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FL Stat § 92.57 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.57 - Termination of Employment of Witness Prohibited.

92.57 Termination of employment of witness prohibited.—A person who testifies in a judicial proceeding in response to a subpoena may not be dismissed from employment because of the nature of the person’s testimony or because of absences from employment resulting from compliance with the subpoena. In any civil action arising out of a violation of this section, the court may award attorney’s fees and punitive damages to the person unlawfully dismissed, in addition to actual damages suffered by such person.History.—s. 1, ch. 90-185.
FL Stat § 92.60 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VII - Evidence|Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents|92.60 - Foreign Records of Regularly Conducted Business Activity.

92.60 Foreign records of regularly conducted business activity.—(1) For the purposes of this section:(a) “Foreign record of regularly conducted business activity” means a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses, maintained in a foreign country.(b) “Foreign certification” means a written declaration made and signed in a foreign country by the custodian of a foreign record of regularly conducted business activity or another qualified person that, if falsely made, would subject the maker to criminal penalty under the laws of that country.(c) “Business” means any business, institution, association, profession, occupation, or calling of any kind, whether or not conducted for profit.(2) In a criminal or civil proceeding in a court of the State of Florida, a foreign record of regularly conducted business activity, or a copy of such record, shall not be excluded as evidence by the hearsay rule if a foreign certification attests that:(a) Such record was made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters;(b) Such record was kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity;(c) The business activity made such a record as a regular practice; and(d) If such record is not the original, it is a duplicate of the original;unless the source of information or the method or circumstances of preparation indicate lack of trustworthiness.(3) A foreign certification under this section shall authenticate such record or duplicate.(4) No evidence in such records in the form of opinion or diagnosis is admissible under subsection (2) unless such opinion or diagnosis would be admissible under ss. 90.701-90.705 if the person whose opinion is recorded were to testify to the opinion directly.(5) At the arraignment or as soon after the arraignment as practicable, or 60 days prior to a civil trial, a party intending to offer in evidence under this section a foreign record of regularly conducted business activity shall provide written notice of that intention to each other party. A motion opposing admission in evidence of such record shall be made by the opposing party and determined by the court before trial. Failure by a party to file such motion before trial shall constitute a waiver of objection to such record or duplicate, but the court for cause shown may grant relief from the waiver.History.—s. 17, ch. 88-381; s. 1, ch. 97-189.
FL Stat § 95.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.011 - Applicability.

95.011 Applicability.—A civil action or proceeding, called “action” in this chapter, including one brought by the state, a public officer, a political subdivision of the state, a municipality, a public corporation or body corporate, or any agency or officer of any of them, or any other governmental authority, shall be barred unless begun within the time prescribed in this chapter or, if a different time is prescribed elsewhere in these statutes, within the time prescribed elsewhere.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174.
FL Stat § 95.03 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.03 - Contracts Shortening Time.

95.03 Contracts shortening time.—Any provision in a contract fixing the period of time within which an action arising out of the contract may be begun at a time less than that provided by the applicable statute of limitations is void.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 6465, 1913; RGS 2931; CGL 4651; s. 2, ch. 74-382.
FL Stat § 95.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.04 - Promise to Pay Barred Debt.

95.04 Promise to pay barred debt.—An acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, a debt barred by a statute of limitations must be in writing and signed by the person sought to be charged.History.—s. 1, ch. 4375, 1895; GS 1717; RGS 2930; CGL 4650; s. 6, ch. 74-382.
FL Stat § 95.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.051 - When Limitations Tolled.

