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FL Stat § 177.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.011 - Purpose and scope of part I.

177.011 Purpose and scope of part I.—This part shall be deemed to establish consistent minimum requirements, and to create such additional powers in local governing bodies, as herein provided to regulate and control the platting of lands. This part establishes minimum requirements and does not exclude additional provisions or regulations by local ordinance, laws, or regulations.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 33, ch. 79-164.
FL Stat § 177.021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.021 - Legal status of recorded plats.

177.021 Legal status of recorded plats.—The recording of any plats made in compliance with the provisions of this part shall serve to establish the identity of all lands shown on and being a part of such plats, and lands may thenceforth be conveyed by reference to such plat.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.041 - Boundary survey and title opinion or property information report required.

177.041 Boundary survey and title opinion or property information report required.—Every plat or replat of a subdivision submitted to the approving agency of the local governing body must be accompanied by:(1) A boundary survey of the platted lands. However, a new boundary survey for a replat is required only when the replat affects any boundary of the previously platted property or when improvements which may affect the boundary of the previously platted property have been made on the lands to be replatted. The boundary survey must be performed and prepared under the responsible direction and supervision of a professional surveyor and mapper preceding the initial submittal of the plat to the local governing body. This subsection does not restrict a legal entity from employing one professional surveyor and mapper to perform and prepare the boundary survey and another professional surveyor and mapper to prepare the plat.(2) A title opinion of an attorney at law licensed in Florida or a property information report showing that record title to the land as described and shown on the plat is in the name of the person, persons, corporation, or entity executing the dedication. The title opinion or property information report must also show all mortgages not satisfied or released of record nor otherwise terminated by law.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 72-77; s. 1, ch. 88-48; s. 3, ch. 98-20; s. 1, ch. 99-288; s. 1, ch. 2017-132.
FL Stat § 177.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.051 - Name and replat of subdivision.

177.051 Name and replat of subdivision.—(1) Every subdivision shall be given a name by which it shall be legally known. For the purpose of this section, that name is the “primary name.” The primary name shall not be the same or in any way so similar to any name appearing on any recorded plat in the same county as to confuse the records or to mislead the public as to the identity of the subdivision, except when the subdivision is further divided as an additional unit or section by the same developer or the developer’s successors in title. In that case, the additional unit, section, or phase shall be given the primary name followed by the unit, section, or phase number. Words such as “the,” “replat,” or “a” may not be used as the first word of the primary name. Every subdivision’s name shall have legible lettering of the same size and type, including the words “section,” “unit,” or “phase.” If the word “replat” is not part of the primary name, then it may be of a different size and type. The primary name of the subdivision shall be shown in the dedication and shall coincide exactly with the subdivision name.(2) Any change in a plat, except as provided in s. 177.141, shall be labeled a “replat,” and a replat must conform with this part. After the effective date of this act, the terms “amended plat,” “revised plat,” “corrected plat,” and “resubdivision” may not be used to describe the process by which a plat is changed.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 935, ch. 95-147; s. 4, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.061 - Qualification and statement required.

177.061 Qualification and statement required.—Every plat offered for recording pursuant to the provisions of this part must be prepared by a professional surveyor and mapper. The plat must be signed and sealed by that professional surveyor and mapper, who must state on the plat that the plat was prepared under his or her direction and supervision and that the plat complies with all of the survey requirements of this part. Every plat must also contain the printed name and registration number of the professional surveyor and mapper directly below the statement required by this section, along with the printed name, address, and certificate of authorization number of the legal entity, if any. A professional surveyor and mapper practicing independently of a legal entity must include his or her address.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 102, ch. 94-119; s. 1453, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.071 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.071 - Approval of plat by governing bodies.

