Florida Statute 162.30 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 162
COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 162.30

162.30 Civil actions to enforce county and municipal ordinances.—In addition to other provisions of law authorizing the enforcement of county and municipal codes and ordinances, a county or municipality may enforce any violation of a county or municipal code or ordinance by filing a civil action in the same manner as instituting a civil action. The action shall be brought in county or circuit court, whichever is appropriate depending upon the relief sought. Counties and municipalities are authorized and required to pay any counsel appointed by the court to represent a private party in such action if the provision of counsel at public expense is required by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Florida and if the party is indigent as established pursuant to s. 27.52. The county or municipality shall bear all court fees and costs of any such action, and may, if it prevails, recover the court fees and costs and expense of the court-appointed counsel as part of its judgment. The state shall bear no expense of actions brought under this section except those that it would bear in an ordinary civil action between private parties in county court.

History.—s. 87, ch. 2003-402.

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Amendments to 162.30

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 162.30

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 162.30.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 162.30

Total Results: 4

Monroe County Code Enforcement v. Carter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-05-20

Citation: 14 So. 3d 1019, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 5774, 2009 WL 1393689

Snippet: administrative proceeding, whereas Part II, sections 162.21-162.30, relates to the pleading and proof requirements

City of Ft. Lauderdale v. Crowder

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-04-30

Citation: 983 So. 2d 37, 2008 WL 1883899

Snippet: criminal prosecutions. See § 162.30, Fla. Stat. (2007). Even then, section 162.30 pointedly specifies: "municipalities

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1974-05-10

Snippet: Monticello, 31 So.2d 905 (Fla. 1947); AGO 072-162; 30 Fla. Jur. Statutes s. 126. Given the general scope

Ulrich, Et Ux. v. Reineking

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-09-24

Citation: 198 So. 74, 144 Fla. 284

Snippet: decree against the plaintiffs in the sum of $4,162.30, with interest, and that said sum be declared a