§ 72.041, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 72. TAX MATTERS
Tax liabilities arising under the laws of other states.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Actions to enforce lawfully imposed sales, use, and corporate income taxes and motor and other fuel taxes of another state may be brought in a court of this state under the following conditions:
(1) The state seeking to institute an action for the collection, assessment, or enforcement of a lawfully imposed tax must have extended a like courtesy to this state;
(2) Venue for any action under this section shall be the circuit court of the county in which the defendant resides;
(3) This section does not apply to the enforcement of tax warrants of another state unless the warrant has been obtained as a result of a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in the taxing state or unless the courts of the state seeking to enforce its warrant allow the enforcement of the warrants issued by the Department of Revenue pursuant to chapters 206, 212, 213, and 220; and
(4) All tax liabilities owing to this state or any of its subdivisions shall be paid first and shall be prior in right to any tax liability arising under the laws of other states.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 45, ch. 85-342; s. 35, ch. 86-152; s. 101, ch. 90-136; s. 12, ch. 90-351; s. 86, ch. 91-112; s. 127, ch. 95-417; s. 3, ch. 2011-76.
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The Florida Statutes
- Fla. Stat. ch. 206MOTOR AND OTHER FUEL TAXESPrinted as chapters 206, 212, 213, and 220
- Fla. Stat. ch. 212TAX ON SALES, USE, AND OTHER TRANSACTIONSPrinted as chapters 206, 212, 213, and 220
- Fla. Stat. ch. 213STATE REVENUE LAWS: GENERAL PROVISIONSPrinted as chapters 206, 212, 213, and 220
- Fla. Stat. ch. 220INCOME TAX CODEPrinted as chapters 206, 212, 213, and 220
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