Fla. Stat. 258.021
Power of eminent domain; procedure

Whenever the Division of Recreation and Parks shall find it necessary to acquire private property for state parks, or rights-of-way for state parks, or for exercising any of the powers and duties authorized and prescribed by law to be exercised and performed by the division, the division is hereby empowered and authorized to exercise the right of eminent domain and to proceed to condemn said property in the same manner as provided by law for the condemnation of private property by counties.

Source: Section 258.021 — Power of eminent domain; procedure, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0258.021 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

258.001
Park regions 258.004
Duties of division 258.007
Powers of division 258.08
Guide meridian and base parallel park located 258.008
Prohibited activities 258.09
Rauscher Park designated 258.10
Division of Recreation and Parks to supervise and maintain Rauscher Park 258.11
Land ceded for Royal Palm State Park 258.12
Additional lands ceded for Royal Palm State Park 258.14
Royal Palm State Park and endowment lands exempt from taxation 258.014
Use of state parks 258.15
St. Michael’s Cemetery designated a state park 258.015
Citizen support organizations 258.016
Senior/disabled citizen camping permit 258.017
Dedication of state park lands for public use 258.021
Power of eminent domain 258.027
Division to take over certain functions 258.034
State Park Trust Fund created 258.037
Policy of division 258.041
Cooperation of division with counties, etc 258.081
Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center 258.083
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park 258.0142
Foster and adoptive family state park fee discounts 258.0145
Military, law enforcement, and firefighter state park fee discounts 258.156
Savannas State Reserve 258.157
Prohibited acts in Savannas State Reserve 258.158
Exemption from s 258.0165
Defibrillators in state parks

Current through Fall 2025

§ 258.021. Power of eminent domain; procedure's source at flsenate.gov

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Location: https://florida.public.law/statutes/fla._stat._258.021

Original Source: Section 258.021 — Power of eminent domain; procedure, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0258.021 (last accessed Aug. 7, 2025).