Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 1013.24 (2025)

Right of eminent domain.

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1013.24 Right of eminent domain.There is conferred upon the district school boards in the state the authority and right to take private property for any public school purpose or use when, in the opinion of the school board, such property is needed in the operation of any or all of the public schools within the district, including property needed for any school purpose or use in any school district or districts within the county. The absolute fee simple title to all property so taken and acquired shall vest in the district school board, unless the school board seeks to appropriate a particular right or estate in such property.
History.s. 818, ch. 2002-387.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Rorabeck's Plants & Produce, Inc. v. Sch. Dist. of Palm Beach Cnty., 853 So. 2d 473 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
Rorabeck's Plants & Produce, Inc. v. Sch. Dist. of Palm Beach Cnty., 853 So. 2d 473 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). · cites it 2× “Appellee, the School District of Palm Beach County (“District”), in exercising its power of eminent domain under section 1013.24, Florida Statutes (2002), obtained an order of quick take to the entire 24.”
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