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FL Stat § 703.10 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.10 - Order to Show Cause; Enjoining Owners From Removing Abstracts Beyond Jurisdiction of Court.

703.10 Order to show cause; enjoining owners from removing abstracts beyond jurisdiction of court.—Upon the presentation of such petition to such judge, she or he shall make an order requiring the owner or custodian of such abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats to appear before her or him at a day by her or him fixed, not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the date of such order, and show cause why the petition should not be granted, and the said judge shall at the time make an order enjoining the owners or persons in charge of such abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats from removing the same beyond the jurisdiction of the court pending the litigation.History.—s. 2, ch. 5414, 1905; RGS 3857; CGL 5764; s. 785, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 703.11 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.11 - Order Granting Petition; Jury to Assess Compensation; Copies of Original Abstracts.

703.11 Order granting petition; jury to assess compensation; copies of original abstracts.—Upon the day fixed, or any day to which the hearing may be adjourned, if no person shall appear, or if no sufficient cause be shown why the prayer of the petition should not be granted, then the said judge shall make an order granting the prayer of the petition and issue an order to the sheriff to impanel a jury of 12 persons to try what shall be just compensation for the said abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats, or copies thereof, sought to be taken for the county. If the defendant so appearing shall, in her or his return to such order, elect that the condemnation sought by the petitioner shall, if any such condemnation be allowed, be of copies of such abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats and not of the originals thereof, no condemnation shall be allowed of such originals, and the petition, in case it shall have sought a condemnation of such originals, shall thereupon be amended so as to seek only a condemnation of a copy of said abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats.History.—s. 3, ch. 5414, 1905; RGS 3858; CGL 5765; s. 786, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 703.13 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.13 - Payment of Compensation and Delivery of Abstracts; Petitioner to Pay Cost.

703.13 Payment of compensation and delivery of abstracts; petitioner to pay cost.—Upon the rendition of the verdict, the said judge shall make an order that, upon the payment into court for the use of the defendant, within 10 days, unless further time be allowed by the court, of the compensation ascertained by the jury, the prayer of the petition is granted, or else the proceedings shall be null and void, and the said judge shall fix a time within which, after such payment into court, the defendant shall place in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for said county, for the use of the public, such abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats, or copies thereof, sworn to by the custodian of the said abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats, in accordance with the prayer of said petition, and said judge shall render judgment against the petitioner for the cost.History.—s. 5, ch. 5414, 1905; RGS 3860; CGL 5767.
FL Stat § 703.14 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.14 - Penalty for Failure to Deliver Abstracts.

703.14 Penalty for failure to deliver abstracts.—Any person or the officers of any corporation in possession of, or having under their control such abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats who shall fail or refuse to comply with such order, shall be guilty of a contempt of court and may be imprisoned until such order is obeyed.History.—s. 6, ch. 5414, 1905; RGS 3861; CGL 5768.
FL Stat § 703.15 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.15 - Abstracts Acquired by Condemnation.

703.15 Abstracts acquired by condemnation.—Upon the filing of such abstracts, copies, minutes, maps, or plats, or such copies thereof, in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for such county, they shall have the same force and effect as is now provided in ss. 703.07 and 703.08 for those obtained and filed in such clerk’s office under the provisions of said sections.History.—s. 8, ch. 5414, 1905; RGS 3862; CGL 5769.
FL Stat § 703.17 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.17 - Alteration of Abstracts Condemned by County for Use of the Public.

703.17 Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public.—Any person or persons making any erasure, alteration, interlineation, or interpolation in any abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats, or in any copies thereof filed in the clerk’s office under the provisions of ss. 703.09-703.11 and 703.13-703.15 shall be guilty of the crime of forgery.History.—s. 9, ch. 5414, 1905; RGS 5207; CGL 7325; s. 678, ch. 71-136.
FL Stat § 703.18 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.18 - Refusing to Make Abstract.

