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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 34
COUNTY COURTS
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F.S. 34.011
34.011 Jurisdiction in landlord and tenant cases.
(1) The county court shall have jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court to consider landlord and tenant cases involving claims in amounts which are within its jurisdictional limitations. The county court may issue a temporary and permanent injunction where appropriate for violation of ss. 83.40 et seq.
(2) The county court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of proceedings relating to the right of possession of real property and to the forcible or unlawful detention of lands and tenements, except that the circuit court also has jurisdiction if the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional limits of the county court or the circuit court otherwise has jurisdiction as provided in s. 26.012. In cases transferred to the circuit court pursuant to Rule 1.170(j), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, or Rule 7.100(d), Florida Small Claims Rules, the demands of all parties shall be resolved by the circuit court.
History.s. 7, ch. 72-406; s. 2, ch. 74-209; s. 2, ch. 77-135; s. 1, ch. 91-181; s. 9, ch. 93-255.

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PRO- ART DENTAL LAB, INC. v. V- STRATEGIC GROUP, LLC,, 986 So. 2d 1244 (Fla. 2008)

. . . 83.21 permits resort to the summary procedure provided in section 51.011; and (3) sections 83.21 and 34.011 . . . . (2006) (vesting circuit courts with exclusive original jurisdiction in ejectment actions), with § 34.011 . . . See §§ 26.012(2)(f), 34.011, Fla. . . . See §§ 34.01(l)(c), 34.011, Fla. Stat. (2006). . . . .

PRO- ART DENTAL LAB, INC. a v. V- STRATEGIC GROUP, LLC, a, 959 So. 2d 753 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . for ejectment, which gave the county court subject matter jurisdiction over the case under section 34.011 . . .

BALDWIN SOD FARMS, INC. a v. D. CORRIGAN P. Jr. Co- J., 746 So. 2d 1198 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Subject matter jurisdiction Section 34.011, Florida Statutes, provides that: (1) The county court shall . . .

BELL, v. A. KORNBLATT,, 705 So. 2d 113 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Section 34.011(2), Florida Statutes (1995), gives county courts “jurisdiction of proceedings relating . . .

LEAHY, d b a v. H. BATMASIAN, d b a, 679 So. 2d 12 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . Also pertinent for this discussion is section 34.011(2), Florida Statutes (1993), Jurisdiction in landlord . . .

EMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, v. COMMUNITY HEALTH RELATED SERVICES, INC. a, 615 So. 2d 258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Section 34.011(2), Florida Statutes (1991), provides that the “county court shall have exclusive jurisdiction . . .

A- ONE COIN LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT CO. v. WATERSIDE TOWERS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., 561 So. 2d 590 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . See § 34.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1987). A-One counterclaimed for equitable and declaratory relief. . . . See Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.170(j); § 34.011(2), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . The amendment added a new sentence to subsection 34.011(2), Florida Statutes, so that the statute now . . . Florida Rules of Summary Procedure, the demands of all parties shall be resolved by the circuit court. § 34.011 . . . Florida Statutes (1987), is an action for possession of real property within the meaning of subsection 34.011 . . .

STREET SHOPPING CENTER v. CEVICHE OCEAN STAR, INC., 31 Fla. Supp. 2d 86 (Dade Cty. Ct. 1988)

. . . The County Court has power to entertain equitable defenses (FS §34.011) and notwithstanding statutory . . .

JACOBY v FISHER, 34 Fla. Supp. 2d 83 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1987)

. . . . §34.011 (1986). . . .

JACOBY v. FISHER, 23 Fla. Supp. 2d 136 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1987)

. . . . §34.011(1986). . . .

DiMASSIMO M. v. CITY OF CLEARWATER,, 805 F.2d 1536 (11th Cir. 1986)

. . . . § 34.011 (1975). . . .

R. CLARK W. v. R. HIETT,, 495 So. 2d 773 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . . § 34.011, Fla.Stat. (1983). . . .

C. HERRELL, Jr. C. Jr. P. A. v. SEYFARTH, SHAW, FAIRWEATHER GERALDSON, A, 491 So. 2d 1173 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Stockton, Whatley, Davin & Co., 488 So.2d 548 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986) (section 34.011(2), relating to the . . .

