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Fla. Stat. § 386.01 (2025)

Sanitary nuisance.

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386.01 Sanitary nuisance.—A sanitary nuisance is the commission of any act, by an individual, municipality, organization, or corporation, or the keeping, maintaining, propagation, existence, or permission of anything, by an individual, municipality, organization, or corporation, by which the health or life of an individual, or the health or lives of individuals, may be threatened or impaired, or by which or through which, directly or indirectly, disease may be caused.

History.—s. 1, ch. 4346, 1895; GS 1153; RGS 2157; CGL 3386.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1968–2024 · leading case: Marathon Trailerama, Inc. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 487 So. 2d 73 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).

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Marathon Trailerama, Inc. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 487 So. 2d 73 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). · cites it 3× “, the operator of a trailer park in Monroe County, appeals from a final order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services which, adopting the recommendation of the hearing officer, found the appellant guilty of maintaining a sanitary nuisance, § 386.01, Fla.Stat.…”

Town of Palm Beach Shores v. Colonnades, Inc., 216 So. 2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1968). “As a practical matter, however, the very definition of sanitary nuisance prescribed in Section 386.01, F.S. 1967, F.S.A., may well include all of the elements of such standard although not using the term.”

Floridians Protecting Freedom Inc v. Ladapo (N.D. Fla. 2024). “Plaintiff faces a credible threat of prosecution as evidenced by Defendant’s letter, which states Plaintiff’s “Caroline” ad violates section 386.01, and Defendant may institute civil and criminal proceedings against those who violate the statute.”

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