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. 173.08

173.08 Judgment for complainant; amounts included; attorney’s fee.—

(1) In all cases where the cause may be decided for complainant, the judgment for delinquent taxes, tax certificates and special assessments against any parcel of land shall include the principal of, and interest and penalties on such taxes, tax certificates and special assessments, the costs of the suit and a reasonable attorney’s fee; such costs and attorney’s fee to be apportioned among and charged against the various parcels of land involved in proportion to the amount of taxes, tax certificates and special assessments adjudged against such respective parcels of land.

(2) In fixing the fees of complainant’s attorney the court shall take into consideration the use which the complainant has made of the privilege hereby given of including in one suit divers taxes, tax certificates and assessment liens, and if the court be of the opinion that there has been an unnecessary separation of causes of action on the same or different parcels of land which might have been joined in the same action, it shall not allow an attorney’s fee greater than would have been allowed if the action had been combined.

History.—s. 5, ch. 15038, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 3004(6).

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Amendments to 173.08

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 173.08

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 173.08.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

KRAMSKY v. TRANS- CONTINENTAL CREDIT COLLECTION CORP., 166 F. Supp. 2d 908 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)

. . . defendant RMG, informing her that RMG had been hired by Beth Israel to collect payment on her debt of $173.08 . . .

KRAMSKY, v. MARK L. NICHTER, P. C., 166 F. Supp. 2d 912 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)

. . . defendant RMG, informing her that RMG had been hired by Beth Israel to collect payment on her debt of $173.08 . . .

NEC HNSX v. U. S., 23 Ct. Int'l Trade 987 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1999)

. . . The margin found for Fujitsu was 173.08%. The margin found for NEC was 454%. Id. at 55,393. . . .

NEC CORPORATION HNSX v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U. S., 83 F. Supp. 2d 1339 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1999)

. . . The margin found for Fujitsu was 173.08%. The margin found for NEC was 454%. Id. at 55,393. . . .

NEC HSNX v. U. S., 22 Ct. Int'l Trade 1108 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1998)

. . . The margin found for Fujitsu was 173.08%. The margin found for NEC was 454%. Id. at 55,393. . . .

NEC CORPORATION HSNX v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U. S., 36 F. Supp. 2d 380 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1998)

. . . The margin found for Fujitsu was 173.08%. The margin found for NEC was 454%. Id. at 55,393. . . .

Hy STEINBERG, v. CITY OF SUNRISE,, 592 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . Furthermore, section 173.08, Florida Statutes (1989), provides for an allowance of attorney’s fees to . . .

CERTAIN LANDS v. CITY OF ALACHUA, a, 518 So. 2d 386 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . subject to foreclosure should be assessed an award of attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to section 173.08 . . . Section 173.08(1) states: (1) In all cases where the cause may be decided for complainant, the judgment . . . An examination of the language of section 173.08 indicates that the statute does not, in express terms . . . With the exception of two minor changes, section 173.08 has remained the same since its adoption. . . . An interpretation of section 173.08 which denominates as recoverable all the time expended in filing . . .

UNITED STATES, W. A. RUSHLIGHT CO. v. DAVIDSON, 71 F. Supp. 401 (D. Idaho 1947)

. . . This is allowed in the full amount against Davidson and in the amount of $173.08 against the Bonding . . .