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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust › 689.261 - Sale of Residential Property; Disclosure of Ad Valorem Taxes to Prospective Purchaser.

689.261 Sale of residential property; disclosure of ad valorem taxes to prospective purchaser.—
(1) A prospective purchaser of residential property must be presented a disclosure summary at or before execution of the contract for sale. Unless a substantially similar disclosure summary is included in the contract for sale, a separate disclosure summary must be attached to the contract for sale. The disclosure summary, whether separate or included in the contract, must be in a form substantially similar to the following:
PROPERTY TAX
DISCLOSURE SUMMARY
BUYER SHOULD NOT RELY ON THE SELLER’S CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES AS THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT THE BUYER MAY BE OBLIGATED TO PAY IN THE YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO PURCHASE. A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OR PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS TRIGGERS REASSESSMENTS OF THE PROPERTY THAT COULD RESULT IN HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING VALUATION, CONTACT THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER’S OFFICE FOR INFORMATION.
(2) Unless included in the contract, the disclosure summary must be provided by the seller. If the disclosure summary is not included in the contract for sale, the contract for sale must refer to and incorporate by reference the disclosure summary and include, in prominent language, a statement that the potential purchaser should not execute the contract until he or she has read the disclosure summary required by this section.
History.—s. 5, ch. 2004-349.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust › 689.27 - Termination by Servicemember of Agreement to Purchase Real Property.

689.27 Termination by servicemember of agreement to purchase real property.—
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and for the purposes of this section:
(a) “Closing” means the finalizing of the sale of property, upon which title to the property is transferred from the seller to the buyer.
(b) “Contract” means an instrument purporting to contain an agreement to purchase real property.
(c) “Property” means a house, condominium, or mobile home that a servicemember intends to purchase to serve as his or her primary residence.
(d) “Servicemember” shall have the same meaning as provided in s. 250.01.
(2) Any servicemember may terminate a contract to purchase property, prior to closing on such property, by providing the seller or mortgagor of the property with a written notice of termination to be effective immediately, if any of the following criteria are met:
(a) The servicemember is required, pursuant to permanent change of station orders received after entering into a contract for the property and prior to closing, to move 35 miles or more from the location of the property;
(b) The servicemember is released from active duty or state active duty after having agreed to purchase the property and prior to closing while serving on active duty or state active duty status, and the property is 35 miles or more from the servicemember’s home of record prior to entering active duty or state active duty;
(c) Prior to closing, the servicemember receives military orders requiring him or her to move into government quarters or the servicemember becomes eligible to live in and opts to move into government quarters; or
(d) Prior to closing, the servicemember receives temporary duty orders, temporary change of station orders, or active duty or state active duty orders to an area 35 miles or more from the location of the property, provided such orders are for a period exceeding 90 days.
(3) The notice to the seller or mortgagor canceling the contract must be accompanied by either a copy of the official military orders or a written verification signed by the servicemember’s commanding officer.
(4) Upon termination of a contract under this section, the seller or mortgagor or his or her agent shall refund any funds provided by the servicemember under the contract within 7 days. The servicemember is not liable for any other fees due to the termination of the contract as provided for in this section.
(5) The provisions of this section may not be waived or modified by the agreement of the parties under any circumstances.
History.—s. 19, ch. 2003-72; s. 28, ch. 2022-183.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust › 689.29 - Disclosure of Subsurface Rights to Prospective Purchaser.

