{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.03","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 7.03","heading":"Bay County.","body":"The boundary lines of Bay County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of section eighteen in township two, north, range eleven, west; thence west on the section line to the southwest corner of section eighteen in township two, north, range twelve, west; thence south on the range line dividing ranges twelve and thirteen, west, to the Meridian base line; thence west on the base line to the thread of Pine Log Creek in range sixteen, west; thence southwesterly along the thread of said creek into the Choctawhatchee River to the thread of said river; thence southwesterly along the thread of said river to a point where said river intersects the range line dividing ranges seventeen and eighteen, west; thence south on said range line to the Gulf of America; thence in a southeasterly direction following the meanderings of said gulf, including the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, including all islands opposite the shoreline to a point where range line dividing ranges eleven and twelve, west, intersects with said gulf; thence north on said range line to place of beginning.\nHistory.—ss. 1, chs. 6505, 6506, 6508, 1913; RGS 15; CGL 17; s. 1, ch. 2025-8; s. 1, ch. 2026-14.","path":["CHAPTER 7 COUNTY BOUNDARIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0000-0099/0007/0007.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:56:41Z","sha256":"d06fd25453bf5234b1ba24b39388efd0a715cfe7ceeb899f96084643c940b086","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.02","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}