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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 170.10170.10 Legal proceedings instituted upon failure of property owner to pay special assessment or interest when due; foreclosure; service of process.—Each annual installment provided for in s. 170.09 shall be paid upon the dates specified in said resolution, with interest upon all deferred payments, until the entire amount of said assessment has been paid, and upon the failure of any property owner to pay any annual installment due, or any part thereof, or any annual interest upon deferred payments, the governing authority of the municipality shall cause to be brought the necessary legal proceedings by a bill in chancery to enforce payment thereof with all accrued interest and penalties, together with all legal costs incurred, including a reasonable solicitor’s fee, to be assessed as part of the costs and in the event of default in the payment of any installment of an assessment, or any accrued interest on said assessment, the whole assessment, with the interest and penalties thereon, shall immediately become due and payable and subject to foreclosure. In the foreclosure of any special assessment service of process against unknown or nonresident defendants may be had by publication, as now provided by law in other chancery suits. The foreclosure proceedings shall be prosecuted to a sale and conveyance of the property involved in said proceedings as now provided by law in suits to foreclose mortgages; or, in the alternative, said proceeding may be instituted and prosecuted under chapter 173.History.—s. 10, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3031; s. 7, ch. 59-396.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 170.10
Total Results: 5
429 So. 2d 1241
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 1983 | Docket: 1667670
Cited 8 times | Published
for attorney's fees in special assessment suits. § 170.10, Fla. Stat. (1981). Appellee suggests this indicates
941 So. 2d 15, 2006 WL 2347005
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 3, 2006 | Docket: 431798
Cited 1 times | Published
enforced by forced sale of the property.
*18 Section 170.10, Florida Statutes (2005), provides that, upon
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jun 12, 2002 | Docket: 3257675
Published
collection provided in chapter 170 or chapter 197." Section 170.10, Florida Statutes, empowers the governing authority
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 26, 1991 | Docket: 3259004
Published
statutes provide a method for foreclosure.
Section 170.10, F.S., states that:
Each annual installment
57 B.R. 483, 1986 Bankr. LEXIS 6985
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 2, 1986 | Docket: 65779104
Published
the District instituted an action pursuant to § 170.10 Fla. Stat. in the Circuit Court in and for Pasco