689.29 Disclosure of subsurface rights to prospective purchaser.—
(1) A seller must provide a prospective purchaser of residential property with a disclosure summary at or before the execution of a contract if the seller or an affiliated or related entity has previously severed or retained or will sever or retain any of the subsurface rights or right of entry. The disclosure summary must be conspicuous, in boldface type, and in a form substantially similar to the following:
SUBSURFACE RIGHTS
DISCLOSURE SUMMARY
SUBSURFACE RIGHTS HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE SEVERED FROM THE TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY BY CONVEYANCE (DEED) OF THE SUBSURFACE RIGHTS FROM THE SELLER OR AN AFFILIATED OR RELATED ENTITY OR BY RESERVATION OF THE SUBSURFACE RIGHTS BY THE SELLER OR AN AFFILIATED OR RELATED ENTITY. WHEN SUBSURFACE RIGHTS ARE SEVERED FROM THE PROPERTY, THE OWNER OF THOSE RIGHTS MAY HAVE THE PERPETUAL RIGHT TO DRILL, MINE, EXPLORE, OR REMOVE ANY OF THE SUBSURFACE RESOURCES ON OR FROM THE PROPERTY EITHER DIRECTLY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE PROPERTY OR FROM A NEARBY LOCATION. SUBSURFACE RIGHTS MAY HAVE A MONETARY VALUE.
(Purchaser’s Initials)
(2) If the disclosure summary is not included in the contract for sale, the contract for sale must refer to and incorporate by reference the disclosure summary and must include, in prominent language, a statement that the potential purchaser should not execute the contract until he or she has read the disclosure summary required under this section.
(3) As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Seller” means a seller of real property which, at the time of sale, is zoned for residential use and is property upon which a new dwelling is being constructed or will be constructed pursuant to the contract for sale with the seller or has been constructed since the last transfer of the property.
(b) “Subsurface rights” means the rights to all minerals, mineral fuels, and other resources, including, but not limited to, oil, gas, coal, oil shale, uranium, metals, and phosphate, whether or not they are mixed with any other substance found or located beneath the surface of the earth.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2014-34.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust › 689.301 - Disclosure of Known Defects in Sanitary Sewer Laterals to Prospective Purchaser.

689.301 Disclosure of known defects in sanitary sewer laterals to prospective purchaser.—Before executing a contract for sale, a seller of real property shall disclose to a prospective purchaser any defects in the property’s sanitary sewer lateral which are known to the seller. As used in this section, the term “sanitary sewer lateral” means the privately owned pipeline connecting a property to the main sewer line.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2020-158.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 692 - Conveyances by or to Particular Entities › Part I - Conveyances by Corporations (Ss. 692.01-692.04) › 692.01 - Conveyances executed by corporations.

692.01 Conveyances executed by corporations.—Any corporation may execute instruments conveying, mortgaging, or affecting any interest in lands by instruments sealed with the common or corporate seal and signed in its name by its president or any vice president or chief executive officer. Assignments, satisfactions, or partial releases of mortgages and acquittances for debts may be similarly executed by any corporate officer. No corporate resolution need be recorded to evidence the authority of the person executing the deed, mortgage, or other instrument for the corporation, and an instrument so executed is valid whether or not the officer signing for the corporation was authorized to do so by the board of directors, in the absence of fraud in the transaction by the person receiving it. In cases of fraud, subsequent transactions with good faith purchasers for value and without notice of the fraud shall be valid and binding on the corporation.
History.—RS 1955; GS 2459; s. 1, ch. 6183, 1911; RGS 3799; CGL 5672; s. 1, ch. 71-10; s. 1, ch. 79-290; s. 3, ch. 2008-35.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 692 - Conveyances by or to Particular Entities › Part I - Conveyances by Corporations (Ss. 692.01-692.04) › 692.02 - Validation of conveyances.

692.02 Validation of conveyances.—Conveyances by corporations of lands in this state, heretofore executed, which have been sealed with the common or corporate seal of such corporation and signed in its name by a vice president or the chief executive officer thereof, shall be as valid and effective and shall bear the same presumptions as if signed in the name of such corporation by its president.
History.—s. 2, ch. 6183, 1911; RGS 3800; CGL 5673.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 692 - Conveyances by or to Particular Entities › Part I - Conveyances by Corporations (Ss. 692.01-692.04) › 692.03 - Validity of conveyances by certain foreign corporations recorded for 7 years; limitation.

