Fla. Stat. § 66.081: Betterment, judgment for defendant.

If the verdict is in favor of defendant and the balance of assessments is also in defendant’s favor, a judgment for costs shall be entered against plaintiff, and a further judgment that unless plaintiff pays or secures as hereinafter provided the amount of the balance of assessments against him or her within 20 days, defendant may pay or secure to plaintiff the value of the land as assessed.

History.—RS 1520; GS 1975; RGS 3243; CGL 5051; s. 21, ch. 67-254; s. 352, ch. 95-147.