177.071 Approval of plat by governing bodies.—(1) Before a plat is offered for recording, it must be approved by the appropriate governing body, and evidence of such approval must be placed on the plat. If not approved, the governing body must return the plat to the professional surveyor and mapper or the legal entity offering the plat for recordation. For the purposes of this part:(a) When the plat to be submitted for approval is located wholly within the boundaries of a municipality, the governing body of the municipality has exclusive jurisdiction to approve the plat.(b) When a plat lies wholly within the unincorporated areas of a county, the governing body of the county has exclusive jurisdiction to approve the plat.(c) When a plat lies within the boundaries of more than one governing body, two plats must be prepared and each governing body has exclusive jurisdiction to approve the plat within its boundaries, unless the governing bodies having said jurisdiction agree that one plat is mutually acceptable.(2) Any provision in a county charter, or in an ordinance of any charter county or consolidated government chartered under s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State Constitution, which provision is inconsistent with anything contained in this section shall prevail in such charter county or consolidated government to the extent of any such inconsistency.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 76-110; s. 1, ch. 77-152; s. 1, ch. 77-278; s. 103, ch. 94-119; s. 1, ch. 95-176; s. 6, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.081 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.081 - Dedication and approval.

177.081 Dedication and approval.—(1) Prior to approval by the appropriate governing body, the plat shall be reviewed for conformity to this chapter by a professional surveyor and mapper either employed by or under contract to the local governing body, the costs of which shall be borne by the legal entity offering the plat for recordation, and evidence of such review must be placed on such plat.(2) Every plat of a subdivision filed for record must contain a dedication by the owner or owners of record. The dedication must be executed by all persons, corporations, or entities whose signature would be required to convey record fee simple title to the lands being dedicated in the same manner in which deeds are required to be executed. All mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided shall execute, in the same manner in which deeds are required to be executed, either the dedication contained on the plat or a separate instrument joining in and ratifying the plat and all dedications and reservations thereon.(3) When a tract or parcel of land has been subdivided and a plat thereof bearing the dedication executed by the owners of record and mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided, and when the approval of the governing body has been secured and recorded in compliance with this part, all streets, alleys, easements, rights-of-way, and public areas shown on such plat, unless otherwise stated, shall be deemed to have been dedicated to the public for the uses and purposes thereon stated. However, nothing herein shall be construed as creating an obligation upon any governing body to perform any act of construction or maintenance within such dedicated areas except when the obligation is voluntarily assumed by the governing body.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 2, ch. 79-86; s. 7, ch. 98-20; s. 2, ch. 99-288.
FL Stat § 177.085 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.085 - Platted streets; reversionary clauses.

177.085 Platted streets; reversionary clauses.—(1) When any owner of land subdivides the land and dedicates streets, other roadways, alleys or similar strips on the map or plat, and the dedication contains a provision that the reversionary interest in the street, roadway, alley or other similar strip is reserved unto the dedicator or his or her heirs, successors, assigns, or legal representative, or similar language, and thereafter conveys abutting lots or tracts, the conveyance shall carry the reversionary interest in the abutting street to the centerline or other appropriate boundary, unless the owner clearly provides otherwise in the conveyance.(2) As to all plats of subdivided lots heretofore recorded in the public records of each county, the holder of any interest in any reversionary rights in streets in such plats, other than the owners of abutting lots, shall have 1 year from July 1, 1972, to institute suit in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state to establish or enforce the right, and failure to institute the action within the time shall bar any right, title or interest, and all right of forfeiture or reversion shall thereupon cease and determine, and become unenforceable.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 72-257; s. 50, ch. 73-333; s. 936, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 177.086 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.086 - Installation of cul-de-sacs.

177.086 Installation of cul-de-sacs.—In the event a municipality or county installs a cul-de-sac on a street or road under its jurisdiction and thereby discontinues use of any existing street or road right-of-way, such discontinuance shall not operate to abandon or vacate the unused right-of-way unless the governing body of the municipality or county adopts a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, vacating the unused right-of-way.History.—s. 73, ch. 87-243.
FL Stat § 177.111 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.111 - Instructions for filing plat.

