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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40) › 177.35 - Standards and procedures; applicability.

177.35 Standards and procedures; applicability.—The establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the location of the mean high-water line or the mean low-water line, whether by federal, state, or local agencies or private parties, shall be made in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in ss. 177.37-177.39 and in accordance with supplementary regulations promulgated by the department.
History.—s. 11, ch. 74-56.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40) › 177.36 - Work to be performed only by authorized personnel.

177.36 Work to be performed only by authorized personnel.—The establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of the location of the mean high-water line or the mean low-water line must be performed by qualified personnel licensed by the Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers or by representatives of the United States Government when approved by the department.
History.—s. 12, ch. 74-56; s. 50, ch. 83-217; s. 21, ch. 85-80; s. 107, ch. 94-119.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40) › 177.37 - Notification to department.

177.37 Notification to department.—Any surveyor undertaking to establish a local tidal datum and to determine the location of the mean high-water line or the mean low-water line shall submit a copy of the results thereof to the department within 90 days after the completion of such work, if the same is to be recorded or submitted to any court or agency of state or local government.
History.—s. 13, ch. 74-56.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40) › 177.38 - Standards for establishment of local tidal datums.

177.38 Standards for establishment of local tidal datums.—
(1) Unless otherwise allowed by this part or regulations promulgated hereunder, a local tidal datum shall be established from a series of tide observations taken at a tide station established in accordance with procedures approved by the department. In establishing such procedures, full consideration will be given to the national standards and procedures established by the National Ocean Service.
(2) Records acquired at control tide stations, which are based on mean 19-year values, comprise the basic data from which tidal datums are determined.
(3) Observations at a tide station other than a control tide station shall be reduced to mean 19-year values through comparison with simultaneous observations at the appropriate control tide stations. The observations shall be made continuously and shall extend over such period as shall be provided for in departmental regulations.
(4) When a local tidal datum has been established, it shall be preserved by referring it to tidal bench marks in the manner prescribed by the department.
(5) A local tidal datum may be established between two tide stations by interpolation when the time and mean range differences of the tide between the two tide stations are within acceptable standards as determined by the department. The methods for establishing the local tidal datum by interpolation shall be prescribed by regulations of the department. Local tidal datums established in this manner shall be recorded with the department.
(6) A local tidal datum properly established through the use of continuous tide observations meeting the standards described in this section shall be presumptively correct when it differs from a local tidal datum established by interpolation.
(7) The department may approve the use of tide observations made prior to July 1, 1974, for use in establishing local tidal datums.
History.—s. 14, ch. 74-56; s. 16, ch. 98-20.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40) › 177.39 - Determination of mean high-water line or mean low-water line.

177.39 Determination of mean high-water line or mean low-water line.—The location of the mean high-water line or the mean low-water line shall be determined by methods which are approved by the department for the area concerned. Geodetic bench marks shall not be used unless approved by the department.
History.—s. 15, ch. 74-56.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part II - Coastal Mapping (Ss. 177.25-177.40) › 177.40 - Admissibility of maps and surveys.

177.40 Admissibility of maps and surveys.—No map or survey prepared after July 1, 1974, and purporting to establish local tidal datums or to determine the location of the mean high-water line or the mean low-water line shall be admissible as evidence in any court, administrative agency, political subdivision, or tribunal in this state unless made in accordance with the provisions of this part by persons described in s. 177.36.
History.—s. 16, ch. 74-56.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.501 - Short title.

177.501 Short title.—Sections 177.501-177.510 may be cited as the “Florida Public Land Survey Restoration and Perpetuation Act.”
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.502 - Declaration of policy.

177.502 Declaration of policy.—The Legislature finds and declares that it is the responsibility of the state, and in the public interest, to provide a means for the identification, restoration, and preservation of the controlling corner monuments established during the original cadastral surveys, to which the vast majority of titles to lands in Florida are related and on which they are dependent. All such monuments and evidence pertaining to the original government surveys and resurveys are recognized as historical and economic resources of the state and, as such, are vitally important to the orderly planning, management, use, conservation, and public enjoyment of Florida’s natural resources. In order to implement this policy, the department shall assume the responsibility for conducting a program of the identification, restoration, and preservation of such monuments.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361; s. 77, ch. 81-259; s. 37, ch. 94-356.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.503 - Definitions.

