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Fla. Stat. § 682.19 (2025)
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682.19 Venue.—A petition pursuant to s. 682.015 must be filed in the court of the county in which the agreement to arbitrate specifies the arbitration hearing is to be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the court of the county in which it was held. Otherwise, the petition may be made in the court of any county in which an adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if no adverse party has a residence or place of business in this state, in the court of any county in this state. All subsequent petitions must be made in the court hearing the initial petition unless the court otherwise directs.
Note.—Former s. 57.28.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1975–2014 · leading case: Barr v. Florida Bd. of Regents, 644 So. 2d 333 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).
Barr v. Florida Bd. of Regents, 644 So. 2d 333 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). “First, we believe a reasonable argument can be made that the BOR's home venue privilege is superseded in arbitration actions by the provisions of section 682.19, Florida Statutes. The instant action was brought under the Arbitration Code which has a specific venue section,…”
Joanne Kong v. Allied Prof'l Ins. Co., 750 F.3d 1295 (11th Cir. 2014). “Fla. Stat. § 682.19 . That statute applies to all arbitration agreements, not just those found in insurance contracts.”
Thomson McKinnon Sec., Inc. v. Slater, 615 So. 2d 781 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). “Section 682.19, Florida Statutes (1991), regarding venue, provides: Any application under this law may be made to the court of the county in which the other party to the agreement or provision for arbitration resides or has a place of business, or, if he has no residence or…”
Poole & Kent Co. v. Gusi Erickson Const. Co., 759 So. 2d 2 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). “Section 682.19, Florida Statutes (1997), explains that once an initial application is filed, all subsequent applications must be made to the court hearing the initial application unless it orders otherwise.”
Hedron Constr. Co. v. Dist. Bd. of Trs., 420 So. 2d 393 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). “1 *394 Appellant correctly contends that section 682.19, Florida Statutes (1981), 2 which provides for venue in arbitration actions, displaces the general venue provisions of section 47.”
Century Elevator Co. v. Int'l Union of Elevator Constructors, Local Union No. 71, 317 So. 2d 108 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975). “682, which possesses its own venue provision, Fla.Stat. § 682.19. This provision is different from Florida’s general venue statute as to corporations, Fla.”
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