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FL Stat § 689.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.02 - Form of Warranty Deed Prescribed.

689.02 Form of warranty deed prescribed.—(1) Warranty deeds of conveyance to land may be in the following form, viz.:“This indenture, made this   day of   A.D. , between  , of the County of   in the State of  , party of the first part, and  , of the County of  , in the State of  , party of the second part, witnesseth: That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of   dollars, to her or him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, has granted, bargained and sold to the said party of the second part, her or his heirs and assigns forever, the following described land, to wit:And the said party of the first part does hereby fully warrant the title to said land, and will defend the same against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.”(2) The form for warranty deeds of conveyance to land shall include a blank space for the property appraiser’s parcel identification number describing the property conveyed, which number, if available, shall be entered on the deed before it is presented for recording. The failure to include such blank space or the parcel identification number, or the inclusion of an incorrect parcel identification number, does not affect the validity of the conveyance or the recordability of the deed. Such parcel identification number is not a part of the legal description of the property otherwise set forth in the deed and may not be used as a substitute for the legal description of the property being conveyed.History.—s. 1, ch. 4038, 1891; GS 2449; RGS 3788; CGL 5661; s. 1, ch. 87-66; s. 17, ch. 88-176; s. 60, ch. 89-356; s. 752, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 2013-241.
FL Stat § 689.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.03 - Effect of Such Deed.

689.03 Effect of such deed.—A conveyance executed substantially in the foregoing form shall be held to be a warranty deed with full common-law covenants, and shall just as effectually bind the grantor, and the grantor’s heirs, as if said covenants were specifically set out therein. And this form of conveyance when signed by a married woman shall be held to convey whatever interest in the property conveyed which she may possess.History.—s. 2, ch. 4038, 1891; GS 2450; RGS 3789; CGL 5662; s. 5, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 753, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 689.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.04 - How Executed.

689.04 How executed.—Such deeds shall be executed and acknowledged as is now or may hereafter be provided by the law regulating conveyances of realty by deed.History.—s. 3, ch. 4038, 1891; GS 2451; RGS 3790; CGL 5663.
FL Stat § 689.045 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.045 - Conveyances to or by Partnership.

689.045 Conveyances to or by partnership.—(1) Any estate in real property may be acquired in the name of a limited partnership. Title so acquired must be conveyed or encumbered in the partnership name. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of limited partnership, a conveyance or encumbrance of real property held in the partnership name, and any other instrument affecting title to real property in which the partnership has an interest, must be executed in the partnership name by one of the general partners.(2) Every conveyance to a limited partnership in its name recorded before January 1, 1972, as required by law while the limited partnership was in existence is validated and is deemed to convey the title to the real property described in the conveyance to the partnership named as grantee.(3) When title to real property is held in the name of a limited partnership or a general partnership, one of the general partners may execute and record, in the public records of the county in which such partnership’s real property is located, an affidavit stating the names of the general partners then existing and the authority of any general partner to execute a conveyance, encumbrance, or other instrument affecting such partnership’s real property. The affidavit shall be conclusive as to the facts therein stated as to purchasers without notice.History.—s. 2, ch. 71-9; s. 71, ch. 86-263; s. 23, ch. 95-242.Note.—Former s. 620.081.
FL Stat § 689.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.05 - How Declarations of Trust Proved.

689.05 How declarations of trust proved.—All declarations and creations of trust and confidence of or in any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be manifested and proved by some writing, signed by the party authorized by law to declare or create such trust or confidence, or by the party’s last will and testament, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect; provided, always, that where any conveyance shall be made of any lands, messuages or tenements by which a trust or confidence shall or may arise or result by the implication or construction of law, or be transferred or extinguished by the act and operation of law, then, and in every such case, such trust or confidence shall be of the like force and effect as the same would have been if this section had not been made, anything herein contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.History.—s. 2, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1951; GS 2452; RGS 3791; CGL 5664; s. 754, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 689.06 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.06 - How Trust Estate Conveyed.