177.503 Definitions.—As used in ss. 177.501-177.510, the following words and terms shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) “Professional surveyor and mapper” or “surveyor and mapper” means a person authorized to practice surveying and mapping under the provisions of chapter 472.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.
(3) “Corner” means a geographic position on the surface of the earth.
(4) “Monument” means a manmade or natural object that is presumed to occupy the corner or is a reference to the position of a corner.
(5) “Public land survey corner” means any corner actually established and monumented in the original public land survey or resurvey and those similar original corners subdividing Spanish land grants.
(6) “Corner accessory” means any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. Accessories may be, but are not limited to, bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, blaze marks, steel or wooden stakes, or other such natural or manmade objects.
(7) “Reference monument” means a monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and which serves to witness the corner.
(8) “Township” has the meaning ascribed in 43 U.S.C. s. 751.
(9) “Certified corner record” means a document prepared by a surveyor and mapper when a public land survey corner is used as control in his or her survey or resurvey.
(10) “State cadastral surveyor” means the chief of the Bureau of Survey and Mapping, Division of State Lands of the department.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361; s. 83, ch. 79-400; s. 3, ch. 91-56; s. 108, ch. 94-119; s. 38, ch. 94-356; s. 1456, ch. 95-147; s. 30, ch. 2020-2.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.504 - Powers and duties of the department.

177.504 Powers and duties of the department.—
(1) The provisions of this act shall be administered by the department through the state cadastral surveyor.
(2) The functions, duties, and responsibilities of the department shall be:
(a) To establish a program for identification, restoration, maintenance, and perpetuation of the public land survey corners.
(b) To provide for the extension and densification throughout the state of the federally initiated precise geodetic horizontal and vertical control networks, whereby these basic framework surveys shall be extended to survey corners identified under this program to permit the general use of the coordinate systems. The information derived from this work shall meet the standards established by the National Geodetic Survey in order to be accepted and published by the National Geodetic Survey.
(c) To provide for entering into agreements or contracts with agencies of the United States Government, the State of Florida, or other states, and with surveyors and mappers in private practice and others, as are deemed necessary or desirable properly to plan and execute projects within the scope and purpose of this act, including the preparation of necessary cadastral documents, maps, and photogrammetric and geodetic control data. The department or its designated contracting agency, in contracting with surveyors and mappers for professional services, shall give due consideration to their experience and knowledge of local conditions and the history of each particular area involved in the execution of this act.
(d) To act as a public repository of survey corner information.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361; s. 3, ch. 91-56; s. 109, ch. 94-119; s. 12, ch. 98-200; s. 49, ch. 2012-116.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.506 - Records exchange and availability.

177.506 Records exchange and availability.—On request, all departments, boards, or agencies of state or local government shall furnish to the public or department certified copies of specified deeds, plats, or other land records which are in their custody. This service shall be free of cost when possible; otherwise, it shall be at the actual cost of reproduction of the records. On the same basis, the department shall furnish such certified records within its custody to the public or other agencies or departments of state or local government, upon request.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.507 - Certification of corners.

177.507 Certification of corners.—
(1) Every surveyor and mapper not under contract to the department for the execution of this act who, in any survey or resurvey made under his or her direction, identifies, recovers, reestablishes, remonuments, restores, or uses as control a public land survey corner or corner accessory must, within 90 days after completion of the survey, file with the department a certified corner record for each such corner or corner accessory, unless the corner or its accessories are substantially as described in a previously filed corner record. The record shall be signed, embossed with the official seal of the surveyor and mapper, and produced on material suitable for reproduction or microfilming. The 90-day limitation may be extended with permission of the department. All such certified corner records shall be accepted and filed with the department without further inspection or approval of any public body or officer, if prepared in accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (3).
(2) Each certified corner record shall contain the following minimum information:
(a) A description of the corner which the monument marks.
(b) A description of the monument.
(c) Descriptions and angular and linear measurements to at least three readily identifiable accessories or reference monuments, unless the department agrees to fewer accessories.
(d) A graphic illustration of the action by the surveyor and mapper showing field conditions and dimensions at, and in the vicinity of, the corner as well as descriptive language, where appropriate, listing pertinent details of the action of the surveyor and mapper.
(3) In every case in which a certified corner record of a public land survey corner is filed under the provisions of this act, the surveyor and mapper must reconstruct or rehabilitate the monument of such corner and accessories to such corner, so as to make them as permanent as is reasonably possible and to facilitate their location in the future.
(4) The department shall make its records available for public inspection during all usual office hours, and true full scale copies thereof shall be made available for a reasonable fee.
(5) In order to provide a means to protect property owners and others concerned with matters of land titles and title insurance, the department has no authority under this act to determine private property rights, private ownership boundaries where these boundaries are not adjoining public lands, or locations of survey corners other than public land survey corners.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361; s. 84, ch. 79-400; s. 3, ch. 91-56; s. 110, ch. 94-119; s. 1457, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.508 - Private practice not affected.