703.18 Refusing to make abstract.—Any person or any employee thereof, who may be engaged in such business of making abstracts, writing, entries, or maps in any county in which the records have been destroyed, shall furnish such abstract or copy, or any portion thereof and a certificate and affidavit of the correctness thereof to any person from time to time applying therefor in the order of application, and without unnecessary delay, and for a reasonable consideration to be allowed therefor, which in no case shall exceed the sum of 60 cents for each deed, mortgage, or other instrument for which such abstract is furnished, and $5 for the certificate and affidavit, and only one certificate and affidavit shall be necessary or shall be charged to or for all the entries, instruments, or items of the abstract of any chain of title, and any and all persons so engaged, whose business is hereby declared to stand upon a like footing with that of common carriers, who shall refuse so to do, if tender or payment be made to him or her or them of the amount demanded for such abstract or copy, and not exceeding the amount aforesaid, as soon as such amount is made known and ascertained, or of a sum adequate to cover such amount before it is ascertained, shall be guilty of the crime of extortion, and shall also be liable in any action for any and all damages, loss or injury which any person applying therefor may suffer or incur by reason of such failure to furnish such abstract or copy, as aforesaid, and shall also be subject to be compelled to furnish such abstract by mandamus or other legal proceedings.History.—s. 7, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 3484; RGS 5358; CGL 7493; s. 679, ch. 71-136; s. 787, ch. 97-102.
FL Stat § 703.19 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 703 - Abstracts of Title|703.19 - Filing Untrue Copies of Abstracts Ordered Filed for Use of Public.

703.19 Filing untrue copies of abstracts ordered filed for use of public.—Any person making copies of abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats, where copies are prayed for under the provisions of ss. 703.09-703.11 and 703.13-703.15 and ordered filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the use of the public, who shall not make the same truly and without alteration or interpolation, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.History.—s. 7, ch. 5414, 1905; RGS 5359; CGL 7494; s. 680, ch. 71-136.
FL Stat § 704.02 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 704 - Easements|704.02 - When Lands Enclosed, Person Using Easement to Maintain Gates.

704.02 When lands enclosed, person using easement to maintain gates.—When the land on which the statutory easement referred to in s. 704.01(2) shall be in use, or afterwards put to the use of enclosing farm or grove products or livestock, the owner or tenant of the dominant tenement using the easement of the same shall, if no compensation is paid under s. 704.04, when requested by the owner of the servient tenement, erect and maintain either a cattle guard or a gate at each place where said easement intersects a fence. Any such gate is to be kept closed when not opened for passage, and any such cattle guard or gate so erected and maintained shall be in substantial conformity with the character of the fence at such intersection.History.—s. 2, ch. 7326, 1917; RGS 5000; CGL 7089; s. 2, ch. 28070, 1953.
FL Stat § 704.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 704 - Easements|704.03 - “Practicable” Defined.

704.03 “Practicable” defined.—For the purposes of this chapter the word “practicable,” as used in s. 704.01, shall be held and construed to mean “without the use of bridge, ferry, turnpike road, embankment, or substantial fill.”History.—s. 3, ch. 7326, 1917; RGS 5001; CGL 7090; s. 3, ch. 28070, 1953.
FL Stat § 704.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 704 - Easements|704.05 - Easements and Rights of Entry.

704.05 Easements and rights of entry.—(1) The rights and interests in land which are subject to being extinguished by marketable record title pursuant to the provisions of s. 712.04 shall include rights of entry or of an easement, given or reserved in any conveyance or devise of realty, when given or reserved for the purpose of mining, drilling, exploring, or developing for oil, gas, minerals, or fissionable materials, unless those rights of entry or easement are excepted or not affected by the provisions of s. 712.03 or s. 712.04. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to interests reserved or otherwise held by the state or by any of its agencies, boards, or departments.(2) Any person claiming such a right of entry or easement may preserve and protect the same from extinguishment by the operation of this act by filing a notice in the form and in accordance with the procedures set forth in ss. 712.05 and 712.06.(3) This section is intended, and shall be deemed, to operate both prospectively and retrospectively.(4) The provisions of this section shall not revive any right or interest that was extinguished by the operation of chapter 712 prior to June 6, 1975.History.—s. 1, ch. 70-100; s. 1, ch. 73-140; s. 1, ch. 75-94; s. 70, ch. 99-3.
FL Stat § 704.07 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 704 - Easements|704.07 - Solar Easements; Creation; Remedies.

