UCF Research Guides: Florida Statutes and Laws of Florida: Historical Versions

Statutes

Florida Statutes (Fla.Stat.) -- arranged by subject (annual or biennial sets)
Call Number: UCF Main Library Florida Documents AG 5 .S8/ (1927, 1941-43, 1951+)
Online 1997+
Florida Statutes (FSU College of Law) (1945-1996)

Revisions & Compilations

Revisions and Compilations of Florida Statutes -- "The laws of general application of the territory of Florida and of the State of Florida have either been compiled unofficially or revised under authority of law and adopted as official statutes in the following publications:"

Duval's Compilation of Territorial Laws, 1840
compilation
See Records of the States of the United States of America: Florida
Thompson's Digest, 1847
compilation
Available in Google Books
See also Records of the States of the United States of America: Florida
Bush's Digest, 1872
compilation
Available in Google Books
McClellan's Digest, 1881
compilation
Available in Google Books
Revised Statutes, 1892 (R.S.)
revision enacted as law
locate copies in Florida libraries
General Statutes, 1906 (G.S.)
revision enacted as law
Available in HathiTrust
Compiled Laws, 1914
annotated; unofficial compilation
Available in HathiTrust
Revised General Statutes, 1920 (R.G.S.)
revision enacted as law
Available in Google Books
Compiled General Laws, 1927 (C.G.L.)
Call Number: UCF Main Library Florida Documents - 1st Floor -- AG.5:S8/1927
unofficial compilation
ch3ck availability
Permanent cumulative supplement to Compiled general laws of Florida, 1940
beginning of the continuous revision system
locate copies in Florida libraries
Florida Statutes, 1941 (F.S. 1941)
Call Number: UCF Main Library Florida Documents - 1st Floor -- AG 5:S 8/1941
adoption of the official 1940 revision
A partial scanned copy is available
Florida Statutes, 1949 (F.S. 1949)
consolidation of 1941 statutes & supplements printed during 1943, 1945, & 1947
Florida Statutes, 1951+
Call Number: UCF Main Library Florida Documents - 1st Floor -- AG 5:S 8/
biennial, 1951-1999; annual 2000+

Florida Historical Legal Documents

Florida Historical Legal Documents (University of Florida)
The Florida Historical Legal Documents collection includes Laws of Florida Territory (1822-1845) and the Florida Constitutions of 1838, 1865, 1868, and 1885.

Records of the States of the United States of America: Florida
Call Number: UCF Main Library Microfilm -- F311.U5 (no longer available at UCF)
ch4ck availability for requesting via Interlibrary Loan
An index is located on a separate reel in this set. The index includes coverage of other states, but only the Florida materials were held by UCF - all reels were withdrawn due to deterioration of the microflim.
- legislative records such as the journals of the Legislature (1822-1869, 1912)
- ordinances & statutory law (1821-1877)
- Duval's Compilation of Public Acts (1839)
- Thompson's Digest (1847)
- constitutional records (1810-1868)
- administrative records (1827-1850)
- executive records (1845-1874)
- Supreme Court Record Book (1825-1845)
- legislative/executive records (1764-1783)
- records of the rudimentary State (1810-1817)
- other material regarding Florida history

Citations for Attorney General Opinions

A Consolidated Index to Opinions Issued & Published in the Biennial Reports of the Attorney General of Florida from 1895-1960, and a Citator to Sections of the Florida Constitution & Florida Statutes Cited
Index to Report of the Attorney General's Opinions, 1961-1975, and A Citator to Sections of the Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes Cited
Call Number: UCF Main Library Florida Documents AG.B 6: D6/961-975
Index to Attorney General Opinions, 1975-1981, and A Citator to Sections of the Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes Cited
Index to Opinions Issued and Published by the Attorney General of Florida, 1975-1977, and A Citator to Sections of the Florida Statutes and the Florida Constitution Cited
Call Number: UCF Main Library Florida Documents AG.B 6: D6/975-977