Florida Statutes 57.106 – Recovery of attorney fees and costs in certain disputes regarding property rights
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 57.106
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- political subdivision: include counties, cities, towns, villages, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts, and all other districts in this state. See Florida Statutes 1.01
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(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.