689.06 How trust estate conveyed.—All grants, conveyances, or assignments of trust or confidence of or in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, shall be by deed signed and delivered, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, by the party granting, conveying, or assigning, or by the party’s attorney or agent thereunto lawfully authorized, or by last will and testament duly made and executed, or else the same shall be void and of no effect.History.—s. 3, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1952; GS 2453; RGS 3792; CGL 5665; s. 1, ch. 80-219; s. 755, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 689.08 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.08 - Fines and Common Recoveries.

689.08 Fines and common recoveries.—Conveyance by fine or by common recovery shall never be used in this state.History.—s. 2, Feb. 4, 1835; RS 1953; GS 2454; RGS 3794; CGL 5667.
FL Stat § 689.09 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.09 - Deeds Under Statute of Uses.

689.09 Deeds under statute of uses.—By deed of bargain and sale, or by deed of lease and release, or of covenant to stand seized to the use of any other person, or by deed operating by way of covenant to stand seized to the use of another person, of or in any lands or tenements in this state, the possession of the bargainor, releasor or covenantor shall be deemed and adjudged to be transferred to the bargainee, releasee or person entitled to the use as perfectly as if such bargainee, releasee or person entitled to the use had been enfeoffed by livery of seizin of the land conveyed by such deed of bargain and sale, release or covenant to stand seized; provided, that livery of seizin can be lawfully made of the lands or tenements at the time of the execution of the said deeds or any of them.History.—s. 12, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1954; GS 2455; RGS 3795; CGL 5668.
FL Stat § 689.10 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.10 - Words of Limitation and the Words “Fee Simple” Dispensed With.

689.10 Words of limitation and the words “fee simple” dispensed with.—Where any real estate has heretofore been conveyed or granted or shall hereafter be conveyed or granted without there being used in the said deed or conveyance or grant any words of limitation, such as heirs or successors, or similar words, such conveyance or grant, whether heretofore made or hereafter made, shall be construed to vest the fee simple title or other whole estate or interest which the grantor had power to dispose of at that time in the real estate conveyed or granted, unless a contrary intention shall appear in the deed, conveyance or grant.History.—s. 1, ch. 5145, 1903; GS 2456; RGS 3796; s. 1, ch. 10170, 1925; CGL 5669.
FL Stat § 689.11 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.11 - Conveyances Between Husband and Wife Direct; Homestead.

689.11 Conveyances between husband and wife direct; homestead.—(1) A conveyance of real estate, including homestead, made by one spouse to the other shall convey the legal title to the grantee spouse in all cases in which it would be effectual if the parties were not married, and the grantee need not execute the conveyance. An estate by the entirety may be created by the action of the spouse holding title:(a) Conveying to the other by a deed in which the purpose to create the estate is stated; or(b) Conveying to both spouses.(2) All deeds heretofore made by a husband direct to his wife or by a wife direct to her husband are hereby validated and made as effectual to convey the title as they would have been were the parties not married;(3) Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as validating any deed made for the purpose, or that operates to defraud any creditor or to avoid payment of any legal debt or claim; and(4) Provided further that this section shall not apply to any conveyance heretofore made, the validity of which shall be contested by suit commenced within 1 year of the effective date of this law.History.—s. 1, ch. 5147, 1903; GS 2457; RGS 3797; CGL 5670; s. 6, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 23964, 1947; s. 1, ch. 71-54.
FL Stat § 689.111 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.111 - Conveyances of Homestead; Power of Attorney.

689.111 Conveyances of homestead; power of attorney.—(1) A deed or mortgage of homestead realty owned by an unmarried person may be executed by virtue of a power of attorney executed in the same manner as a deed.(2) A deed or mortgage of homestead realty owned by a married person, or owned as an estate by the entirety, may be executed by virtue of a power of attorney executed solely by one spouse to the other, or solely by one spouse or both spouses to a third party, provided the power of attorney is executed in the same manner as a deed. Nothing in this section shall be construed as dispensing with the requirement that husband and wife join in the conveyance or mortgage of homestead realty, but the joinder may be accomplished through the exercise of a power of attorney.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-27.
FL Stat § 689.115 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.115 - Estate by the Entirety in Mortgage Made or Assigned to Husband and Wife.

