Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 421.12 (2025)
Eminent domain.
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421.12 Eminent domain.—An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in chapters 73 and 74. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, provided that no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
History.—s. 12, ch. 17981, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-l).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1980–1986 · leading case: Housing Authority of Fort Lauderdale v. State Department of Transportation
Housing Authority of Fort Lauderdale v. State Department of Transportation (1980)
“The power of eminent domain possessed by The Housing Authority is found in Section 421.12, Florida Statutes (1977): Eminent domain.”
Boca Raton Housing Authority v. Carousel Development, Inc. (1986)
“-21); (3) is given power of eminent domain (§ 421.12); (4) must comply with chapter 119, the Public Records Act (1977 Op.”
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