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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). “, 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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