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2024 Florida Statutes (Including 2025C)
SECTION 106
Recovery of attorney fees and costs in certain disputes regarding property rights.
Recovery of attorney fees and costs in certain disputes regarding property rights.
57.106 Recovery of attorney fees and costs in certain disputes regarding property rights.—
(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “property rights” includes, but is not limited to, use rights, ingress and egress rights, and those rights incident to land bordering upon navigable waters as described in s. 253.141.
(2) In a civil action brought against the owner of a parcel of real property to resolve a dispute concerning property rights, the court must award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing defendant if the improvements made to the property by the defendant property owner were made in substantial compliance with, or in reliance on, environmental or regulatory approvals or permits issued by a political subdivision of the state or a state agency.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2024-232.