Florida Statute 170.09 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 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: 13

BEULAH COVEY v. LINDA SHAFFER

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-07-03T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the distinction between appeals under rules 9.170 and 9.130).

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

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-10-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 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.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-10-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 176 So. 3d 1258, 2015 WL 5996764

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

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

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-05-16T00:00:00-07:00

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

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

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-10-03T00:53:00-07:00

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

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

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-02-24T00:00:00-08:00

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

Snippet: resolution further provided, in accordance with section 170.09, Florida Statutes, that all of the assessments …be used for any municipal purpose,” and section 170.09 provides that if bonds are issued pursuant to chapter

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1995-02-22T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: may pay impact fees in several payments). Cf., s. 170.09, Fla. Stat. (1993), providing that special assessments

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1992-02-11T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: property from the improvements.8 Pursuant to s. 170.09, F.S., such special assessments "shall remain

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1991-04-26T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: that: Each annual installment provided for in s. 170.09 shall be paid upon the dates specified in said …transportation systems, s. 170.01(1)(f), F.S. 9 Section 170.09, F.S. 10 Cf., s. 166.0415, F.S., providing a method

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1990-10-11T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: necessary implication); AGO 90-47. 4 And see, s. 170.09, F.S., providing for the priority of the lien and

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1990-07-10T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: month penalty for overdue payments required by s. 170.09, F.S., but otherwise utilize the special assessment…overdue special assessment payments prescribed in s. 170.09, F.S., if the city utilizes the supplemental and…surfacing, and rehard surfacing of sidewalks[.] Section 170.09, F.S., relating to the payment of special assessments… not forgive or waive the penalty imposed by s. 170.09, F.S., on delinquent special assessment payments

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1977-09-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: to all other liens.See, e.g., ss. 153.05(10) and 170.09, F. S. For all other liens, the general rule at

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1976-08-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Gailey v. Robertson, 123 So. 692 (Fla. 1929); ss. 170.09 and 197.056(2), F. S. An administrative rule is