Florida Statute 170.14 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 170
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MAKING LOCAL MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS

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F.S. 170.14

170.14 Governing authority of municipality required to make new assessments until valid assessment is made if special assessment is omitted or held invalid.—If any special assessment made under the provisions of this chapter to defray the whole or any part of the expense of any said improvement shall be either in whole or in part annulled, vacated or set aside by the judgment of any court, or if the governing authority of any municipality shall be satisfied that any such assessment is so irregular or defective that the same cannot be enforced or collected, or if the governing authority of a municipality shall have omitted to make such assessment when it might have done so, the governing authority of the municipality shall take all necessary steps to cause a new assessment to be made for the whole or any part of any improvement or against any property benefited by any improvement, following as nearly as may be the provisions of this chapter and in case such second assessment shall be annulled, said governing authority of any municipality may obtain and make other assessments until a valid assessment shall be made.

History.—s. 14, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3035; s. 11, ch. 59-396.

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Cases Citing Statute 170.14

Total Results: 4

Moody v. City of Vero Beach

203 So. 2d 345

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 30, 1967 | Docket: 1694349

Cited 3 times | Published

answer to the first question arises from F.S.A. § 170.14 which provides for a special assessment to be

Olde Florida Investments, Ltd. v. Port of the Islands Community Improvement District (In Re Olde Florida Investments, Ltd.)

293 B.R. 531, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 137, 50 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1274, 2003 Bankr. LEXIS 526, 2003 WL 21289984

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: May 2, 2003 | Docket: 1860068

Cited 2 times | Published

conducting the reassessment as required by Fla. Stat. § 170.14. According to the Debtor, this Section provides

CITY OF COOPER CITY v. WALTER S. JOLIFF, BARBARA JOLIFF & BRENDA J. KEZAR

227 So. 3d 633, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 2053

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 27, 2017 | Docket: 6159013

Published

This conclusion is further supported by section 170.14, Florida Statutes (2016), which provides that

Olde Florida Investments, Ltd. v. Port of the Islands Community Improvement District (In Re Olde Florida Investments, Ltd.)

272 B.R. 779, 2001 Bankr. LEXIS 1763, 2001 WL 1755341

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 7, 2001 | Docket: 1861424

Published

Debtor's property is altered or changed, both Section 170.14 of the Florida Statutes and the Trust Indenture