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Fla. Stat. § 47.025

Actions against contractors

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Presidential Hospitality, LLC v. Wyndham Hotel Grp., LLC (2018)

Most recently applied in Presidential Hospitality, LLC v. Wyndham Hotel Grp., LLC (July 2018)

History.--s. 9, ch. 99-225; s. 1, ch. 99-386

Any venue provision in a contract for improvement to real property which requires legal action involving a resident contractor, subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, or materialman, as defined in 1part I of chapter 713, to be brought outside this state is void as a matter of public policy. To the extent that the venue provision in the contract is void under this section, any legal action arising out of that contract shall be brought only in this state in the county where the defendant resides, where the cause of action accrued, or where the property in litigation is located, unless, after the dispute arises, the parties stipulate to another venue.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.