95.051 When limitations tolled.—(1) The running of the time under any statute of limitations except ss. 95.281, 95.35, and 95.36 is tolled by:(a) Absence from the state of the person to be sued.(b) Use by the person to be sued of a false name that is unknown to the person entitled to sue so that process cannot be served on the person to be sued.(c) Concealment in the state of the person to be sued so that process cannot be served on him or her.(d) The adjudicated incapacity, before the cause of action accrued, of the person entitled to sue. In any event, the action must be begun within 7 years after the act, event, or occurrence giving rise to the cause of action.(e) Voluntary payments by the alleged father of the child in paternity actions during the time of the payments.(f) The payment of any part of the principal or interest of any obligation or liability founded on a written instrument.(g) The pendency of any arbitral proceeding pertaining to a dispute that is the subject of the action.(h) The period of an intervening bankruptcy tolls the expiration period of a tax certificate under s. 197.482 and any proceeding or process under chapter 197.(i) The minority or previously adjudicated incapacity of the person entitled to sue during any period of time in which a parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem does not exist, has an interest adverse to the minor or incapacitated person, or is adjudicated to be incapacitated to sue; except with respect to the statute of limitations for a claim for medical malpractice as provided in s. 95.11. In any event, the action must be begun within 7 years after the act, event, or occurrence giving rise to the cause of action.Paragraphs (a)-(c) shall not apply if service of process or service by publication can be made in a manner sufficient to confer jurisdiction to grant the relief sought. This section shall not be construed to limit the ability of any person to initiate an action within 30 days after the lifting of an automatic stay issued in a bankruptcy action as is provided in 11 U.S.C. s. 108(c).(2) A disability or other reason does not toll the running of any statute of limitations except those specified in this section, s. 95.091, the Florida Probate Code, or the Florida Guardianship Law.History.—s. 16, Nov. 10, 1828; ss. 14, 17, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1284, 1285; GS 1715, 1716; RGS 2928, 2929; CGL 4648, 4649; s. 4, ch. 74-382; s. 2, ch. 75-234; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 3, ch. 86-266; s. 1, ch. 89-26; s. 1, ch. 90-105; s. 519, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 2011-151.Note.—Former ss. 95.05, 95.07.
FL Stat § 95.10 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.10 - Cause of Action Arising in Another State.

95.10 Cause of action arising in another state.—When the cause of action arose in another state or territory of the United States, or in a foreign country, and its laws forbid the maintenance of the action because of lapse of time, no action shall be maintained in this state.History.—s. 18, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1295; GS 1726; RGS 2940; CGL 4664; s. 5, ch. 74-382.
FL Stat § 95.111 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.111 - Limitations After Death of a Person Served by Publication.

95.111 Limitations after death of a person served by publication.—In all suits or actions when a decree pro confesso or default was duly entered against a defendant on whom constructive service was duly obtained and the defendant died after the entry of the decree pro confesso or default and before the entry of final decree or judgment, and the death was not suggested to the court before the entry of the final decree or judgment, the final decree or judgment shall be binding and conclusive against persons claiming under the deceased defendant 1 year after its date as if the death had been suggested and the suit or action revived or continued against the proper parties.History.—s. 1, ch. 11996, 1927; CGL 4947; s. 46, ch. 67-254; s. 21, ch. 74-382.Note.—Former s. 62.08.
FL Stat § 95.12 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.12 - Real Property Actions.

95.12 Real property actions.—No action to recover real property or its possession shall be maintained unless the person seeking recovery or the person’s ancestor, predecessor, or grantor was seized or possessed of the property within 7 years before the commencement of the action.History.—s. 2, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1287; GS 1718; RGS 2932; CGL 4652; s. 8, ch. 74-382; s. 521, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 95.13 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.13 - Real Property Actions; Possession by Legal Owner Presumed.

95.13 Real property actions; possession by legal owner presumed.—In every action to recover real property or its possession, the person establishing legal title to the property shall be presumed to have been possessed of it within the time prescribed by law. The occupation of the property by any other person shall be in subordination to the legal title unless the property was possessed adversely to the legal title for 7 years before the commencement of the action.History.—s. 4, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1289; GS 1720; RGS 2934; CGL 4654; s. 9, ch. 74-382.
FL Stat § 95.14 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.14 - Real Property Actions; Limitation Upon Action Founded Upon Title.

95.14 Real property actions; limitation upon action founded upon title.—No cause of action or defense to an action founded on the title to real property, or to rents or service from it, shall be maintained unless:(1) The person prosecuting the action or making the defense, or under whose title the action is prosecuted or the defense is made, or the ancestor, predecessor, or grantor of the person, was seized or possessed of the real property within 7 years before commencement of the action; or(2) Title to the real property was derived from the United States or the state within 7 years before commencement of the action. The time under this subsection shall not begin to run until the conveyance of the title from the state or the United States.History.—s. 3, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1288; GS 1719; RGS 2933; CGL 4653; s. 10, ch. 74-382.
FL Stat § 95.16 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.16 - Real Property Actions; Adverse Possession Under Color of Title.