692.03 Validity of conveyances by certain foreign corporations recorded for 7 years; limitation.—
(1) Whenever any conveyance, by the surviving directors or trustees of a foreign corporation, which has been dissolved for any cause, or which has had its permit to transact business in the state canceled for failure to pay fees due the Department of State, or which has failed to comply with the provisions of laws of this state, has been executed and delivered to any grantee or grantees, and has for a period of 7 years or more been spread upon the records of a county wherein the land therein described is situated, the same shall be taken and held by all the courts of this state in the absence of any showing of fraud, adverse possession, or pending litigation, to have authorized the conveyance of, or to have conveyed, the fee simple title, or any interest therein, of the corporation on whose behalf said instrument has been executed to the land therein described.
(2) This section shall not apply to any conveyance, the validity of which shall be contested or shall have been contested by suit commenced heretofore or prior to July 1, 1954.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 28078, 1953; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 692 - Conveyances by or to Particular Entities › Part I - Conveyances by Corporations (Ss. 692.01-692.04) › 692.04 - Validation of deeds and similar instruments executed by corporations.

692.04 Validation of deeds and similar instruments executed by corporations.—All deeds and other instruments relating to the conveyance, transfer, lease, assignment, release, subordination, encumbrance, or satisfaction of any right, title, interest, claim, lien, or demand in, to, or upon real property, heretofore made or hereafter made, and in all other respects executed in due form, by a corporation, not dissolved or expired, but delinquent for 6 months or more as to payment of capital stock taxes at the time of the making or executing of such deed or other instrument, are, notwithstanding said delinquency, hereby validated.
History.—s. 1, ch. 57-264.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 692 - Conveyances by or to Particular Entities › Part II - Conveyances to or by Trustees of Unincorporated Churches (S. 692.101) › 692.101 - Conveyances to or by trustees of unincorporated churches.

692.101 Conveyances to or by trustees of unincorporated churches.—
(1) Every deed or other instrument transferring real property to named or unnamed trustees of a named unincorporated church, including a deed or instrument executed prior to May 21, 1986, vests title to the real property in the trustees of the named unincorporated church and their successors with full power and authority to convey and mortgage the property transferred.
(2) Every deed or mortgage of real property in this state executed by the trustees of an unincorporated church and recorded in the public records of the county in which the real property is located prior to May 21, 1986, shall be held to be a good and valid deed or mortgage transferring or encumbering the church property described in the deed or mortgage.
(3) The pastor or secretary of, or other administrative person authorized by, an unincorporated church may execute an affidavit stating the names of the trustees of the unincorporated church as of the date or dates stated in the affidavit. Such an affidavit is conclusive as to the facts stated therein as to purchasers and mortgagees without notice.
(4) This section does not apply to any conveyance or mortgage heretofore made the validity of which is contested by suit commenced within 2 years after May 21, 1986.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 86-25.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 692 - Conveyances by or to Particular Entities › Part III - Conveyances to Foreign Entities (Ss. 692.201-692.205) › 692.201 - Definitions.

692.201 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
(1) “Agricultural land” means land classified as agricultural under s. 193.461.
(2) “Critical infrastructure facility” means any of the following, if it employs measures such as fences, barriers, or guard posts that are designed to exclude unauthorized persons:
(a) A chemical manufacturing facility.
(b) A refinery.
(c) An electrical power plant as defined in s. 403.031(20).
(d) A water treatment facility or wastewater treatment plant.
(e) A liquid natural gas terminal.
(f) A telecommunications central switching office.
(g) A gas processing plant, including a plant used in the processing, treatment, or fractionation of natural gas.
(h) A seaport as listed in s. 311.09.
(i) A spaceport territory as defined in s. 331.303(18).
(j) An airport as defined in s. 333.01.
(3) “Foreign country of concern” means the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agency of or any other entity of significant control of such foreign country of concern.
(4) “Foreign principal” means:
(a) The government or any official of the government of a foreign country of concern;
(b) A political party or member of a political party or any subdivision of a political party in a foreign country of concern;
(c) A partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country of concern, or a subsidiary of such entity; or
(d) Any person who is domiciled in a foreign country of concern and is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States.
(e) Any person, entity, or collection of persons or entities, described in paragraphs (a) through (d) having a controlling interest in a partnership, association, corporation, organization, trust, or any other legal entity or subsidiary formed for the purpose of owning real property in this state.
(5) “Military installation” means a base, camp, post, station, yard, or center encompassing at least 10 contiguous acres that is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or its affiliates.
(6) “Real property” means land, buildings, fixtures, and all other improvements to land.
History.—s. 4, ch. 2023-33.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 692 - Conveyances by or to Particular Entities › Part III - Conveyances to Foreign Entities (Ss. 692.201-692.205) › 692.205 - Inapplicability of this part to real property for diplomatic purposes.

