The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 173
FORECLOSURE OF MUNICIPAL TAX AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIENS

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F.S. 173.02

173.02 Proceedings in rem against the lands.—Suits for the foreclosure of tax liens and special assessments under this chapter shall be in the nature of proceedings in rem against the lands upon which said taxes or special assessments are a lien or liens, and it shall not be material that the ownership of said lands be correctly alleged in said proceedings or that parties having an interest or interests in or liens or claims upon said lands be made parties to such proceedings by name or description or be served with process therein, except as hereinafter provided. In any such suit as many lots, parcels or tracts of land, regardless of ownership, and as many tax liens, tax certificates and assessment liens may be included in one suit as the complainant may desire. Any judgment or decree that may be rendered in any such suit shall be enforceable only against such lands.

History.—s. 2, ch. 15038, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 3004(3).

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Amendments to 173.02

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 173.02

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 173.02.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BELLINO FIREWORKS, INC. v. CITY OF ANKENY, IOWA,, 332 F. Supp. 3d 1071 (S.D. Iowa 2018)

. . . Johnston City Code section 173.02 states a temporary use is "[a]ny sales in any nonresidential district . . . ECF No. 45-21 § 173.02(1). . . . Id. § 173.02(2). . . .

ISMAEL, v. CERTAIN LANDS UPON WHICH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ARE DELINQUENT,, 51 So. 3d 583 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . The lienholder proceeded under section 173.02, Florida Statutes (2005), which provides for actions in . . .

SIMKINS INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CITY OF KISSIMMEE,, 669 So. 2d 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . State, 595 So.2d 25, 29 (Fla.1992); § 173.02, Florida Statute (1991). . . .

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, a v. SOHN,, 616 So. 2d 1173 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Section 173.02, Florida Statutes, provides that “[sjuits for the foreclosure of tax liens and special . . .

In R. DURBIN M. SHELBINA MERCANTILE BANK, a v. R. DURBIN M., 58 B.R. 259 (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 1986)

. . . The Bank’s ledgers indicate that two additional amounts were paid on September 18, 1984 as follows: $173.02 . . .

A. M. SEAMON v. UPHAM,, 536 F. Supp. 931 (E.D. Tex. 1982)

. . . 126, 127, 148.01, 148.02, 150, 167.02, 168, 169.01, 169.02, 169.03, 169.04, 170, 171, 172, 173.01, 173.02 . . .

DADE COUNTY, a v. CERTAIN LANDS, 247 So. 2d 787 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

. . . Section 173.02 Fla.Stat, F.S.A., invoked here as authorized in the ordinance, provides for foreclosure . . .