704.07 Solar easements; creation; remedies.—(1) Easements obtained for the purpose of maintaining exposure of a solar energy device shall be created in writing and shall be subject to being recorded and indexed in the same manner as any other instrument affecting the title to real property. Solar easements may be preserved and protected from extinguishment by the filing of a notice in the form and in accordance with the provisions set forth in ss. 712.05 and 712.06.(2) In addition to fulfilling the requirements of law relating to conveyance of interests in land, the instrument creating the solar easement shall include:(a) A description of the properties, servient and dominant.(b) The vertical and horizontal angles, expressed in degrees, at which the solar easement extends over the real property subject to the solar easement.(c) A description of where the easement falls across the servient property in relation to existing boundaries and various setbacks established by the local zoning authority.(d) The point on the dominant property from where the angles describing the solar easement are to be measured.(e) Terms or conditions under which the solar easement is granted or will terminate.(f) Any provisions for compensation of the owner of the property benefiting from the solar easement in the event of interference with the enjoyment of the solar easement or compensation of the owner of the property subject to the solar easement for maintaining the solar easement.(3) No structure under construction on October 1, 1978, shall be subject to any solar easement recorded pursuant to this section.History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 78-309.
FL Stat § 704.08 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 704 - Easements|704.08 - Cemeteries; Right of Ingress and Egress for Visiting or Maintenance.

704.08 Cemeteries; right of ingress and egress for visiting or maintenance.—The relatives and descendants of any person buried in a cemetery shall have an easement for ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the cemetery at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner. The owner of the land may designate the easement. If the cemetery is abandoned or otherwise not being maintained, such relatives and descendants may request the owner to provide for reasonable maintenance of the cemetery, and, if the owner refuses or fails to maintain the cemetery, the relatives and descendants shall have the right to maintain the cemetery.History.—s. 36, ch. 80-238.
FL Stat § 705.101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 705 - Lost or Abandoned Property|705.101 - Definitions.

705.101 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:(1) “Local government” means the board of county commissioners of a county or the commission or council of any municipality in the county.(2) “Lost property” means all tangible personal property which does not have an identifiable owner and which has been mislaid on public property, upon a public conveyance, on premises used at the time for business purposes, or in parks, places of amusement, public recreation areas, or other places open to the public in a substantially operable, functioning condition or which has an apparent intrinsic value to the rightful owner.(3) “Abandoned property” means all tangible personal property that does not have an identifiable owner and that has been disposed on public property in a wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled condition or has no apparent intrinsic value to the rightful owner. The term includes derelict vessels as defined in s. 823.11.(4) “Law enforcement officer” means any person who is elected, appointed, or employed full time by any sheriff, any municipality, or the state or any political subdivision thereof; who is vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests; and whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime or the enforcement of the penal, criminal, traffic, or highway laws of the state. This definition includes all certified supervisory and command personnel whose duties include, in whole or in part, the supervision, training, guidance, and management responsibilities of full-time law enforcement officers or auxiliary law enforcement officers but does not include support personnel employed by the employing agency.(5) “Public property” means lands and improvements owned by the Federal Government, the state, the county, or a municipality and includes sovereignty submerged lands located adjacent to the county or municipality, buildings, grounds, parks, playgrounds, streets, sidewalks, parkways, rights-of-way, and other similar property.(6) “Unclaimed evidence” means any tangible personal property, including cash, not included within the definition of “contraband article,” as provided in s. 932.701(2), which was seized by a law enforcement agency, was intended for use in a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, and is retained by the law enforcement agency or the clerk of the county or circuit court for 60 days after the final disposition of the proceeding and to which no claim of ownership has been made.History.—s. 1, ch. 87-82; s. 15, ch. 89-268; s. 470, ch. 94-356; s. 70, ch. 99-248; s. 28, ch. 2000-197; s. 35, ch. 2002-46; s. 5, ch. 2004-39; s. 30, ch. 2004-344; s. 9, ch. 2006-309; s. 5, ch. 2014-143.
FL Stat § 705.1015 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 705 - Lost or Abandoned Property|705.1015 - County or Municipal Code Inspectors or Code Enforcement Officers; Duties.

705.1015 County or municipal code inspectors or code enforcement officers; duties.—Employees of a county or municipality whose duty it is to ensure code compliance or enforce codes and ordinances may be designated by the governing body of the county or the municipality to administer the provisions of this chapter which pertain to lost or abandoned property. Designation of such employees shall not provide the employees with the authority to bear arms or make arrests.History.—s. 16, ch. 89-268.
FL Stat § 705.102 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 705 - Lost or Abandoned Property|705.102 - Reporting Lost or Abandoned Property.