95.16 Real property actions; adverse possession under color of title.—(1) When the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, entered into possession of real property under a claim of title exclusive of any other right, founding the claim on a written instrument as being a conveyance of the property, or on a decree or judgment, and has for 7 years been in continued possession of the property included in the instrument, decree, or judgment, the property is held adversely. If the property is divided into lots, the possession of one lot shall not be deemed a possession of any other lot of the same tract. Adverse possession commencing after December 31, 1945, shall not be deemed adverse possession under color of title until the instrument upon which the claim of title is founded is recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the property is located.(2) For the purpose of this section, property is deemed possessed in any of the following cases:(a) When it has been usually cultivated or improved.(b) When it has been protected by a substantial enclosure. All land protected by the enclosure must be included within the description of the property in the written instrument, judgment, or decree. If only a portion of the land protected by the enclosure is included within the description of the property in the written instrument, judgment, or decree, only that portion is deemed possessed.(c) When, although not enclosed, it has been used for the supply of fuel or fencing timber for husbandry or for the ordinary use of the occupant.(d) When a known lot or single farm has been partly improved, the part that has not been cleared or enclosed according to the usual custom of the county is to be considered as occupied for the same length of time as the part improved or cultivated.History.—s. 5, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1290; GS 1721; RGS 2935; CGL 4655; s. 1, ch. 19253, 1939; s. 1, ch. 22897, 1945; ss. 11, 12, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 87-194; s. 522, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 95.191 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.191 - Limitations When Tax Deed Holder in Possession.

95.191 Limitations when tax deed holder in possession.—When the holder of a tax deed goes into actual possession of the real property described in the tax deed, no action to recover possession of the property shall be maintained by a former owner or other adverse claimant unless the action commenced is begun within 4 years after the holder of the tax deed has gone into actual possession. When the real property is adversely possessed by any person, no action shall be brought by the tax deed holder unless the action is begun within 4 years from the date of the deed.History.—s. 64, ch. 4322, 1895; GS 591; s. 61, ch. 5596, 1907; RGS 794; s. 2, ch. 12409, 1927; CGL 1020; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 1, ch. 72-268; s. 28, ch. 73-332; s. 1, ch. 77-174.Note.—Former ss. 196.06, 197.725, 197.286.
FL Stat § 95.192 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.192 - Limitation Upon Acting Against Tax Deeds.

95.192 Limitation upon acting against tax deeds.—(1) When a tax deed has been issued to any person under s. 197.552 for 4 years, no action shall be brought by the former owner of the property or any claimant under the former owner.(2) When a tax deed is issued conveying or attempting to convey real property before a patent has been issued thereon by the United States, or before a conveyance by the state, and thereafter a patent by the United States or a conveyance by the state is issued to the person to whom the property was assessed or a claimant under him or her, and the tax deed grantee or a claimant under the tax deed grantee has paid the taxes for 4 successive years at any time after the issuance of the patent or conveyance, the patentee, or grantee, and any claimant under the patentee or grantee shall be presumed to have abandoned the property and any right, title, and interest in it. Upon such abandonment, the tax deed grantee and any claimant under the tax deed grantee is the legal owner of the property described by the tax deed.(3) This statute applies whether the tax deed grantee or any claimant under the tax deed grantee has been in actual possession of the property described in the tax deed or not. If a tax deed has been issued to property in the actual possession of the legal owner and the legal owner or any claimant under him or her continues in actual possession 1 year after issuance of the tax deed and before an action to eject him or her is begun, subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply.History.—s. 27, ch. 73-332; s. 201, ch. 85-342; s. 524, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 95.21 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.21 - Adverse Possession Against Lands Purchased at Sales Made by Executors.

95.21 Adverse possession against lands purchased at sales made by executors.—The title of any purchaser, or the purchaser’s assigns, who has held possession for 3 years of any real or personal property purchased at a sale made by an executor, administrator, or guardian shall not be questioned because of any irregularity in the conveyance or any insufficiency or irregularity in the court proceedings authorizing the sale, whether jurisdictional or not, nor shall it be questioned because the sale is made without court approval or confirmation or under a will or codicil. The title shall not be questioned at any time by anyone who has received the money to which he or she was entitled from the sale. This section shall not bar an action for fraud or an action against the executor, administrator, or guardian for personal liability to any heir, distributee, or ward.History.—s. 1, ch. 3134, 1879; RS 1293; GS 1724; RGS 2938; CGL 4658; s. 1, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 3, ch. 22897, 1945; s. 15, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 525, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 95.22 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.22 - Limitation Upon Claims by Remaining Heirs, When Deed Made by One or More.

