Florida Statute 162.13 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 162
COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT

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162.13 Provisions of act supplemental.—It is the legislative intent of ss. 162.01-162.12 to provide an additional or supplemental means of obtaining compliance with local codes. Except as provided in s. 162.06(1)(b), nothing contained in ss. 162.01-162.12 shall prohibit a local governing body from enforcing its codes by any other means.

History.—s. 11, ch. 82-37; s. 3, ch. 2021-167.

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Cases Citing Statute 162.13

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Metro. Dade Cnty. v. Hernandez, 708 So. 2d 1008 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 146178

...Chapter 162 allows counties to enforce their ordinances through code enforcement boards with appeal to the circuit court (chapter 162, part I) and/or through code enforcement officers with appeal to the county court by trial de novo (chapter 162, part II) or, indeed, "by any other means." See sections 162.13, 162.21(8), Fla....

...lternative code enforcement system which gives code enforcement boards or special masters [hearing officers], or both, the authority to hold hearings and assess fines against violators of ... county ... codes and ordinances." (Emphasis added.) Next, section 162.13 establishes the supplemental nature of the "Part I" procedures they "shall [not] prohibit a local governing body from enforcing its codes by other means", for instance by "Part II" means....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2001).

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municipal codes and ordinances. As stated in section 162.13, Florida Statutes, "It is the legislative intent

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1994).

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3 See, Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 72-348 (1972). 4 Section 162.13, Fla. Stat. (1993). 5 Section 162.06, Fla.

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Deehl v. Weiss, 505 So. 2d 529 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 889, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7415

Enforcement Boards Act was amended and renumbered.4 Section 162.13, which was then added, provides: Provisions

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2000).

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General RAB/tls 1 Section 162.03(2), Fla. Stat. 2 Section 162.13, Fla. Stat. 3 Section 162.21(1), Fla. Stat

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1997).

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Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tjw 1 Section 162.13, Fla. Stat. 2 Section 162.06, Fla. Stat. (1996

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2002).

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General RED/tjw 1 Section 162.01, Fla. Stat. 2 Section 162.13, Fla. Stat. 3 Section 162.06, Fla. Stat. 4

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Goodman v. Cnty. Court in Broward Cnty., 711 So. 2d 587 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 3864, 1998 WL 171482

violations. The third district determined that under section 162.13, Florida Statutes (1983), a municipality could

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