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2000 Florida Statutes

Section 725.06, Florida Statutes 2000

725.06  Construction contracts; limitation on indemnification.--

(1)  A construction contract may require a party to that contract to indemnify and hold harmless the other party to the contract, their officers and employees, from liabilities, damages, losses and costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees, to the extent caused by the negligence, recklessness, or intentional wrongful misconduct of the indemnifying party and persons employed or utilized by the indemnifying party in the performance of the construction contract.

(2)  Except as specifically provided in subsection (1), a construction contract may not require one party to indemnify the other party, its employees, officers, directors, or agents from any liability, damage, loss, claim, action, or proceeding, and any such contract provision is void as against public policy of this state.

History.--s. 1, ch. 72-52; s. 935, ch. 97-102; s. 31, ch. 2000-372.

Note.--Former s. 768.085.