Florida Statute 138.09 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 138
COUNTY SEATS

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F.S. 138.09

138.09 Canvass of votes of second election; establishing county seat.—The county commissioners shall, within 5 days after the election provided for in s. 138.07 is held, meet and publicly canvass the same; and the place receiving the majority of all the votes cast shall be the county seat for the next 10 years. The county commissioners shall erect a courthouse as soon as possible and provide suitable offices for all the county officers who are required by law to keep their offices at the courthouse at the place so selected as the county seat.

History.—s. 9, ch. 6239, 1911; RGS 1586; CGL 2434; s. 1, ch. 82-43.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 138.09

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 138.09.

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Cases Citing Statute 138.09

Total Results: 13

NIKKI ALVAREZ-SOWLES, AS CLERK AND COMPTROLLER OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA v. PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-06-07T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: x27;s county seat, as required by statute. See § 138.09, Fla. Stat. There is also a second courthouse,

NIKKI ALVAREZ-SOWLES, AS CLERK AND COMPTROLLER OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA v. PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-01-17T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: x27;s county seat, as required by statute. See § 138.09, Fla. Stat. There is also a second courthouse,

NIKKI ALVAREZ-SOWLES, AS CLERK AND COMPTROLLER OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA v. PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-01-17T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: x27;s county seat, as required by statute. See § 138.09, Fla. Stat. There is also a second courthouse,

Riechmann v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-09-20T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 966 So. 2d 298

Snippet: 777 So.2d at 365-66; Riechmann I, 581 So.2d at 138. [9] The defense proposed to have Veski testify by

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1991-04-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: correctional officer. Question One You refer to section 138.09, Florida Statutes 1981, which provided in part …deleted the term "and jail" from section 138.09, Florida Statutes.1 You ask whether a county is…deletion of the word "jail" in section 138.09, Florida Statutes, does not remove the responsibility…Representatives, dated February 3, 1982, stating that s. 138.09, Fla. Stat. 1981, had been interpreted by one court

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1983-06-16T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: constituent members for purposes of s 112.061. Cf., s 138.09, F.S., providing that upon establishment of a county

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1982-12-09T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: maintenance (see s. 125.01[1][c], F.S., and s. 138.09, F.S.) and operation (see s. 30.49, F.S.) of the

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1982-10-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: AGO 074-132 (construing s 35.05, F.S.). ( Cf., s 138.09, F.S., providing that upon establishment of a county

County of Volusia v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1982-06-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 417 So. 2d 968

Snippet: section 1(k), Florida Constitution[2] and section 138.09, Florida Statutes (1981).[3] The County of Volusia…shall be located at the county seat, and section 138.09, Florida Statutes (1981), which requires the county…officers be located at the county seat and section 138.09 requires the county commissioners to erect a courthouse…section 1(k), Florida Constitution, and section 138.09, Florida Statutes (1981). It could accomplish this… the county seat according to law. [3] Section 138.09, Florida Statutes (1981), provides: The county

Van Woy v. Willis

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1943-06-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 14 So. 2d 185, 153 Fla. 189

Snippet: his principal." See 3 C.J.S. pp. 6-14, pars. 138-9; 2 Am. Jur. pp. 202-06, pars. 251-54, Harrop v.

McMahon v. Russell

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1880-01-15T00:00:02-07:52:58

Citation: 17 Fla. 698

Snippet: Wend., 603; 1 McCord Ch., 395, 3-97, 398; 7 Mass., 138; 9 id., 101; 5 Pick., 146; 6 id., 416; 15 Mass., 278

Cotten v. Blocker

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1855-01-15T00:00:02-07:52:58

Citation: 6 Fla. 1

Snippet: . Jur., 372 § 1030, Story on Bailments ; 4 Kent 138—9. Coote on Mortgages, “ 2 Hilliard “ 344. It is proper

Phillips v. Hawkins

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1847-01-15T00:00:02-07:52:58

Citation: 1 Fla. 262

Snippet: mortgagee, and he may reduce it to possession.” 4 Kent, 138-9. Pow. on Mort. 3. 2 Vesey Jr. 378. 10 John. 471.