689.115 Estate by the entirety in mortgage made or assigned to husband and wife.—Any mortgage encumbering real property, or any assignment of a mortgage encumbering real property, made to two persons who are husband and wife, heretofore or hereafter made, creates an estate by the entirety in such mortgage and the obligation secured thereby unless a contrary intention appears in such mortgage or assignment.History.—s. 1, ch. 86-29; s. 21, ch. 91-110.
FL Stat § 689.12 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.12 - How State Lands Conveyed for Educational Purposes.

689.12 How state lands conveyed for educational purposes.—(1) The title to all lands granted to or held by the state for educational purposes shall be conveyed by deed executed by the members of the State Board of Education, with an impression of the seal of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state thereon and when so impressed by this seal deeds shall be entitled to be recorded in the public records and to be received in evidence in all courts and judicial proceedings.(2) Lands held for any tuberculosis hospital and declared to be surplus to the needs of such hospital may be conveyed to the district school board in which said lands are located for educational purposes.History.—s. 1, ch. 4999, 1901; GS 2458; RGS 3798; CGL 5671; ss. 1, 2, ch. 67-191; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 69-300.
FL Stat § 689.13 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.13 - Rule Against Perpetuities Not Applicable to Dispositions of Property for Private Cemeteries, Etc.

689.13 Rule against perpetuities not applicable to dispositions of property for private cemeteries, etc.—No disposition of property, or the income thereof, hereafter made for the maintenance or care of any public or private burying ground, churchyard, or other place for the burial of the dead, or any portion thereof, or grave therein, or monument or other erection in or about the same, shall fail by reason of such disposition having been made in perpetuity; but such disposition shall be held to be made for a charitable purpose or purposes.History.—s. 1, ch. 14655, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 5671(1).
FL Stat § 689.14 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.14 - Entailed Estates.

689.14 Entailed estates.—No property, real or personal, shall be entailed in this state. Any instrument purporting to create an estate tail, express or implied, shall be deemed to create an estate for life in the first taker with remainder per stirpes to the lineal descendants of the first taker in being at the time of her or his death. If the remainder fails for want of such remainderman, then it shall vest in any other remaindermen designated in such instrument, or, if there is no such designation, then it shall revert to the original donor or to her or his heirs.History.—s. 20, Nov. 17, 1829; RS 1818; GS 2293; RGS 3616; CGL 5481; s. 2, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 23126, 1945; s. 757, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 689.15 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.15 - Estates by Survivorship.

689.15 Estates by survivorship.—The doctrine of the right of survivorship in cases of real estate and personal property held by joint tenants shall not prevail in this state; that is to say, except in cases of estates by entirety, a devise, transfer or conveyance heretofore or hereafter made to two or more shall create a tenancy in common, unless the instrument creating the estate shall expressly provide for the right of survivorship; and in cases of estates by entirety, the tenants, upon dissolution of marriage, shall become tenants in common.History.—s. 20, Nov. 17, 1829; RS 1819; GS 2294; RGS 3617; CGL 5482; s. 3, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 73-300.
FL Stat § 689.17 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.17 - Rule in Shelley’s Case Abolished.

689.17 Rule in Shelley’s Case abolished.—The rule in Shelley’s Case is hereby abolished. Any instrument purporting to create an estate for life in a person with remainder to her or his heirs, lawful heirs, heirs of her or his body or to her or his heirs described by words of similar import, shall be deemed to create an estate for life with remainder per stirpes to the life tenant’s lineal descendants in being at the time said life estate commences, but said remainder shall be subject to open and to take in per stirpes other lineal descendants of the life tenant who come into being during the continuance of said life estate.History.—s. 2, ch. 23126, 1945; s. 758, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 689.175 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.175 - Worthier Title Doctrine Abolished.

689.175 Worthier title doctrine abolished.—The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor’s “heirs,” “heirs at law,” “next of kin,” “distributees,” “relatives,” or “family,” or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.History.—s. 23, ch. 2006-217.
FL Stat § 689.19 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.19 - Variances of Names in Recorded Instruments.

