Florida Statute 471.027 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 471
ENGINEERING

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F.S. 471.027

471.027 Engineers authorized to enter lands of third parties under certain conditions.—Engineers are hereby granted permission and authority to go on, over, and upon the lands of others when necessary to make engineering surveys and, in so doing, to carry with them their agents and employees necessary for that purpose. Entry under the right hereby granted shall not constitute trespass, and engineers and their duly authorized agents or employees so entering shall not be liable to arrest or a civil action by reason of such entry; however, nothing in this section shall be construed as giving authority to said licensees, agents, or employees to destroy, injure, damage, or move anything on lands of another without the written permission of the landowner.

History.—ss. 17, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 27, ch. 2002-299.

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Cases Citing Statute 471.027

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Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Cone

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-06-30

Citation: 190 So. 268, 138 Fla. 804, 123 A.L.R. 750, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1503

Snippet: Bassett v. Fish, 75 N.Y. 303; Bates v. Horner,65 Vt. 471, 27 A. 134, 22 L.R.A. 824; Shearman Redfield on Neg