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Florida Statute 125.015 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 125.015 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 125.015 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
125.015 Acquisition of facilities from municipalities.—Any county coming within the provisions hereof shall have the power to acquire by purchase or condemnation the docks, wharves, warehouses, and other port facilities or any project (as herein defined) of any municipality within such county. Any project owned or operated by such county and lying within the boundaries of a municipality shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the county and shall be without the jurisdiction of said municipality.
History.—s. 4, ch. 71-249.

Cases Citing F.S. 125.015

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·Pompey v. Broward Cnty., 95 F.3d 1543 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 70 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 25009, 1996 WL 514879

a claim against the County. See Fla.Stat.Ann. § 125.15 (West 1988 & Supp.1996); Dean v. Barber, 951 F
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Cited as authorityWhite Hall Entertainment, et al. v. Steve Marshall, in his Individual and Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Alabama (2026)
Cited as authorityRodel Saranglao Manimtim v. Mark Rubin (2026)
Quote AuthoritySha’Teek Burton v. Judge Josh W. Thacker, et al. (2026)
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·Spangler v. Florida State Tpk. Auth., 106 So. 2d 421 (Fla. 1958).

Cited 54 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

prosecution and defense of all legal causes". Section 125.15, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides that "The
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Cited as authorityMiami-Dade County v. Dr. David Fintan Garavan (2026)
Cited as authorityState of Florida, Agency for Persons With Disabilities v. Sally Toal (2025)
Cited as authoritySchool Board of Marion County A/K/A the Marion County School Board, D/B/A Marion County Public Schools v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (2024)
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·City of St. Petersburg v. Earle, 109 So. 2d 388 (Fla. 2d DCA 1959).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

prosecution and defense of all legal causes'. Section 125.15, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides that `The
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Cited as authorityBarton v. City of Eustis, Fla. (1976)
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·Wright v. Manatee Cnty., 717 F. Supp. 1493 (M.D. Fla. 1989).

Cited 5 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9449, 52 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39, 590, 50 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1194, 1989 WL 90784

based on Section 125.15, Florida Statutes. The commission defendants assert that Section 125.15 mandates
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CitedBodiford v. State of Ala. (1994)
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CitedThomas v. Devries (1993)
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·Williamson v. Brevard Cnty., 276 F. Supp. 3d 1260 (M.D. Fla. 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida

be sued in the name of the County.” (Id. ¶ 9; § 125.15, Fla. Stat.). « *1264B. Board Meetings The Board
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Cited as authorityThe Satanic Temple, Inc. v. City of Boston (2021)
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Cited as authorityBrian Fields v. Speaker of the Pennsylvania (2019)
Cited as authorityFields v. Speaker of the Pa. House of Representatives (2018)
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·Interair Servs., Inc. v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 375 So. 2d 317 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14959

we need not reach this specific issue. . Section 125.15, Fla.Stat. provides that “the county commissioners
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CitedPan-Am Tobacco Corp. v. State, Department of Corrections (1983)
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·City of Dania v. Hertz Corp., 518 So. 2d 1387 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 342, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 339, 1988 WL 6058

...dant issued to Plaintiff a violation notice and cease and desist order, ... [directing] Plaintiff to cease all operations at the premises until it acquired a City occupational license. The statute applied by the trial court and relied upon by Hertz, section 125.015, Florida Statutes (1985), provides: Any county coming within the provisions hereof shall have the power to acquire by purchase or condemnation the docks, wharves, warehouses, and other port facilities or any project (as herein defined) of any municipality within such county....
...on by the municipality. City of Opa-Locka v. Dade County, 384 So.2d 937 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); City of Opa-Locka v. Metropolitan Dade County, 247 So.2d 755 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert, denied, 252 So.2d 802 (Fla.1971). *1389 The city argues that the wording of section 125.015 is intended to distinguish between projects acquired from the municipality and those which, though located within the geographical limits of a municipality, are acquired from private sources....
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·Pestana v. Miami-Dade Cnty. Bd. of Comm'rs, 282 F. Supp. 3d 1284 (S.D. Fla. 2017).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida

county of which they are commissioners." Fla. Stat. § 125.15. Accordingly, because it cannot be sued, the Complaint
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Quote AuthorityMcCullough v. Speak (2025)
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·City of Opa-Locka v. Dade Cnty., 384 So. 2d 937 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 16917

...ent or auxiliary thereto, and may include all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating to any such project and deemed necessary or convenient for the acquisition, construction, purchase, or operation thereof.’ The legislative intent of Section 125.015, Florida Statutes, is clear and that section applies to the entire portion of the Airport which lies within the municipal limits of the plaintiff city, including all of the facilities and property necessary or convenient for the operation of the Airport lying within such portion....
...The defendant County has exclusive jurisdiction, vis-a-vis the plaintiff City, over all of the Airport, its facilities, easements and property which lie within the plaintiff City’s municipal boundaries, subject only to the exception of hot pursuit noted in conclusion of law numbered 2 above. 4. Section 125.015, Florida Statutes, 1977, does not modify or change the municipal boundaries of plaintiff City as currently fixed by Chapter 29347, Laws of Florida, 1953....
...of City of Opa-Locka v. Metropolitan Dade County, 247 So.2d 755 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971). Chapter 22963, Special Laws of Florida, 1945, which was construed by the opinion reported in City of Opa-Locka v. Metropolitan Dade County, supra, was superseded by Section 125.015, Florida Statutes (containing the identical language which was in Chapter 22963, Special Laws of Florida, 1945), which the Legislature was specifically authorized to do by Article VIII, Section 11, Constitution of the State of Florida...
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·Alianell v. Fossey, 114 So. 2d 372 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

DREW, E. HARRIS, Associate Judge, concur. . Section 125.15, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. . See Note [1], supra
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·Edwards v. Lindsley, 349 So. 2d 817 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16581

there is no bar. The Lindsleys respond that Section 125.15, Florida Statutes (1975), which states that
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2009).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

regulations of the municipality pursuant to section 125.015, Florida Statutes? In sum: A county-owned airport
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2010).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

enumerated or implied powers. Finally, under section 125.15, Florida Statutes, the county commissioners
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Pinellas Cnty., Florida v. Gary Joiner, etc. (Fla. 2024).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

-6- (g)-(i), (o), (t), (w), (bb), Fla. Stat.; § 125.15, Fla. Stat.; § 125.56, Fla. Stat. (2014); § 125
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·Erickson v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Sarasota Cnty., 212 So. 2d 340 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5307

the name of Sarasota County. Florida Statute Section 125.15, F.S.A., provides “The county commissioners
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·Andy Strickland v. Bd. of Commissioners of Pinellas Cnty., Florida, 261 So. 3d 700 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

"NOTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS entity. See § 125.15, Fla. Stat. (2016) ("The county commissioners
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