Fla. Stat. § 75.12
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75.12 Payment of costs.
Official statutory text
The costs shall be paid by the county, municipality, or district filing the complaint except when a taxpayer, citizen, or other person contests the action or intervenes, the court may tax the whole or any part of the costs against him or her as is equitable.
History: s. 6, ch. 6868, 1915; RGS 3301; s. 6, ch. 12003, 1927; CGL 5111, 5128; s. 25, ch. 67-254; s. 367, ch. 95-147.
History: s. 6, ch. 6868, 1915; RGS 3301; s. 6, ch. 12003, 1927; CGL 5111, 5128; s. 25, ch. 67-254; s. 367, ch. 95-147.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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