemption or the assertion that the requested record is not a public record subject to inspection and examination under s. 119.07(1), until the court directs otherwise. The person who has custody of such public record may, however, at any time permit inspection of the requested record as provided in s. 119.07(1) and other provisions of law.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 119.11
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§119.11PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESVIOL COURT ORDER PUBLIC RECORD IMMEDIATE COMPL
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 63
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1977–2024 · leading case: Wait v. Florida Power & Light Co., 372 So. 2d 420 (Fla. 1979).
Wait v. Florida Power & Light Co., 372 So. 2d 420 (Fla. 1979). “The district court, in Wait , held that section 119.11(2), Florida Statutes (1975), which provides that the filing of a notice of appeal by a public agency does not operate as an automatic stay of a lower court's order requiring the agency to open its records for inspection in…”
Bd. of Trs., Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Fund, etc. v. Curtis W. Lee, 189 So. 3d 120 (Fla. 2016). “” § 119.11, Fla. Stat. II. Section 119.12, Florida Statutes The Legislature has also provided, through section 119.”
Tribune Co. v. Cannella, 438 So. 2d 516 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). “JURISDICTION In light of the policy of the legislature and the courts of this state to expedite proceedings involving denial of media access to public records and judicial proceedings, certiorari is unquestionably an appropriate vehicle for review of the issues involved here.”
Woodfaulk v. State, 935 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “Gregory Woodfaulk challenges the trial court's order denying his petition for an accelerated hearing and immediate compliance with his public records request from the state attorney's office pursuant to section 119.11, Florida Statutes (2005). Because Woodfaulk is entitled to an…”
Locke v. Hawkes, 595 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 1992). “When Locke failed to produce the records to Hawkes' satisfaction, Hawkes filed suit to enforce section 119.11, Florida Statutes (1987). [1] Locke moved to dismiss, and the trial court dismissed the case on the grounds that it was without subject *34 matter jurisdiction under the…”
Tribune Co. v. Cannella, 458 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 1984). “Section 119.11 provides for an accelerated court hearing when, inter alia, the party seeking to inspect a record challenges the exemption asserted by the custodian under section 119.”
Salvador v. Fennelly, 593 So. 2d 1091 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). “Petitioners seek by mandamus an order directing the trial court to set their action for immediate hearing pursuant to section 119.11(1), Florida Statutes (1989).”
Clay Cnty. Educ. Ass'n v. Clay Cnty. Sch. Bd., 144 So. 3d 708 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). “CCEA requested an immediate hearing on its complaint, as provided for in section 119.11(1), Florida Statutes (2013).”
Florida Bar re Rules of Appellate Procedure, 463 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 1984). “The Herald asserted that the legislature expressed public policy in section 119.11(2), Florida Statutes (1979), by providing for only a limited automatic stay.”
Off. of State Attorney v. Gonzalez, 953 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). “Count one alleged unlawful refusal to disclose public documents and demanded that the Office of the State Attorney make the records available within forty-eight hours pursuant to section 119.11(2), Florida Statutes (2002).”
Bludworth v. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., 476 So. 2d 775 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). “On the same day the trial court issued a rule to show cause, returnable later that day, pursuant to section 119.11, Florida Statutes (1983). After hearing, the court ordered the defendants to release the information listed in section 119.”
Glenn v. Maryland Dep't of Health & Mental Hygiene, 132 A.3d 245 (Md. 2016). “Fla. Stat. Ann. § 119.11 . Unlike Maryland, however, Florida’s statutory scheme provides no “catch-all” exception that balances the public interest against an obligation or presumption in favor of disclosure.”
— 119.11(1) — 24 cases
Bd. of Trs., Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Fund, etc. v. Curtis W. Lee, 189 So. 3d 120 (Fla. 2016). “” § 119.11, Fla. Stat. II. Section 119.12, Florida Statutes The Legislature has also provided, through section 119.”
Salvador v. Fennelly, 593 So. 2d 1091 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). “Petitioners seek by mandamus an order directing the trial court to set their action for immediate hearing pursuant to section 119.11(1), Florida Statutes (1989).”
Clay Cnty. Educ. Ass'n v. Clay Cnty. Sch. Bd., 144 So. 3d 708 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). “CCEA requested an immediate hearing on its complaint, as provided for in section 119.11(1), Florida Statutes (2013).”
Woodfaulk v. State, 935 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “Gregory Woodfaulk challenges the trial court's order denying his petition for an accelerated hearing and immediate compliance with his public records request from the state attorney's office pursuant to section 119.11, Florida Statutes (2005). Because Woodfaulk is entitled to an…”
Ingram v. State, 164 So. 3d 676 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).
— 119.11(2) — 13 cases
Wait v. Florida Power & Light Co., 372 So. 2d 420 (Fla. 1979). “The district court, in Wait , held that section 119.11(2), Florida Statutes (1975), which provides that the filing of a notice of appeal by a public agency does not operate as an automatic stay of a lower court's order requiring the agency to open its records for inspection in…”
Tribune Co. v. Cannella, 438 So. 2d 516 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). “JURISDICTION In light of the policy of the legislature and the courts of this state to expedite proceedings involving denial of media access to public records and judicial proceedings, certiorari is unquestionably an appropriate vehicle for review of the issues involved here.”
Florida Bar re Rules of Appellate Procedure, 463 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 1984). “The Herald asserted that the legislature expressed public policy in section 119.11(2), Florida Statutes (1979), by providing for only a limited automatic stay.”
Off. of State Attorney v. Gonzalez, 953 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). “Count one alleged unlawful refusal to disclose public documents and demanded that the Office of the State Attorney make the records available within forty-eight hours pursuant to section 119.11(2), Florida Statutes (2002).”
Tribune Co. v. Cannella, 458 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 1984). “Section 119.11 provides for an accelerated court hearing when, inter alia, the party seeking to inspect a record challenges the exemption asserted by the custodian under section 119.”
— 119.11(3) — 2 cases
Wait v. Florida Power & Light Co., 353 So. 2d 1265 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).
Boutwell v. Nichol's Alley of Jacksonville, Inc., 364 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).
— 119.11(4) — 1 case
Claudio v. Clerk of Circuit Court, Volusia Cnty., 128 So. 3d 830 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).
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