LEGAL ISSUES IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FINAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ What are the 3 exceptions to reasonable time? Answer: The repeat
violator, the emergency case and irreparable.
◉ What part of FL Stat. talks about reasonable time? Answer: 162.06.
◉ Section 162.21 FL Stat. requires a code officer to issued a citation
under what circumstances? Answer: Based on personal investigation and
reasonable cause.
◉ The document of a violation should consist of the following: Answer:
The date, the time of the violation, the person which whom the code
officer spoke, the narrative of the facts observed and the applicable
section if the city or county code.
◉ Under what chapter we can find the Public Record Act? Answer:
Chapter 119.
, ◉ What the Florida and the United States Constitution requires to
conduct court proceedings? Answer: Procedural due process. Notice, an
opportunity to be heard and to defend before a competent tribunal with
the jurisdiction of the subject matter.
◉ What part of FL Stat. talks about providing the violator with adequate
notice? Answer: Chapter 162.06.
◉ In what chapter in the FL Stat. states that a lien can be filed against
the land on which the violation exist and upon any other real or personal
property owned by the violator? Answer: Chapter 162.09
◉ The Service of process demands the following: Answer: The ideal of
fair play, demands that when a person is sued or cited for a violation, the
person should have noticed of the violation and an opportunity to be
defend.
◉ What section of FL Stat. outlines the requirements for the notice
(Service of Process)? Answer: Chapter 162.12.
◉ How many days before a hearing a notice needs to be posted?
Answer: 10 days before.
◉ What part of FL Stat. requires Proof of publication and Uniform
affidavits? Answer: Section 50.41 & 50.51.
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ What are the 3 exceptions to reasonable time? Answer: The repeat
violator, the emergency case and irreparable.
◉ What part of FL Stat. talks about reasonable time? Answer: 162.06.
◉ Section 162.21 FL Stat. requires a code officer to issued a citation
under what circumstances? Answer: Based on personal investigation and
reasonable cause.
◉ The document of a violation should consist of the following: Answer:
The date, the time of the violation, the person which whom the code
officer spoke, the narrative of the facts observed and the applicable
section if the city or county code.
◉ Under what chapter we can find the Public Record Act? Answer:
Chapter 119.
, ◉ What the Florida and the United States Constitution requires to
conduct court proceedings? Answer: Procedural due process. Notice, an
opportunity to be heard and to defend before a competent tribunal with
the jurisdiction of the subject matter.
◉ What part of FL Stat. talks about providing the violator with adequate
notice? Answer: Chapter 162.06.
◉ In what chapter in the FL Stat. states that a lien can be filed against
the land on which the violation exist and upon any other real or personal
property owned by the violator? Answer: Chapter 162.09
◉ The Service of process demands the following: Answer: The ideal of
fair play, demands that when a person is sued or cited for a violation, the
person should have noticed of the violation and an opportunity to be
defend.
◉ What section of FL Stat. outlines the requirements for the notice
(Service of Process)? Answer: Chapter 162.12.
◉ How many days before a hearing a notice needs to be posted?
Answer: 10 days before.
◉ What part of FL Stat. requires Proof of publication and Uniform
affidavits? Answer: Section 50.41 & 50.51.
