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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES
Chapter 170
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MAKING LOCAL MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS
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F.S. 170.09
170.09 Priority of lien; interest; and method of payment.The special assessments shall be payable at the time and in the manner stipulated in the resolution providing for the improvement; shall remain liens, coequal with the lien of all state, county, district, and municipal taxes, superior in dignity to all other liens, titles, and claims, until paid; shall bear interest, at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per year, or, if bonds are issued pursuant to this chapter, at a rate not to exceed 1 percent above the rate of interest at which the improvement bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter and used for the improvement are sold, from the date of the acceptance of the improvement; and may, by the resolution aforesaid and only for capital outlay projects, be made payable in equal installments over a period not to exceed 30 years notwithstanding any special act to the contrary, to which, if not paid when due, there shall be added a penalty at the rate of 1 percent per month, until paid. However, the assessments may be paid without interest at any time within 30 days after the improvement is completed and a resolution accepting the same has been adopted by the governing authority.
History.s. 9, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3030; s. 6, ch. 59-396; s. 1, ch. 61-349; s. 4, ch. 67-552; s. 3, ch. 80-318; s. 74, ch. 81-259; s. 5, ch. 82-195; s. 2, ch. 82-198; s. 33, ch. 83-204; s. 29, ch. 99-378.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 170.09

Total Results: 8

City of Palm Bay v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

114 So. 3d 924, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 322, 2013 WL 2096257, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1000

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 16, 2013 | Docket: 60232017

Cited 7 times | Published

as a pervasive scheme without exemptions. See § 170.09, Fla. Stat. (2004) (providing lien priority and

Zipperer v. City of Fort Myers

41 F.3d 619, 1995 WL 303

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 3, 1995 | Docket: 64019211

Cited 2 times | Published

and proposed improvements. Id. Florida Statutes § 170.09 provides that once confirmed, these special assessments

& SC14-1618 Florida Bankers Association v. Florida Development Finance Corporation, etc. & Robert Reynolds v. Florida Development Finance Corporation, etc.

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 15, 2015 | Docket: 2924132

Published

existing mortgages, which I find troublesome. See § 170.09, Fla. Stat. (2014) (noting that special assessments

Florida Bankers Ass'n v. Florida Development Finance Corp.

176 So. 3d 1258, 2015 WL 5996764

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 15, 2015 | Docket: 60250884

Published

existing mortgages, which I find troublesome. See § 170.09, Fla. Stat. (2014) (noting that special assessments

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 3, 2001 | Docket: 3256327

Published

the time such financing costs are incurred. Section 170.09, Florida Statutes, provides that the special

H & B Builders, Inc. v. City of Sunrise

727 So. 2d 1068, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 1773, 1999 WL 89550

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 24, 1999 | Docket: 64786640

Published

resolution further provided, in accordance with section 170.09, Florida Statutes, that all of the assessments

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 26, 1991 | Docket: 3259004

Published

transportation systems, s. 170.01(1)(f), F.S. 9 Section 170.09, F.S. 10 Cf., s. 166.0415, F.S., providing

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jul 10, 1990 | Docket: 3258321

Published

surfacing, and rehard surfacing of sidewalks[.] Section 170.09, F.S., relating to the payment of special assessments