177.508 Private practice not affected.—Nothing in this part restricts or limits the actions or practice of surveyors and mappers as provided in chapter 472.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361; s. 111, ch. 94-119.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.509 - Personnel requirements.

177.509 Personnel requirements.—A field supervisor who directs the field survey work required in the identification, restoration, and preservation of the public land survey corners must be a surveyor and mapper and shall direct not more than three field parties in a local geographic area during any one period of time.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361; s. 112, ch. 94-119.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 177 - Land Boundaries › Part III - Restoration of Corners (Ss. 177.501-177.510) › 177.510 - Penalty for disturbing monuments.

177.510 Penalty for disturbing monuments.—Any person who willfully modifies, defaces, disturbs, removes, or destroys any monument or reference monument placed, or corner record filed, under the authority of this act without first obtaining written permission from the department is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-361.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 180 - Municipal Public Works › 180.01 - Definition of Term “municipality.”

180.01 Definition of term “municipality.”—The term “municipality,” as used in this chapter, shall mean any city, town, or village duly incorporated under the laws of the state.
History.—s. 1, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(6).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 180 - Municipal Public Works › 180.02 - Powers of Municipalities.

180.02 Powers of municipalities.—
(1) For the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter, any municipality may execute its corporate powers within its corporate limits.
(2) Any municipality may extend and execute all of its corporate powers applicable for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter outside of its corporate limits, as hereinafter provided and as may be desirable or necessary for the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare or for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter; provided, however, that said corporate powers shall not extend or apply within the corporate limits of another municipality.
(3) In the event any municipality desires to avail itself of the provisions or benefits of this chapter, it is lawful for such municipality to create a zone or area by ordinance and to prescribe reasonable regulations requiring all persons or corporations living or doing business within said area to connect, when available, with any sewerage system or alternative water supply system, including, but not limited to, reclaimed water, aquifer storage and recovery, and desalination systems, constructed, erected and operated under the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, in the creation of said zone the municipality shall not include any area within the limits of any other incorporated city or village, nor shall such area or zone extend for more than 5 miles from the corporate limits of said municipality.
History.—s. 1, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(6); s. 5, ch. 95-323.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 180 - Municipal Public Works › 180.03 - Resolution or Ordinance Proposing Construction or Extension of Utility; Objections to Same.

180.03 Resolution or ordinance proposing construction or extension of utility; objections to same.—
(1) When it is proposed to exercise the powers granted by this chapter, a resolution or ordinance shall be passed by the city council, or the legislative body of the municipality, by whatever name known, reciting the utility to be constructed or extended and its purpose, the proposed territory to be included, what mortgage revenue certificates or debentures if any are to be issued to finance the project, the cost thereof, and such other provisions as may be deemed necessary.
(2) Any objections to any of the provisions of said resolution or ordinance shall be in writing and filed with the governing body of the municipality, and hearing thereupon shall be held within 30 days after the passage of the resolution by the legislative body of said municipality.
(3) For the construction of a new proposed central sewerage system or the extension of an existing central sewerage system that was not previously approved, the report shall include a study that includes the available information from the Department of Environmental Protection on the history of onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems currently in use in the area and a comparison of the projected costs to the owner of a typical lot or parcel of connecting to and using the proposed central sewerage system versus installing, operating, and properly maintaining an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system that is approved by the Department of Environmental Protection and that provides for the comparable level of environmental and health protection as the proposed central sewerage system; consideration of the local authority’s obligations or reasonably anticipated obligations for water body cleanup and protection under state or federal programs, including requirements for water bodies listed under s. 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, Pub. L. No. 92-500, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.; and other factors deemed relevant by the local authority. The results of such a study shall be included in the resolution or ordinance required under subsection (1).
History.—s. 1, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(6); s. 4, ch. 2006-252; s. 29, ch. 2020-150.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 180 - Municipal Public Works › 180.04 - Ordinance or Resolution Authorizing Construction or Extension of Utility; Election.

