§ 47.071, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 47. VENUE
Jurisdiction over navigable waters.
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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
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 to shore. If the territorial jurisdiction of different courts, whether of the same county or not, extends to the opposite bank of any navigable water, such courts have concurrent jurisdiction across said navigable water from shore to shore.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
RS 1002; GS 1387; RGS 2583; CGL 4223; s. 3, ch. 67-254.
Note
Note.—Former s. 46.06.
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