Fla. Stat. 47.071
Jurisdiction over navigable waters

When the territorial jurisdiction of a court extends to one bank of any navigable water, such court has jurisdiction across such navigable water from shore to shore. If the territorial jurisdiction of different courts, whether of the same county or not, extends to the opposite bank of any navigable water, such courts have concurrent jurisdiction across said navigable water from shore to shore.

Source: Section 47.071 — Jurisdiction over navigable waters, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0047.­071 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

Current through Fall 2025

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