177.111 Instructions for filing plat.—After the approval by the appropriate governing body required by s. 177.071, the plat shall be recorded by the circuit court clerk or other recording officer upon submission thereto of such approved plat. The circuit court clerk or other recording officer shall maintain in his or her office a book of the proper size for such papers so that they shall not be folded, to be kept in the vault. A print or photographic copy must be filed in a similar book and kept in his or her office for the use of the public. The clerk shall make available to the public a full size copy of the record plat at a reasonable fee.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 76-110; s. 937, ch. 95-147; s. 7, ch. 99-259.
FL Stat § 177.121 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.121 - Misdemeanor to molest monument or deface or destroy map or plat.

177.121 Misdemeanor to molest monument or deface or destroy map or plat.—It is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person to molest any monuments established according to this part or to deface or destroy any map or plat placed on public record.History.—s. 1A, ch. 71-339; s. 10, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.131 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.131 - Recordation of the Department of Transportation official right-of-way maps and other governmental right-of-way maps.

177.131 Recordation of the Department of Transportation official right-of-way maps and other governmental right-of-way maps.—(1) The circuit court clerk of a county shall record in the public land records of the county any map prepared and adopted by the Department of Transportation or any other governmental entity as its official right-of-way map after the same has been approved by the appropriate governmental authority. The clerk shall use special plat books provided by the appropriate governmental authority for such maps, which shall be kept with other plat books. The clerk shall make available to the public a full size copy of the right-of-way maps at a reasonable fee.(2) Sections 177.011-177.121 of this part are not applicable to this section. Upon request of the clerk, the Department of Transportation shall furnish without charge a reproducible copy of its right-of-way maps.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 11, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.132 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.132 - Preservation of unrecorded maps.

177.132 Preservation of unrecorded maps.—(1) The clerk of the circuit court of a county may receive and copy, as unrecorded maps, otherwise unrecorded plats and maps, including sales maps, which describe or illustrate the boundaries and subdivision of parcels of land, but which do not necessarily indicate proper metes and bounds or otherwise comply with the recording requirements of this part. The receipt and copying of such documents shall not affect or impair the title to the property in any manner, nor shall it be construed as actual or constructive notice, but shall be for informational purposes only and shall not be referred to for the purpose of conveying property or for circumventing the lawful regulation and control of subdividing lands by local governing bodies. The clerk may maintain a separate book or other filing process provided by the county for this purpose. The clerk shall make reproductions of these copies available to the public at a reasonable fee.(2) Sections 177.021-177.121 of this part shall not apply to this section.History.—s. 2, ch. 76-110; s. 12, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.141 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.141 - Affidavit confirming error on a recorded plat.

177.141 Affidavit confirming error on a recorded plat.—In the event an error or omission in the data shown on any plat duly recorded under the provisions of this part is detected by subsequent examination or revealed by a retracement of the original survey of the lands shown on such recorded plat, the professional surveyor and mapper or legal entity responsible for the survey and the preparation of the plat as recorded may file an affidavit confirming that such error or omission was made. If applicable, the affidavit must state that the professional surveyor and mapper or legal entity has made a resurvey of the subject property in the recorded subdivision within the last 10 days and that no evidence existed on the ground that would conflict with the corrections as stated in the affidavit. The affidavit shall describe the nature and extent of such error or omission and the appropriate correction that in the affiant’s professional opinion should be substituted for the erroneous data shown on the plat or added to the data on the plat. When such an affidavit is filed, it is the duty of the circuit court clerk to record the affidavit, and he or she must place in the margin of the recorded plat a notation that the affidavit has been filed, the date of filing, and the official book and page where it is recorded. The notation must also be placed on all copies of the plat used for reproduction purposes. The affidavit shall have no effect upon the validity of the plat.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 7, ch. 82-179; s. 105, ch. 94-119; s. 1455, ch. 95-147; s. 13, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.142 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.142 - Renaming of subdivisions and streets on plats and maps.

177.142 Renaming of subdivisions and streets on plats and maps.—If the local governing body determines that a subdivision, street, or other name appearing on a recorded plat or map or an unrecorded map maintained by the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to s. 177.132 constitutes an ethnic or racial slur, the local governing body is authorized to change that name by ordinance. The clerk of the circuit court of the county shall place in the margin of the plat or map a notation that an ordinance has been passed changing the name, the date of the name change, and the book and page in the public records where the ordinance is recorded.History.—s. 2, ch. 95-176.
FL Stat § 177.151 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part I - Platting (Ss. 177.011-177.151)|177.151 - State plane coordinate.

