When declaratory relief is sought, all persons may be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration. No declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceedings. In any proceeding concerning the validity of a county or municipal charter, ordinance, or franchise, such county or municipality shall be made a party and shall be entitled to be heard. If the statute, charter, ordinance, or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, the Attorney General or the state attorney of the judicial circuit in which the action is pending shall be served with a copy of the complaint and be entitled to be heard.
Fla. Stat. § 86.091
Parties
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth (2003)
Most recently applied in Progressive American Insurance Co. v. Eduardo J. Garrido D.C. P.A., Etc. (February 2017)
History.--s. 10, ch. 21820, 1943; s. 1, ch. 59-440; s. 38, ch. 67-254
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.