95.22 Limitation upon claims by remaining heirs, when deed made by one or more.—(1) When any person owning real property or any interest in it dies and a conveyance is made by one or more of the person’s heirs or devisees, purporting to convey, either singly or in the aggregate, the entire interest of the decedent in the property or any part of it, then no person shall claim or recover the property conveyed after 7 years from the date of recording the conveyance in the county where the property is located.(2) This section shall not apply to persons whose names appear of record as devisees under the will or as the heirs in proceedings brought to determine their identity in the office of the judge administering the estate of decedent.History.—s. 1, ch. 10168, 1925; CGL 4659; s. 14, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 15, ch. 73-334; s. 16, ch. 74-382; s. 526, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 95.231 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.231 - Limitations Where Deed or Will on Record.

95.231 Limitations where deed or will on record.—(1) Five years after the recording of an instrument required to be executed in accordance with s. 689.01; 5 years after the recording of a power of attorney accompanying and used for an instrument required to be executed in accordance with s. 689.01; or 5 years after the probate of a will purporting to convey real property, from which it appears that the person owning the property attempted to convey, affect, or devise it, the instrument, power of attorney, or will shall be held to have its purported effect to convey, affect, or devise, the title to the real property of the person signing the instrument, as if there had been no lack of seal or seals, witness or witnesses, defect in, failure of, or absence of acknowledgment or relinquishment of dower, in the absence of fraud, adverse possession, or pending litigation. The instrument is admissible in evidence. A power of attorney validated under this subsection shall be valid only for the purpose of effectuating the instrument with which it was recorded.(2) After 20 years from the recording of a deed or the probate of a will purporting to convey real property, no person shall assert any claim to the property against the claimants under the deed or will or their successors in title.(3) This law is cumulative to all laws on the subject matter.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 10171, 1925; CGL 4660, 4661; ss. 1-4, ch. 21790, 1943; s. 35, ch. 69-216; s. 17, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 2013-234; s. 20, ch. 2019-71.Note.—Former ss. 95.23, 95.26.
FL Stat § 95.35 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.35 - Termination of Contracts to Purchase Real Estate in Which There Is No Maturity Date.

95.35 Termination of contracts to purchase real estate in which there is no maturity date.—Whenever:(1) Any person contracts by written agreement to purchase real property before July 1, 1972, and the final maturity of the obligation is not ascertainable from the record of the contract, or accepts an assignment of such a contract, but(2) Even though the existence of the contract or assignment appears from the record of the instrument or by reference to it in another recorded instrument, such person has not recorded a deed to the property or a judgment recognizing the person’s rights to the property and is not in actual possession of the property as defined in s. 95.16, thenthe person and those claiming under the person shall have no further interest in the property by virtue of the contract or assignment. In these circumstances, the record of the contract or assignment, or other record reference to either, shall no longer constitute actual or constructive notice to any person acquiring any interest in the property.History.—s. 1, ch. 24292, 1947; s. 19, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 528, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 95.36 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VIII - Limitations|Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession|95.36 - Dedications to Municipalities or Counties for Park Purposes.

95.36 Dedications to municipalities or counties for park purposes.—(1) Dedications of land to municipalities or counties for park purposes that have been recorded for 30 years shall not be challenged by the dedicator or any other person when the land has been put to some municipal or county use during the period of dedication or has been conveyed by the municipality or county by a deed recorded for 7 years, and all rights of the dedicator and all other persons in the land are terminated.(2) When dedications of land to municipalities or counties for park purposes have been put to some municipal or county use, the dedication was accepted by written instrument or by actions constituting acceptance, and the municipality or county vacates the park and the ordinance or resolution vacating it recites that the municipality or county is surrendering all of its title to the dedicated land, the fee simple title shall not be challenged in any action by any person, except in cases of fraud, and the rights of all persons except the owner of the fee simple title are terminated.(3) Any funds accruing to a municipality or county from the sale of dedicated lands pursuant to this section shall be used for park purposes.History.—s. 1, ch. 25503, 1949; s. 1, ch. 70-337; s. 24, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 89-28.