Florida Statute 161.51 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 161
BEACH AND SHORE PRESERVATION

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F.S. 161.051

161.051 Coastal construction by persons, firms, corporations, or local authorities.—Where any person, firm, corporation, county, municipality, township, special district, or any public agency shall construct and install projects when permits have been properly issued, such works and improvements shall be the property of said person, firm, corporation, county, municipality, township, special district, or any public agency where located, and shall thereafter be maintained by and at the expense of said person, firm, corporation, county, municipality, township, special district, or other public agency. No grant under this section shall affect title of the state to any lands below the mean high-water mark, and any additions or accretions to the upland caused by erection of such works or improvement shall remain the property of the state if not previously conveyed. The state shall in no way be liable for any damages as a result of erections of such works and improvements, or for any damages arising out of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair thereof, or otherwise arising on account of such works or improvements.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-408.

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Amendments to 161.051

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 161.051

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 161.051.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 161.051

Total Results: 5

BD. OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMP. TR. FUND v. Sand Key Assoc.

512 So. 2d 934, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 349

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 9, 1987 | Docket: 1517401

Cited 18 times | Published

district court upheld the constitutionality of section 161.051, Florida Statutes (1981), determined that it

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC. v. Medeira Beach Nom., Inc.

272 So. 2d 209, 63 A.L.R. 3d 241

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 26, 1973 | Docket: 1644510

Cited 18 times | Published

a retroactive application to Florida Statute § 161.051, F.S.A. which purports to vest title to accretions

Sand Key Assoc. v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC.

458 So. 2d 369

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 26, 1984 | Docket: 1733153

Cited 5 times | Published

accreted land and the constitutionality of section 161.051, Florida Statutes (1981). In 1974, the state

Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund v. Sand Key Associates, Ltd.

509 So. 2d 925, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 372, 1987 Fla. LEXIS 2077

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 9, 1987 | Docket: 64628327

Published

court decision in Sand Key I, we held that section 161.051, Florida Statutes (1981), did not entitle the

Board of Trustees v. Sand Key Associates, Ltd.

489 So. 2d 34, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 307, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6119

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 29, 1986 | Docket: 64619686

Published

recognizing that the legislative intent of section 161.051 was not clear, we certified the following question