Florida Statute 173.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 173
FORECLOSURE OF MUNICIPAL TAX AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIENS

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F.S. 173.08

173.08 Judgment for complainant; amounts included; attorney’s fee.—

(1) In all cases where the cause may be decided for complainant, the judgment for delinquent taxes, tax certificates and special assessments against any parcel of land shall include the principal of, and interest and penalties on such taxes, tax certificates and special assessments, the costs of the suit and a reasonable attorney’s fee; such costs and attorney’s fee to be apportioned among and charged against the various parcels of land involved in proportion to the amount of taxes, tax certificates and special assessments adjudged against such respective parcels of land.

(2) In fixing the fees of complainant’s attorney the court shall take into consideration the use which the complainant has made of the privilege hereby given of including in one suit divers taxes, tax certificates and assessment liens, and if the court be of the opinion that there has been an unnecessary separation of causes of action on the same or different parcels of land which might have been joined in the same action, it shall not allow an attorney’s fee greater than would have been allowed if the action had been combined.

History.—s. 5, ch. 15038, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 3004(6).

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 173.08

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 173.08.

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Cases Citing Statute 173.08

Total Results: 4

CARLOS CRUZ v. KAREN MATOS

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-02-07T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: husband was to pay $750 in alimony per month, or $173.08 per week. These alimony payments began on December

In Re AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-12-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 153 So. 3d 258

Snippet: pending on the effective date of the act. Ch.2013-173, § 8, Laws of Fla. After considering the proposed

Steinberg v. City of Sunrise

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-01-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 592 So. 2d 1148

Snippet: provide the proper description. Furthermore, section 173.08, Florida Statutes (1989), provides for an allowance

Certain Lands v. City of Alachua

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 518 So. 2d 386

Snippet: s fee provision of section 173.08, Florida Statutes (1985). Section 173.08(1) states: (1) In all cases…changes, section 173.08 has remained the same since its adoption.[2] Although section 173.08 does not state…attorney's fees and costs pursuant to section 173.08, Florida Statutes (1985), based upon all fees and…1984). An examination of the language of section 173.08 indicates that the statute does not, in express…recovered in the judgment. An interpretation of section 173.08 which denominates as recoverable all the time expended