Florida Statute 47.091 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 47
VENUE

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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 or, if the action was initially filed in the improper venue, the initially filing party to pay the filing fee required to file a new action in the court to which the action is moved. The payment of such filing fee shall be considered a transfer fee.

History.—s. 1, ch. 373, 1851; RS 1077; GS 1469; RGS 2668; CGL 4335; s. 3, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 89-84.

Note.—Former s. 53.01.

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Sheffield Steel Prod. v. Powell Bros., 385 So. 2d 161 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 16645

...Having so failed, the defendant must bear the consequences of having the suit maintained in [Putnam] County. 243 So.2d at 447. The order appealed is REVERSED. REVERSED. CROSS, J., and BROWNLEE, Associate Judge., concur. NOTES [1] Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(A). [2] § 47.091, Fla....

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Tindall v. Smith, 601 So. 2d 627 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 143632

...We reverse, concluding that the trial court abused its discretion in transferring venue as the record does not reflect the existence of the circumstances under which a change of venue is permissible. We recognize that all courts have the power to grant changes of venue. § 47.091, Fla....

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State, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs. v. Blatz, 685 So. 2d 1366 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 10349, 1996 WL 563362

to Lee County, Florida. We reverse because section 47.091, Florida Statutes (1995), provides for payment

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Mathis v. Wainwright, 484 So. 2d 96 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 592, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6805

...and is empowered to fashion an appropriate disposition of the cause, including, if need be, remanding the cause with directions that the petition for habeas corpus be transferred to the circuit court of the county in which appellant is detained. See section 47.091 and section 47.172, Florida Statutes....

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Posey v. Sheldon, 560 So. 2d 357 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 2877, 1990 WL 51714

...idents of that county. We affirm. Section 47.061, Florida Statutes (1989) mandates that venue be in Okaloosa County. Richard A. and Elaine A. Sheldon cross-appeal the court’s order requiring them to pay the fees to transfer the action. We reverse. Section 47.091, Florida Statutes (1989) requires the party initially filing the action to pay the fees where the action was filed initially in the improper forum....

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