692.205 Inapplicability of this part to real property for diplomatic purposes.—This part does not apply to a foreign principal that acquires real property for a diplomatic purpose that is recognized, acknowledged, or allowed by the Federal Government.
History.—s. 8, ch. 2023-33.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.01 - Conveyances Executed Between 1817 and 1822.

694.01 Conveyances executed between 1817 and 1822.—All deeds of conveyance, bills of sale, mortgages or other transfers of property, either real or personal, within the limits of this state, made and received bona fide and upon good consideration at any time between January 17, 1817, and October 1, 1822, shall be as good and efficient in law and equity as if the same had been made and executed according to the formalities of the Spanish law as against the maker or makers thereof, and every person or persons claiming by, through, or under him, her, or them; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be so construed as to affect the interest of persons not parties to any of the contracts aforesaid; and provided, also, that the said deeds of conveyance, bills of sale, mortgages and other transfers were recorded agreeably to the laws of the state within 6 months from June 24, 1823.
History.—June 24, 1823; RS 1968; GS 2474; RGS 3815; CGL 5688.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.02 - Married Women’s Conveyances Validated.

694.02 Married women’s conveyances validated.—All sales, conveyances, transfers, or mortgages made prior to February 14, 1835, by married women of their real estate of inheritance where the husbands of such married women have joined therein shall be as valid as if the same had been conveyed by fine as at common law.
History.—s. 2, Feb. 4, 1835; RS 1969; GS 2475; RGS 3816; CGL 5689.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.03 - Married Women’s Conveyances by Attorney Validated.

694.03 Married women’s conveyances by attorney validated.—Any deed, release or conveyance executed and acknowledged before the passage of the act approved February 20, 1875, entitled, “An Act to authorize married women to convey their separate estate and release dower by attorney,” yet in the manner therein provided, shall have the same force and effect and be as valid as if the same had been executed and acknowledged after the passage of the said act.
History.—RS 1970; GS 2476; RGS 3817; CGL 5690.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.04 - Conveyances by Married Women; Defective Acknowledgments Validated.

694.04 Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated.—All conveyances, contracts, transfers, or mortgages of real property or of any interest in it, including relinquishments of dower, executed by a married woman before May 13, 1943, that were not acknowledged separate from her husband or in which the separate acknowledgment was defective for any other reason are as valid and effective as though the acknowledgment had been properly made.
History.—Ch. 5412, 1905; s. 1, ch. 6217, 1911; RGS 3818; CGL 5691; s. 9, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 70-4.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.05 - Certain Other Conveyances Validated.

694.05 Certain other conveyances validated.—Any deed or conveyance heretofore executed and acknowledged in accordance with the provisions of the act approved February 24, 1873, entitled “An Act providing for the acknowledgment of deeds and other conveyances of lands,” shall be held good and valid.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2069, 1875; RS 1971; GS 2477; RGS 3819; CGL 5692.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.06 - Deeds Executed by State Board of Education.

694.06 Deeds executed by State Board of Education.—All deeds conveying lands granted to or held by the state for educational purposes heretofore executed by the members of the State Board of Education are hereby confirmed and declared to be valid and binding as conveyances of the title to such lands.
History.—s. 2, ch. 4999, 1901; GS 2478; RGS 3820; CGL 5693.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.07 - Certain Grant of Lands Confirmed.

694.07 Certain grant of lands confirmed.—The state does hereby grant and confirm to purchasers, grantees and assigns of the several railroad companies which accepted the provisions of the act entitled, “An Act to provide for and encourage a liberal system of internal improvements in this state,” approved January 6, 1855, and their assigns, the lands and titles thereto which were granted to the state by the United States to aid in the construction of certain railroads in the state, by Act of Congress, approved May 17, 1856, which said land has been selected and located for the several railroad companies accepting the provisions of said act along the line of their respective roads, to the extent and proportion to which they severally became entitled under said act to provide for and encourage a liberal system of internal improvements in this state and the Act of Congress granting the same above referred to. And to confirm and convey the title to any lands which may hereafter be selected and approved to the state for the use of the several railroads as aforesaid, to the purchasers, grantees and assigns of said railroads.
History.—s. 1, ch. 4707, 1899; GS 2479; RGS 3821; CGL 5694.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.08 - Certain Instruments Validated, Notwithstanding Lack of Seals or Witnesses, or Defect in Acknowledgment.

