The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 170
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MAKING LOCAL MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS

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F.S. 170.09

170.09 Priority of lien; interest; and method of payment.—The special assessments shall be payable at the time and in the manner stipulated in the resolution providing for the improvement; shall remain liens, coequal with the lien of all state, county, district, and municipal taxes, superior in dignity to all other liens, titles, and claims, until paid; shall bear interest, at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per year, or, if bonds are issued pursuant to this chapter, at a rate not to exceed 1 percent above the rate of interest at which the improvement bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter and used for the improvement are sold, from the date of the acceptance of the improvement; and may, by the resolution aforesaid and only for capital outlay projects, be made payable in equal installments over a period not to exceed 30 years notwithstanding any special act to the contrary, to which, if not paid when due, there shall be added a penalty at the rate of 1 percent per month, until paid. However, the assessments may be paid without interest at any time within 30 days after the improvement is completed and a resolution accepting the same has been adopted by the governing authority.

History.—s. 9, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3030; s. 6, ch. 59-396; s. 1, ch. 61-349; s. 4, ch. 67-552; s. 3, ch. 80-318; s. 74, ch. 81-259; s. 5, ch. 82-195; s. 2, ch. 82-198; s. 33, ch. 83-204; s. 29, ch. 99-378.

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Amendments to 170.09

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 170.09

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 170.09.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FLORIDA BANKERS ASSOCIATION, v. FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION, v., 176 So. 3d 1258 (Fla. 2015)

. . . See § 170.09, Fla. . . .

CITY OF PALM BAY, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A., 114 So. 3d 924 (Fla. 2013)

. . . See § 170.09, Fla. . . . Similarly, section 170.09, Florida Statutes (2004), provides that special assessment liens are “coequal . . .

H B BUILDERS, INC. L. M. M. v. CITY OF SUNRISE, a, 727 So. 2d 1068 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . The resolution further provided, in accordance with section 170.09, Florida Statutes, that all of the . . . bonds and interest thereon shall revert to the city and be used for any municipal purpose,” and section 170.09 . . .

O. ZIPPERER, Jr. v. CITY OF FORT MYERS, a No. No. No. No. No. No. a, 41 F.3d 619 (11th Cir. 1995)

. . . Florida Statutes § 170.09 provides that once confirmed, these special assessments constitute liens on . . .

CALIFORNIA v. ARIZONA, 452 U.S. 431 (U.S. 1981)

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