177.151 State plane coordinate.—(1) Coordinates may be used to define or designate the position of points on the surface of the earth within the state for land descriptions and subdivision purposes, provided the initial point in the description shall be tied to the nearest government corner or other recorded and well established corner. The state plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate projection and zone system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in meters or feet and decimals of the same. One position, to be known as the “Northing,” shall give the position in a north and south direction; the other, to be known as the “Easting,” shall give the position in an east and west direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to the origins and projections on the Florida State Plane Coordinate System and the geodetic control stations of the National Ocean Service within the state, as those origins and projections have been determined by such service. When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into the other of the above projections or zones, the positions of all points on its boundary may be referred to either of the zones or projections, with the zone and projection being used specifically named in the description.(2) The position of points on the Florida State Plane Coordinate System shall be as marked on the ground by geodetic control stations established in conformity with standards adopted by the National Ocean Service for first-order and second-order work, the geodetic positions of which have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983, as readjusted in 1990, and the coordinates of which have been computed on the Florida State Plane Coordinate System. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection with the Florida State Plane Coordinate System.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 161, ch. 92-152; s. 106, ch. 94-119; s. 14, ch. 98-20.
FL Stat § 177.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40)|177.25 - Short title.

177.25 Short title.—This part shall be cited as the “Florida Coastal Mapping Act of 1974.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-56.
FL Stat § 177.26 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40)|177.26 - Declaration of policy.

177.26 Declaration of policy.—The Legislature recognizes the desirability of confirmation of the mean high-water line, as recognized in the State Constitution and defined in s. 177.27(15) as the boundary between state sovereignty land and uplands subject to private ownership, as well as the necessity for uniform standards and procedures with respect to the establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the mean high-water and mean low-water lines, and therefore directs that uniform standards and procedures be developed.History.—s. 2, ch. 74-56; s. 2, ch. 91-56.
FL Stat § 177.28 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40)|177.28 - Legal significance of the mean high-water line.

177.28 Legal significance of the mean high-water line.—(1) Mean high-water line along the shores of land immediately bordering on navigable waters is recognized and declared to be the boundary between the foreshore owned by the state in its sovereign capacity and upland subject to private ownership. However, no provision of this part shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of state ownership of sovereignty submerged lands, nor shall any provision of this part be deemed to impair the title to privately owned submerged lands validly alienated by the State of Florida or its legal predecessors.(2) No provision of this part shall be deemed to modify the common law of this state with respect to the legal effects of accretion, reliction, erosion, or avulsion.History.—s. 4, ch. 74-56.
FL Stat § 177.29 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XII - Municipalities|Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries|Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40)|177.29 - Powers and duties of the department.

177.29 Powers and duties of the department.—(1) The provisions of this part shall be administered by the department.(2) In addition to such powers as may be specifically delegated to it under the provisions of this part, the department is authorized to perform the following functions:(a) To coordinate the efforts of all public and private agencies and organizations engaged in the making of tidal surveys and maps of the coastal areas of this state, with the object of avoiding unnecessary duplication and overlapping;(b) To serve as a coordinating state agency for any program of tidal surveying and mapping conducted by the Federal Government;(c) To assist any court, tribunal, administrative agency, or political subdivision, and to make available to them information, regarding tidal surveying and coastal boundary determinations;(d) To contract with federal, state, or local agencies or with private parties for the performance of any surveys, studies, investigations, or mapping activities, for preparation and publication of the results thereof, or for other authorized functions relating to the objectives of this part;(e) To develop permanent records of tidal surveys and maps of the state’s coastal areas;(f) To develop uniform specifications and regulations for tidal surveying and mapping coastal areas of the state;(g) To collect and preserve appropriate survey data from coastal areas; and(h) To act as a public repository for copies of coastal area maps and to establish a library of such maps and charts.History.—s. 5, ch. 74-56; s. 36, ch. 94-356.