Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 849.20 (2025)
Machines and devices declared nuisance; place of operation subject to lien for fine.
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849.20 Machines and devices declared nuisance; place of operation subject to lien for fine.—Any room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure or place wherein any machine or device, or any part thereof, the possession, operation or use of which is prohibited by ss. 849.15-849.23, shall be maintained or operated, and each of such machines or devices, is declared to be a common nuisance. If a person has knowledge, or reason to believe, that his or her room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure or place is occupied or used in violation of the provisions of ss. 849.15-849.23 and by acquiescence or consent suffers the same to be used, such room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure or place shall be subject to a lien for and may be sold to pay all fines or costs assessed against the person guilty of such nuisance, for such violation, and the several state attorneys shall enforce such lien in the courts of this state having jurisdiction.
History.—s. 7, ch. 18143, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(405-f); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 1371, ch. 97-102.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1999–1999 · leading case: United States v. Seminole Tribe of Florida, 45 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (M.D. Fla. 1999).
United States v. Seminole Tribe of Florida, 45 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (M.D. Fla. 1999). “20, Florida Statutes, declares the facility where “the possession, operation or use of any machine or device, the possession, operation or use of which is prohibited by §§ 849.”
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