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Florida Statute 173.03 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 173.03 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 173.03 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
173.03 Conditions determining when suit may be brought; lands and claims included.
(1) Suit may be brought at any time after any one or more of the following events, respectively:
(a) After the expiration of 2 years from the date of any tax certificate issued and held by a city or town whose charter provides for or requires the issuing of tax certificates for delinquent taxes;
(b) After the expiration of 2 years from the date any tax becomes delinquent which was imposed by a city or town whose charter does not provide for or require the issuing of tax certificates; or
(c) After the expiration of 1 year from the date any special assessment or installment thereof becomes due and payable.
(2) There may be included in any suit all or any part of the lands upon which tax certificates have been outstanding or taxes have remained delinquent or any special assessment or installment thereof shall have been in default for the respective periods aforesaid, and there may be included therein all claims and demands of said city or town against said lands or any part thereof for taxes, tax certificates and special assessments or installments thereof which may be due and payable to such city or town at the time of the institution of such suit.
History.s. 3, ch. 15038, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 3004(4).

Cases Citing F.S. 173.03

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·Turnberry Investments, Inc. v. Streatfield, 48 So. 3d 180 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18006, 2010 WL 4740313

...Stat. (2010) ("[O]n or before June 1 or the 60th day after the date of delinquency, whichever is later, the tax collector shall advertise once each week for 3 weeks and shall sell tax certificates on all real property with delinquent taxes."). [4] See § 173.03(1), Fla....
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·Certain Lands v. City of Alachua, 518 So. 2d 386 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1987 WL 31979

...Chapter 173 is a statutory scheme for enforcement of municipal taxes and special assessments. The statutes contemplate foreclosure as an enforcement tool, which foreclosure suit, in the case of a special assessment, may be brought one year from the date the special assessment becomes due and payable. § 173.03(1)(c), Fla....
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Cited as authorityLee County v. Galaxy Fireworks, Inc. (1997)
Cited (see also)State v. Zataar (1991)
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