§ 770.07, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 770. DEFAMATION
Cause of action, time of accrual.
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The cause of action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance, as described in s. 770.05, shall be deemed to have accrued at the time of the first publication or exhibition or utterance thereof in this state.
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History
s. 3, ch. 67-52.
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