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PALM BEACH COUNTY v. JERRY S OF PALM BEACH, INC., 18 Fla. Supp. 2d 45 (Palm Beach Cty. Ct. 1986)

. . . After 1974, Section 34.011(2) provided as follows: The county court shall have exclusive jurisdiction . . . Section 34.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1977). . . . In 1977, the Florida legislature amended Section 34.011(2) by adding a second sentence, which provides . . . S 34.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1985), as amended by Ch. 77-135, Laws of Florida. . . . The first and second sentences of Section 34.011(2) are in apparent conflict. . . .

REDDING, Sr. v. STOCKTON, WHATLEY, DAVIN CO., 488 So. 2d 548 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . He contends that section 34.011(2), Florida Statutes (1983), gives exclusive jurisdiction to the county . . . : (1) Redding was never Stockton’s tenant, as explained in the preceding paragraph, and (2) section 34.011 . . .

SWARTZ, Co- v. A. RUSSELL, Co-, 481 So. 2d 64 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Section 34.011(2) gives the county court “exclusive jurisdiction of proceedings relating to the right . . .

WISCONSIN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST v. ROUSE, 12 Fla. Supp. 2d 39 (Orange Cty. Ct. 1985)

. . . Stat. 34.011(2) states that County Courts have exclusive jurisdiction to hear eviction cases. . . . Stat. 34.011(2) to require that if a counterclaim exceeded the County Court’s jurisdiction, “the demands . . . Stat. 34.011(2). If the first sentence of Fla. . . . Stat. 34.011(2) is followed, only the County Court, not Circuit Court, could hear evictions because the . . . Subsection (2) of section 34.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 34.011 Jurisdiction in landlord . . .

In BRICKYARD, INC. R. REILLY, v. B. McCRACKEN,, 36 B.R. 569 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1983)

. . . premises of June 15, 1983 is void, because the Circuit Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, under § 34.011 . . . Section 34.011(2), Fla.Stat. (1979), however, confers exclusive jurisdiction on the county courts of . . . Because both §§ 26.012(2) and 34.011(2) use the words “exclusive jurisdiction,” the finding that the . . . Circuit Court to hear this issue; and, as this Court has previously found, the applicable Statute in § 34.011 . . .

CKN AIRWAYS, INC. v. FLAGLER COUNTY, a, 441 So. 2d 1103 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . . § 34.011(2), Fla.Stat. (1981). . . .

JAY v. CAMBOURIS,, 6 Fla. Supp. 2d 182 (Bay Cty. Ct. 1983)

. . . Section 34.011(2), Florida Statutes. . . .

J- M PROPERTIES, LTD. d b a THE TOWERS MOTEL v. McMILLAN, 6 Fla. Supp. 2d 188 (Bay Cty. Ct. 1983)

. . . original complaint, over which it alleges that County Court has exclusive jurisdiction pursuant to Section 34.011 . . .

MERUELO v. D. ROBINSON,, 426 So. 2d 1164 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Section 34.011, Fla.Stat. (1981). . . .

GONZALEZ, v. BENOIT,, 424 So. 2d 957 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . As to the claim for monetary relief, Section 34.011(1), Florida Statutes (1979) provides: The county . . . Section 34.011(2), Florida Statutes (1979) provides: The county court shall have exclusive jurisdiction . . . Clearly, however, an action in ejectment falls within the jurisdiction of the circuit court. §§ 34.011 . . .

In RUBY S FLORIDA, INC. d b a s LARGO VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER, INC. v. RUBY S FLORIDA, INC. d b a s, 11 B.R. 171 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1981)

. . . . § 34.011 (1979). . . .

KUGEARES, v. CASINO, INC., 372 So. 2d 1132 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Section 34.011, Florida Statutes (1977), provides in pertinent part: (1) The county court shall have . . . The county court has additional jurisdiction over landlord-tenant matters by virtue of Section 34.011 . . .

PALM CORPORATION, v. STREET THEATRE CORPORATION,, 344 So. 2d 252 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . See Section 34.011(2), Florida Statutes (1975). . . .