Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 177.26 (2025)

Declaration of policy.

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177.26 Declaration of policy.—The Legislature recognizes the desirability of confirmation of the mean high-water line, as recognized in the State Constitution and defined in s. 177.27(15) as the boundary between state sovereignty land and uplands subject to private ownership, as well as the necessity for uniform standards and procedures with respect to the establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the mean high-water and mean low-water lines, and therefore directs that uniform standards and procedures be developed.

History.—s. 2, ch. 74-56; s. 2, ch. 91-56.

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Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Save Our Beaches, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Env't Prot., 27 So. 3d 48 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006).

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Save Our Beaches, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Env't Prot., 27 So. 3d 48 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). · cites it 4× “§ 177.26, Fla. Stat. (2005). See § 177.27(15), Fla.”

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