Florida Statute 767.14 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 767
DAMAGE BY DOGS; DANGEROUS DOGS

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F.S. 767.14

767.14 Additional local restrictions authorized.—This act does not limit any local government or public housing authority from adopting an ordinance or a policy, respectively, to address the safety and welfare concerns caused by attacks on persons or domestic animals; placing further restrictions or additional requirements on owners of dogs that have bitten or attacked persons or domestic animals; or developing procedures and criteria for the implementation of this act, provided that no such regulation is specific to breed, weight, or size and that the provisions of this act are not lessened by such additional regulations or requirements.

History.—s. 5, ch. 90-180; s. 5, ch. 2016-16; s. 1, ch. 2023-253.

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Cases Citing Statute 767.14

Total Results: 2

Hoesch v. Broward County

53 So. 3d 1177, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 1510, 2011 WL 408882

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 9, 2011 | Docket: 2408100

Cited 1 times | Published

this suggestion of conflict by pointing to section 767.14, Florida Statutes (2010). Broward argues that

Beny Krasner v. Miami-Dade County

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 24, 2024 | Docket: 68307566

Published

§ 767.12(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2023). Section 767.14 expressly authorizes local governments to adopt