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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. 47.131
47.131 Change of venue; second change, when permitted.When it appears to the court to which an action has been transferred by a change of venue that any of the grounds for change of venue exist in the county to which the action has been transferred, the court may order a second change of venue, but it shall not be made to the county from which it was originally transferred.
History.s. 2, ch. 4394, 1895; GS 1473; RGS 2672; CGL 4339; s. 3, ch. 67-254; s. 11, ch. 73-334.
Note.Former s. 53.06.

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Amendments to 47.131


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 47.131
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 47.131.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

McGEE, v. McGEE,, 145 So. 3d 955 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . . § 47.131, Fla. Stat. . . .

STATE v. A. KOTECKI,, 82 So. 3d 1150 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . the court then declined to transfer the case back to Manatee County based on the language of section 47.131 . . . The State persuasively argues, and Kotecki concedes, that section 47.131 does not apply to criminal cases . . . Therefore, the trial court should not have applied section 47.131 as a justification for not transferring . . . In fact, even if section 47.131 were applicable to criminal cases, the statute allows a transfer back . . .

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, v. HANSON,, 903 So. 2d 282 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See § 47.131, Fla. Stat. (2004); Piper Aircraft Corp. v. . . .

E. LOTTINGER- SERRAES, n k a E. v. J. SERRAES,, 774 So. 2d 959 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . On the authority of section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1999), we reverse. After Ms. . . . But Section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1999), outlaws a second change of venue transferring a case back . . . change of venue, but it shall not be made to the county from which it was originally transferred. § 47.131 . . . convenience of the parties or witnesses or in the interest of justice”), without mentioning section 47.131 . . . , the convenience of the parties does not take precedence over the clear prohibition in section 47.131 . . .

STATE v. L. GARY,, 609 So. 2d 1291 (Fla. 1992)

. . . existed in Dade County, an issue that has not been determined, then under the provision of section 47.131 . . .

KALODISH, v. SOUTH FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL, 536 So. 2d 287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Appellees assert that albeit the cited cases seem to say that section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1985) . . .

CITY OF PANAMA CITY, Co. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, G., 477 So. 2d 646 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Our conclusion makes unnecessary the resolution of argument by the parties as to the impact of § 47.131 . . .

VALENCIA CENTER, INC. a v. PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. a, 464 So. 2d 1267 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . County, a second change of venue transferring this case back to Polk County is prohibited under section 47.131 . . .

PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, v. T. ASHLING,, 462 So. 2d 92 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . transferring venue is reversed and this cause remanded for further proceedings on the authority of section 47.131 . . .

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, v. SOLDOVERE,, 452 So. 2d 11 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . Were it not for Section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1981), there would be no question that the second transfer . . . Section 47.131 provides: Change of venue; second change, when permitted.— When it appears to the court . . . The parties, however, have chosen not to argue the applicability of Section 47.131. . . . We therefore affirm without considering the applicability of Section 47.131. AFFIRMED. . . .

SOUTHEASTERN OFFICE SUPPLY AND FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. v. A. BARLEY,, 427 So. 2d 1139 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Moreover, section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1981), provides: When it appears to the court to which an . . . that the order bringing the case to Orange County did not count as a change of venue under section 47.131 . . . Therefore, based on section 47.131, Florida Statutes (1981), the Orange County Circuit Court erred by . . .

BINGHAM, E v. MANSON, 363 So. 2d 370 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . F.S. 47.131 provides: “When it appears to the court to which an action has been transferred by a change . . . within the meaning of the phrase “any of the grounds for change of venue” as that phrase is used in F.S. 47.131 . . . been transferred from Dade to Du-val and the transfer back to Dade is prohibited by Florida Statutes § 47.131 . . .