694.08 Certain instruments validated, notwithstanding lack of seals or witnesses, or defect in acknowledgment.—
(1) Whenever any power of attorney has been executed and delivered, or any conveyance has been executed and delivered to any grantee by the person owning the land therein described, or conveying the same in an official or representative capacity, and has, for a period of 7 years or more been spread upon the records of the county wherein the land therein described has been or was at the time situated, and one or more subsequent conveyances of said land or parts thereof have been made, executed, delivered and recorded by parties claiming under such instrument or instruments, and such power of attorney or conveyance, or the public record thereof, shows upon its face a clear purpose and intent of the person executing the same to authorize the conveyance of said land or to convey the said land, the same shall be taken and held by all the courts of this state, in the absence of any showing of fraud, adverse possession, or pending litigation, to have authorized the conveyance of, or to have conveyed, the fee simple title, or any interest therein, of the person signing such instruments, or the person in behalf of whom the same was conveyed by a person in an official or representative capacity, to the land therein described as effectively as if there had been no defect in, failure of, or absence of the acknowledgment or the certificate of acknowledgment, if acknowledged, or the relinquishment of dower, and as if there had been no lack of the word “as” preceding the title of the person conveying in an official or representative capacity, of any seal or seals, or of any witness or witnesses, and shall likewise be taken and held by all the courts of this state to have been duly recorded so as to be admissible in evidence;
(2) Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any conveyance the validity of which shall be contested or have been contested by suit commenced heretofore or within 1 year of the effective date of this law.
History.—s. 1, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5695; s. 15, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 25277, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26957, 1951; s. 35, ch. 69-216; s. 22, ch. 2019-71.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.09 - Certified Copies Admissible in Evidence.

694.09 Certified copies admissible in evidence.—A copy of any of the instruments referred to in s. 694.08 duly certified, under the hand and seal of office of the officer in whose office the same may be recorded, to be a true and correct copy of the original, on file or of record in her or his office, shall in all cases and in all courts be admitted and received in evidence with the like effect and force as the original thereof might be.
History.—s. 2, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5696; s. 760, ch. 97-102.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.10 - Certain Titles Not Affected.

694.10 Certain titles not affected.—Nothing in s. 694.08 contained shall be taken or held to validate or perfect any title to any land as against one or more in adverse possession thereof or holding or claiming title under a different or adverse chain of title from either a common or different source.
History.—s. 3, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5697.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.11 - Certain Deeds of County Commissioners Validated.

694.11 Certain deeds of county commissioners validated.—All deeds of conveyance of lands in this state heretofore made and executed prior to the year 1915 by the board of county commissioners of any county in this state of lands lying and being within such county, or that were made and executed by someone acting by or under the authority of any such board of county commissioners, of any such lands, be and the same are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and declared to convey such title, right or interest therein as such county may have had or held at the time of the conveyance, and as was expressed in any such deed of conveyance, and intended to be conveyed thereby. Provided, that nothing in this section shall validate any deed that was fraudulently obtained or that is now in litigation.
History.—s. 1, ch. 13622, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 5697(1).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.12 - Validation of Instruments in Which Name of Corporation Is Incorrectly Set Out.

694.12 Validation of instruments in which name of corporation is incorrectly set out.—All deeds of conveyance, bills of sale, mortgages, or other transfers of real or personal property within the limits of this state, heretofore made and received bona fide and upon good consideration by any corporation, or to any corporation, in which the name of said corporation shall be incorrectly set out in such deed, bill of sale, mortgage or other instrument by omitting a word from the corporate name, or by adding a word thereto, or by misspelling any part of the name of said corporation, and the identity of said corporation shall plainly appear from the contents of said instrument, or otherwise, such deed, bill of sale, mortgage or other instrument, shall be taken and deemed valid and effectual as though the name of said corporation were correctly set out in said deed, bill of sale, mortgage or other instrument, and the same shall, notwithstanding such irregularity or defect, be deemed and taken as properly executed.
History.—s. 1, ch. 14838, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 5673(1); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.13 - Ratifying, Validating, and Confirming Conveyances of Real Estate by County Commissioners, District School Boards, or Boards of Bond Trustees or Commissioners of Drainage or Other Special Improvement Districts.