689.19 Variances of names in recorded instruments.—(1) The word “instrument” as used in this section shall be construed to mean and include not only instruments voluntarily executed but also papers filed or issued in or in connection with actions and other proceedings in court and orders, judgments and decrees entered therein and transcripts of such judgments and proceedings in foreclosure of mortgage or other liens.(2) Variances between any two instruments affecting the title to the same real property both of which shall have been spread on the record for the period of more than 10 years among the public records of the county in which such real property is situated, with respect to the names of persons named in the respective instruments or in acknowledgments thereto arising from the full Christian name appearing in one and only the initial letter of that Christian name appearing in the other or from a full middle name appearing in one and only the initial letter of that middle name appearing in the other or from the initial letter of a middle name appearing in one and not appearing in the other, irrespective of which one of the two instruments in which any such variance occurred was prior in point of time to the other and irrespective of whether the instruments were executed or originated before or after August 5, 1953, shall not destroy or impair the presumption that the person so named in one of said instruments was the same person as the one so named in the other of said instruments which would exist if the names in the two instruments were identical; and, in spite of any such variance, the person so named in one of said instruments shall be presumed to be the same person as the one so named in the other until such time as the contrary appears and, until such time, either or both of such instruments or the record thereof or certified copy or copies of the record thereof shall be admissible in evidence in the same manner as though the names in the two instruments were identical.History.—s. 1, ch. 28208, 1953.
FL Stat § 689.20 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.20 - Limitation on Use of Word “minerals.”

689.20 Limitation on use of word “minerals.”—Whenever the word “minerals” is hereafter used in any deed, lease, or other contract in writing, said word or term shall not include any of the following: topsoil, muck, peat, humus, sand, and common clay, unless expressly provided in said deed, lease, or other contract in writing.History.—s. 1, ch. 59-375.
FL Stat § 689.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.25 - Failure to Disclose Homicide, Suicide, Deaths, or Diagnosis of HIV or AIDS Infection in an Occupant of Real Property.

689.25 Failure to disclose homicide, suicide, deaths, or diagnosis of HIV or AIDS infection in an occupant of real property.—(1)(a) The fact that an occupant of real property is infected or has been infected with human immunodeficiency virus or diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome is not a material fact that must be disclosed in a real estate transaction.(b) The fact that a property was, or was at any time suspected to have been, the site of a homicide, suicide, or death is not a material fact that must be disclosed in a real estate transaction.(2) A cause of action shall not arise against an owner of real property, his or her agent, an agent of a transferee of real property, or a person licensed under chapter 475 for the failure to disclose to the transferee that the property was or was suspected to have been the site of a homicide, suicide, or death or that an occupant of that property was infected with human immunodeficiency virus or diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.History.—s. 46, ch. 88-380; s. 51, ch. 2003-164.
FL Stat § 689.261 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust|689.261 - Sale of Residential Property; Disclosure of Ad Valorem Taxes to Prospective Purchaser.

689.261 Sale of residential property; disclosure of ad valorem taxes to prospective purchaser.—(1) A prospective purchaser of residential property must be presented a disclosure summary at or before execution of the contract for sale. Unless a substantially similar disclosure summary is included in the contract for sale, a separate disclosure summary must be attached to the contract for sale. The disclosure summary, whether separate or included in the contract, must be in a form substantially similar to the following:PROPERTY TAXDISCLOSURE SUMMARYBUYER SHOULD NOT RELY ON THE SELLER’S CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES AS THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT THE BUYER MAY BE OBLIGATED TO PAY IN THE YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO PURCHASE. A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OR PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS TRIGGERS REASSESSMENTS OF THE PROPERTY THAT COULD RESULT IN HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING VALUATION, CONTACT THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER’S OFFICE FOR INFORMATION.(2) Unless included in the contract, the disclosure summary must be provided by the seller. If the disclosure summary is not included in the contract for sale, the contract for sale must refer to and incorporate by reference the disclosure summary and include, in prominent language, a statement that the potential purchaser should not execute the contract until he or she has read the disclosure summary required by this section.History.—s. 5, ch. 2004-349.