Florida Statutes Title VI Chapter 47 - Venue
- 47.011 - Where Actions May Be Begun.
Actions shall be brought only in the county where the defendant resides, where the cause of action accrued, or where the property in litigation is...
- 47.021 - Actions Against Defendants Residing In Different Counties.
Actions against two or more defendants residing in different counties may be brought in any county in which any defendant resides.History.—s. 10, Nov. 23, 1828;...
- 47.025 - Actions Against Contractors.
Any venue provision in a contract for improvement to real property which requires legal action involving a resident contractor, subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, or materialman, as defined...
- 47.031 - Venue Of Receiverships When Property In More Than One Circuit.
When an application is made for a receiver of property and it is located in more than one judicial circuit, the court appointing the receiver...
- 47.041 - Actions On Several Causes Of Action.
Actions on several causes of action may be brought in any county where any of the causes of action arose. When two or more causes...
- 47.051 - Actions Against Corporations.
Actions against domestic corporations shall be brought only in the county where such corporation has, or usually keeps, an office for transaction of its customary...
- 47.061 - Action On Promissory Notes.
Actions on unsecured negotiable or nonnegotiable promissory notes shall be brought only in the county in which such notes were signed by the maker or...
- 47.071 - Jurisdiction Over Navigable Waters.
When the territorial jurisdiction of a court extends to one bank of any navigable water, such court has jurisdiction across such navigable water from shore...
- 47.081 - Military, Naval, Or Other Service As Residence.
Any person in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, and the husband or the wife of any such person, if he...
- 47.091 - Change Of Venue; Power To Grant.
All courts have power and it is their duty to grant changes of venue as hereinafter provided. The order of transfer shall require the movant...
- 47.101 - Change Of Venue; Application.
(1) If a party desires a change of venue he or she may move therefor stating the belief that he or she will not receive a...
- 47.111 - Change Of Venue; Denial Of Motion.
The adverse party has the right to deny the allegations of the motion. The court shall hear the evidence on the motion.History.—s. 1, ch. 5372,...
- 47.121 - Change Of Venue; When Unable To Obtain Jury.
A change of venue shall be granted when it appears impracticable to obtain a qualified jury in the county where the action is pending.History.—s. 1,...
- 47.122 - Change Of Venue; Convenience Of Parties Or Witnesses Or In The Interest Of Justice.
For the convenience of the parties or witnesses or in the interest of justice, any court of record may transfer any civil action to any...
- 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...
- 47.141 - Change Of Venue; Same Jurisdiction.
The order granting change of venue shall transfer the action to a court of the same jurisdiction in another county. If the judge of such...
- 47.151 - Change Of Venue; To Another County Of Circuit.
If a change of venue is granted on grounds other than the disqualification or prejudice of a judge of the circuit court, the action may...
- 47.172 - Change Of Venue; Transfer Of Papers, Etc.
On a change of venue the clerk of the court in which such action was pending shall transmit all papers filed in said action, a...
- 47.181 - Change Of Venue; Testimony Of Witnesses.
After a change of venue, testimony of witnesses residing in the county from which the action is removed may be taken in the manner provided...
- 47.191 - Change Of Venue; Payment Of Costs.
No change of venue shall be granted except on condition that the movant, unless otherwise provided by the order of transfer, shall pay all costs...
Last modified: September 23, 2016