180.04 Ordinance or resolution authorizing construction or extension of utility; election.—If after the passage of said resolution the said city council or other legislative body, by whatever name known, shall determine to proceed toward the construction of said utility, but not earlier than 40 days after the passage of said ordinance or resolution, the said city council or other legislative body, by whatever name known, shall pass an ordinance or resolution authorizing the construction of the utility or any extension thereof, reciting the purpose and the territory to be included, correcting any errors, remedying any sustained objections, authorizing the issuance of mortgage revenue certificates or debentures to pay for the construction and all other costs of the said utility, and containing all other necessary provisions. All other legislative and administrative functions and proceedings shall be the same as provided for the government of the municipality. The city council or other legislative body, by whatever name known, of the municipality, may adopt and provide for the enforcement of all resolutions and ordinances that may be required for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter, and its decision shall be final in determining to construct the utility, or any extension thereof as and where proposed, to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter; provided, that where any mortgage revenue certificates, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness shall come within the purview of s. 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution, the same shall be issued only after having been approved by a majority of the votes cast in an election in which a majority of the owners of freeholds not wholly exempt from taxation who are qualified electors residing in such municipality shall participate, pursuant to the provisions of ss. 100.201-100.221, 100.241, 100.261-100.341, and 100.351.
History.—s. 1, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(6); s. 15, ch. 69-216; s. 64, ch. 77-175.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 180 - Municipal Public Works › 180.05 - Definition of Term “Private company.”

180.05 Definition of term “private company.”—A “private company” shall mean any company or corporation duly authorized under the laws of the state to construct or operate water works systems, sewerage systems, sewage treatment works, garbage collection and garbage disposal plants.
History.—s. 2, ch. 17118, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(7).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XII - Municipalities › Chapter 180 - Municipal Public Works › 180.06 - Activities Authorized by Municipalities and Private Companies.

180.06 Activities authorized by municipalities and private companies.—Any municipality or private company organized for the purposes contained in this chapter, is authorized:
(1) To clean and improve street channels or other bodies of water for sanitary purposes;
(2) To provide means for the regulation of the flow of streams for sanitary purposes;
(3) To provide water and alternative water supplies, including, but not limited to, reclaimed water, and water from aquifer storage and recovery and desalination systems for domestic, municipal or industrial uses;
(4) To provide for the collection and disposal of sewage, including wastewater reuse, and other liquid wastes;
(5) To provide for the collection and disposal of garbage;
(6) And incidental to such purposes and to enable the accomplishment of the same, to construct reservoirs, sewerage systems, trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, pumping stations, wells, siphons, intakes, pipelines, distribution systems, purification works, collection systems, treatment and disposal works;
(7) To construct airports, hospitals, jails and golf courses, to maintain, operate and repair the same, and to construct and operate in addition thereto all machinery and equipment;
(8) To construct, operate and maintain gas plants and distribution systems for domestic, municipal and industrial uses; and
(9) To construct such other buildings and facilities as may be required to properly and economically operate and maintain said works necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes of this chapter.
However, a private company or municipality shall not construct any system, work, project or utility authorized to be constructed hereunder in the event that a system, work, project or utility of a similar character is being actually operated by a municipality or private company in the municipality or territory immediately adjacent thereto, unless such municipality or private company consents to such construction.
History.—s. 3, ch. 17118, 1935; s. 1, ch. 17119, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3100(8); s. 5, ch. 93-51; s. 6, ch. 95-323.