Chapter 69 — Chapter 69
8 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 69.011 Supreme Court; bond not to be required of certain officers in certain original proceedings
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Constitutional officers of the state, boards of county commissioners, and school boards of the several counties of this state shall not be required to furnish any bond or other security for the procurement of or to render effective any restraining order, injunction, or other orde…
Fla. Stat. § 69.021 Bondholders’ committee
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(1) SELECTION.—In any action to foreclose the lien of any mortgage or deed of trust given to secure any issue of bonds or other obligations and encumbering real or personal property or both when the owners of the bonds or beneficiaries of the trust exceed ten in number, on motion…
Fla. Stat. § 69.031 Designated financial institutions for property in hands of guardians, curators, administrators, trustees, receivers, or other officers
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(1) When it is expedient in the judgment of any court having jurisdiction of any estate in process of administration by any guardian, curator, executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, or other officer, because the size of the bond required of the officer is burdensome or for o…
Fla. Stat. § 69.041 State named party; lien foreclosure, suit to quiet title
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(1) Under the conditions prescribed in this section for the protection of the state, the state may be named a party to a civil action in any court of this state, or in any district court of the United States, having jurisdiction of the subject matter, either:(a) To quiet title to…
Fla. Stat. § 69.051 General and special magistrates; compensation
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General and special magistrates appointed by the court shall be allowed such compensation for any services as the court deems reasonable, including time consumed in legal research required in preparing and summarizing their findings of fact and law.
Fla. Stat. § 69.061 Loss of negotiable instrument; indemnity
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The court may order that the loss of a negotiable instrument shall not be set up in any action to recover on it if satisfactory indemnity is given against the claims of any other person on the instrument.
Fla. Stat. § 69.071 Number of jurors
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In all civil actions when a jury is impaneled, a jury of six qualified jurors is sufficient.
Fla. Stat. § 69.081 Sunshine in litigation; concealment of public hazards prohibited
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(1) This section may be cited as the “Sunshine in Litigation Act.”(2) As used in this section, “public hazard” means an instrumentality, including but not limited to any device, instrument, person, procedure, product, or a condition of a device, instrument, person, procedure or p…