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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 47
VENUE
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F.S. 47.071
47.071 Jurisdiction over navigable waters.When the territorial jurisdiction of a court extends to one bank of any navigable water, such court has jurisdiction across such navigable water from shore to shore. If the territorial jurisdiction of different courts, whether of the same county or not, extends to the opposite bank of any navigable water, such courts have concurrent jurisdiction across said navigable water from shore to shore.
History.RS 1002; GS 1387; RGS 2583; CGL 4223; s. 3, ch. 67-254.
Note.Former s. 46.06.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 47.071
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 47.071.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

L. LIGHTSEY, D. J. A. Jr. W. B. v. A. WILLIAMS, Jr., 526 So. 2d 764 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Section 47.071, Florida Statutes (1987). . . .

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, v. WALKER RANCH GENERAL PARTNERSHIP,, 496 So. 2d 153 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . the exposure of the land if the low water mark were not the county boundary is rebutted by section 47.071 . . . of “shore” —“the area between the high and low water mark” — the Osceola court, pursuant to section 47.071 . . . Section 47.071 provides: 47.071 Jurisdiction over navigable waters. . . .

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a a v. MAGEE, a, 389 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . to square that result with the provisions of Chapter 47, the venue statute, and specifically Section 47.071 . . . Accordingly, Section 47.071 clearly authorizes the action involved herein to be filed in Palm Beach County . . .

HENDRY CORPORATION, a v. STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, a, 313 So. 2d 453 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . . § 47.071 which confers jurisdiction in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court, concurrent with the court . . .