705.102 Reporting lost or abandoned property.—(1) Whenever any person finds any lost or abandoned property, such person shall report the description and location of the property to a law enforcement officer.(2) The law enforcement officer taking the report shall ascertain whether the person reporting the property wishes to make a claim to it if the rightful owner cannot be identified or located. If the person does wish to make such claim, he or she shall deposit with the law enforcement agency a reasonable sum sufficient to cover the agency’s cost for transportation, storage, and publication of notice. This sum shall be reimbursed to the finder by the rightful owner should he or she identify and reclaim the property.(3) It is unlawful for any person who finds any lost or abandoned property to appropriate the same to his or her own use or to refuse to deliver the same when required.(4) Any person who unlawfully appropriates such lost or abandoned property to his or her own use or refuses to deliver such property when required commits theft as defined in s. 812.014, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.History.—s. 2, ch. 87-82; s. 4, ch. 92-79; s. 790, ch. 97-102; s. 105, ch. 2019-167.
FL Stat § 705.104 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 705 - Lost or Abandoned Property|705.104 - Title to Lost or Abandoned Property.

705.104 Title to lost or abandoned property.—(1) Title to lost or abandoned property is hereby vested in the finder upon the expiration of the 90-day custodial time period specified in s. 705.103(2)(b), provided the notice requirements of s. 705.103 have been met, unless the rightful owner or a lienholder claims the property within that time.(2) Employees of any state, county, or municipal agency shall be deemed agents of such governmental entity, and lost or abandoned property found by them during the course of their official duties shall be turned in to the proper person or department designated to receive such property by the governmental entity. Such property shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, after which, if unclaimed by the rightful owner, the title to such property shall be vested in the state, county, or municipality and not in the employee.(3) Employees of public transportation systems shall be deemed agents of such transportation systems, and lost or abandoned property found on public conveyances, in depots, or in garages of a transportation system shall be turned in to the proper person or department designated to receive such property by the transportation systems. Such property shall be subject to the provisions of this section, after which, if unclaimed by the rightful owner, the title to such property shall be vested in the transportation system and not in the employee.History.—s. 4, ch. 87-82; s. 2, ch. 90-307.
FL Stat § 705.105 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 705 - Lost or Abandoned Property|705.105 - Procedure Regarding Unclaimed Evidence.

705.105 Procedure regarding unclaimed evidence.—(1) Title to unclaimed evidence or unclaimed tangible personal property lawfully seized pursuant to a lawful investigation in the custody of the court or clerk of the court from a criminal proceeding or seized as evidence by and in the custody of a law enforcement agency shall vest permanently in the law enforcement agency 60 days after the conclusion of the proceeding.(a) If the property is of appreciable value, the agency may elect to:1. Retain the property for the agency’s own use;2. Transfer the property to another unit of state or local government;3. Donate the property to a charitable organization;4. Sell the property at public sale, pursuant to the provisions of s. 705.103.(b) If the property is not of appreciable value, the law enforcement agency may elect to destroy it.(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or supersede the provisions of s. 790.08 relating to the disposition of weapons and firearms.History.—s. 5, ch. 87-82; s. 5, ch. 90-113.
FL Stat § 705.106 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 705 - Lost or Abandoned Property|705.106 - Recovery From Person Wrongfully in Possession.

705.106 Recovery from person wrongfully in possession.—Whenever any property described in this chapter, chapter 706, or chapter 707 is ascertained to be wrongfully withheld and the person in possession refuses to give it up to the sheriff on demand, the county attorney of the county in which the property is situated, or the city attorney, if within a municipality, when required to do so by the sheriff, shall enter a suit for said property and prosecute it to a final recovery. All moneys derived from these sources shall be paid by the sheriff into the State Treasury for the benefit of the State School Fund.History.—ss. 4, 5, ch. 344, 1850; RS 2015; GS 2537; RGS 3892; CGL 5799; s. 4, ch. 63-267.Note.—Former s. 705.06.
FL Stat § 705.17 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XL - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 705 - Lost or Abandoned Property|705.17 - Exceptions.

705.17 Exceptions.—(1) Sections 705.101-705.106 do not apply to any personal property lost or abandoned on the campus of any institution in the State University System or on premises owned or controlled by the operator of a public-use airport having regularly scheduled international passenger service.(2) Sections 705.1015-705.106 do not apply to any personal property lost or abandoned on premises located within a theme park or entertainment complex, as defined in s. 509.013(9), or operated as a zoo, a museum, or an aquarium, or on the premises of a public food service establishment or a public lodging establishment licensed under part I of chapter 509, if the owner or operator of such premises elects to comply with s. 705.185.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-75; s. 6, ch. 87-82; s. 22, ch. 91-110; s. 61, ch. 96-323; s. 1, ch. 2019-6.