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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 718
CONDOMINIUMS
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718.102 Purposes.The purpose of this chapter is:
(1) To give statutory recognition to the condominium form of ownership of real property.
(2) To establish procedures for the creation, sale, and operation of condominiums.

Every condominium created and existing in this state shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

History.s. 1, ch. 76-222.

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City of Miami Beach v. Rocio Corp., 404 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

Cited 103 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...nition to the condominium form of ownership of real property. (2) To establish procedures for the creation, sale, and operation of condominiums. Every condominium created and existing in this state shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. § 718.102(1), (2), Fla....
...ning the enforcement of the subject ordinances specified that conflict existed between the ordinances and sections 718.105, 718.107, 718.402, 718.501, 718.502, 718.503, 718.504, and 718.507 of the Condominium Act. The purpose of the Condominium Act, Section 718.102(1), is "to give statutory recognition to the condominium form of ownership of real property and to establish procedures for the creation, sale, and operation of condominiums." The statute does not restrict rights, but instead provides rights....
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U.S. Steel Mining Co. v. Dir., OWCP, 386 F.3d 977 (11th Cir. 2004).

Cited 23 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 20384, 2004 WL 2163387

...classification system contained in a document entitled the International Labour Organization Union Internationale Contra Cancer/Cincinnati (1971) International Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses (“the ILO Classification System”). See 20 C.F.R. § 718.102(b); see also Am....
...1993) (“The ILO classification system uses a 12-step scale to measure the concentration of opacities (i.e., areas of darkness or shading) on chest x-rays. A 1/0 rating is the fourth most severe of the ratings.”). Chest x-rays classified as category 0-, 0/0, or 0/1 are read as negative for pneumoconiosis. 20 C.F.R. § 718.102(b)....
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Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. River Manor Condo. Ass'n, 125 So. 3d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 1441294, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5729, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 820

...ithin Chapter 718, aptly titled the “Condominium Act,” the purpose of which is to give statutory recognition to the condominium form of ownership of real property and establish procedures for the creation, sale and operation of condominiums. See § 718.102, Fla....
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Rogers & Ford Const. v. Carlandia Corp., 626 So. 2d 1350 (Fla. 1993).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 62 U.S.L.W. 2348, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 592, 1993 Fla. LEXIS 1815, 1993 WL 458843

...s with other unit owners an undivided interest in the common elements. See, e.g., § 718.103, Fla. Stat. (1991). In Florida, this form of property has been expressly recognized by the Legislature and is subject to its control and regulation. See id. § 718.102; see also Century Village, Inc....
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Clearwater Key Ass'n-South Beach, Inc. v. Thacker, 431 So. 2d 641 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...g statute. In this case, paragraph VIII of the Declaration, as reformed, materially conflicts with sections 718.104(4), 718.115(2), and 718.116(8), Florida Statutes (1977). Every condominium declaration in Florida is subject to these provisions. See § 718.102, Fla....
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Raines v. Palm Beach Leisureville Com. Ass'n, 413 So. 2d 30 (Fla. 1982).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1982 Fla. LEXIS 2408

...Two weeks after issuing its opinion, the district court certified its question to this Court. The purposes of chapter 718 are to give statutory recognition to the condominium form of ownership and to establish procedures for the creation, sale, and operation of condominiums. § 718.102....
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Phillips v. Hirshon, 958 So. 2d 425 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 1263475

...To that end, the brothers point out that the purpose of the new Cooperative Act, Ch. 719, Fla. Stat. (1977), was "to give statutory recognition to the cooperative form of ownership of real property," see § 719.102, Fla. Stat. (1977), a provision paralleling section 718.102 of the new Condominium Act, Ch. 718, Fla. Stat. (1977), which reconfirmed that the purpose of the Condominium Act was to "give statutory recognition to the condominium form of ownership of real property." § 718.102, Fla....
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Bennett M. Lifter v. METRO. DADE CTY., 482 So. 2d 479 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Courts are therefore concerned with whether compliance with a County ordinance requires a violation of a state statute or renders compliance with a state statute impossible. "Ordinance 84-46 is said by Plaintiffs to prohibit the creation, sale and leasing of condominium units in violation of § 718.102(b) and § 718.104(2), Fla....
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U.S. Steel Mining Co., LLC v. Cassandra M. Terry, 920 F.3d 1283 (11th Cir. 2019).

Cited 3 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...used as medical evidence include “the name and qualifications of the physician who interpreted the X-ray”—and goes on to require a notation specifying “whether he or she was a Board-certified radiologist, a Board-eligible radiologist, or a Certified B-reader.” See id. § 718.102(e) (emphasis added)....
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First Sarasota Serv. Corp. v. Miller, 450 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...718, the Florida Condominium Act. This act, passed by the legislature in 1976, is designed: (1) to give statutory recognition to the condominium form of ownership; and (2) to establish procedures for the creation, sale and operation of condominiums. § 718.102....
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Bruno v. Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC (In re Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC), 472 B.R. 582 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2012).

Cited 2 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida

...nstalled in each part of the house. . Doc. No. 61 in 9-ap-859. . Fla. Stat. § 720.401 (l)(a). . Id. . Fla. Stat. § 720.401 (c). . Id. (emphasis added). See Florida Farm, LLC v. 360 Developers, LLC, 45 So.3d 810 (Fla.App.3d Dist.2010). . Fla. Stat. § 718.102 ("Every condominium created and existing in this state shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.”)....
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Tranquil Harbour Dev., LLC v. BBT, LLC, 79 So. 3d 84 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 20900, 2011 WL 6851194

...agraph 16 and, thus, is required to return the purchasers' deposit and any interest earned thereon. The Legislature has enacted statutes specifically for the purpose of establishing "procedures for the creation, sale, and operation of condominiums." § 718.102, Fla....
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Kareen Lecorps & John Baptiste v. Star Lakes Ass'n, Inc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2022).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...The first is Florida’s “Condominium Act” (the “Act”) codified in chapter 718, Florida Statutes (2022), and the second is the governing condominium documents. Every condominium in Florida is created pursuant to chapter 718 of the Florida Statutes. § 718.102, Fla....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1999).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...Watts, Assessment Administrator, Lee County Property Appraiser's Office, from Mr. Stephen J. Keller, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Revenue, dated April 12, 1993, citing s. 195.027 (3), Fla. Stat., Rule 12D-1.005 (1), F.A.C., and Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 74-268 (1974). 2 Section 718.101 , Fla. Stat. 3 Section 718.102 , Fla....
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Oceans Four Condo. Ass'n v. Stafford, 545 So. 2d 435 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1478, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3402, 1989 WL 63398

is subject to the provisions of this chapter. § 718.102, Fla.Stat. (1987). A condominium is created by
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De Soleil South Beach Ass'n, Inc. v. Amber Perrin (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...IconBrickell held that members of a condominium association cannot alienate common elements defined by statute. 310 So. 3d at 480. So the Master Association, a stranger to the Condo Declaration, would not be able to take away what the unit owners cannot convey absent conveying title to their units. See id.; see also § 718.102, Fla....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2009).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

condominiums.9 As specifically set forth in section 718.102, Florida Statutes, the purpose of the act is:
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1979).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...The purposes of the act are to statutorily recognize the condominium form of ownership and to set forth the procedures for creation, sale, and operation of condominiums. The act specifies that every condominium created in Florida is subject to its provisions. Section 718.102 ....

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