Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 138.01 (2025)

Petition to change county seat.

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138.01 Petition to change county seat.The qualified electors in any county in this state wishing to change their county seat, shall present to the board of county commissioners of such county a petition signed by one-third of the qualified electors, who are taxpayers on real or personal property, praying for a change of the location of such county seat.
History.s. 1, ch. 1890, 1872; RS 622; GS 831; s. 1, ch. 6239, 1911; RGS 1578; CGL 2426.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1963–1963 · leading case: Volusia Cnty. v. Eubank, 151 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963).
Volusia Cnty. v. Eubank, 151 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). · cites it 3× “, filed with the Board of County Commissioners of said county a petition for an election as provided by F.S. 138.01 1 and 138.02, 2 F.S.A., and that said petition was such as to cast on said Board the statutory duty to order an election to be held upon the question of the…”
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