694.13 Ratifying, validating, and confirming conveyances of real estate by county commissioners, district school boards, or boards of bond trustees or commissioners of drainage or other special improvement districts.—
(1) All conveyances of real estate heretofore made by any of the several counties of the state or the county commissioners thereof, or any district school board, or any board of bond trustees or commissioners or supervisors of a drainage or other special improvement district, be and the same are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed; provided, however, that this section shall not ratify, validate, or confirm any such conveyances which are the subject of litigation on June 16, 1947, or any tax deed, or title acquired by failure of the owner of lands to pay taxes or assessments.
(2) The several counties of the state by a majority of the county commissioners thereof or any school board or any board of bond trustees or commissioners or supervisors of a drainage or other special improvement district or a majority of the members thereof, are hereby authorized to execute and deliver deed to real property in which any such county, school board, board of bond trustees or commissioners or supervisors of a drainage or other special improvement district may have been interested.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 24307, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 1, ch. 69-300.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.14 - Validation of Deeds Executed by Guardians Appointed Under Veterans’ Guardianship Law.

694.14 Validation of deeds executed by guardians appointed under Veterans’ Guardianship Law.—Any deed of conveyance, executed bona fide and for a valuable consideration authorized and approved by order of the probate court, by any limited guardian who was appointed as guardian under the Veterans’ Guardianship Law of Florida and who acted under that law and the order of the probate court in the execution of the deed of conveyance is hereby cured and shall be deemed and taken as if properly executed, notwithstanding the fact that the deed was executed to property that the mentally incompetent veteran did not directly or otherwise acquire with money received by the veteran from the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and notwithstanding the fact that the conveyance is to property acquired by the mentally incompetent veteran before she or he became a veteran or was declared insane, and notwithstanding the fact that some of the information required by the Veterans’ Guardianship Law was not set out in the petition for appointment of the guardian, and notwithstanding the fact that the guardian did not publish the notice of application for an order of sale as required by s. 744.631, and notwithstanding any other defect in any part of the guardianship proceeding that resulted in the court-authorized and court-approved proceeding which resulted in the execution of such guardian’s deed.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-341; s. 1, ch. 73-304; s. 170, ch. 73-333; s. 19, ch. 84-62; s. 761, ch. 97-102; s. 68, ch. 99-3.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.15 - Validation of Conveyances by Board of Trustees.

694.15 Validation of conveyances by board of trustees.—All conveyances and releases of any interest in lands, title to which was vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund under chapter 253, made by the board of trustees after June 30, 1975, and prior to July 1, 1977, are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated in all respects.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-385.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.16 - Conveyances by Merger or Conversion of Business Entities.

694.16 Conveyances by merger or conversion of business entities.—As to any merger or conversion of business entities prior to June 15, 2000, the title to all real estate, or any interest therein, owned by a business entity that was a party to a merger or a conversion is vested in the surviving entity without reversion or impairment, notwithstanding the requirement of a deed which was previously required by former s. 607.11101, former s. 608.4383, former s. 620.204, former s. 620.8904, or former s. 620.8906.
History.—ss. 7, 8, ch. 2000-298; s. 100, ch. 2006-1; s. 36, ch. 2015-148; s. 293, ch. 2019-90.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 694 - Certain Conveyances Made Valid › 694.17 - Validation of Conveyances to Custodian or Trustee of an Individual Retirement Account or Qualified Plan.

694.17 Validation of conveyances to custodian or trustee of an individual retirement account or qualified plan.—All conveyances, deeds, mortgages, lease assignments, or other recorded instruments transferring an interest in real property in this state to a custodian or trustee, which were recorded before July 1, 2006, but would be within the scope of s. 689.072 if recorded after July 1, 2006, are ratified, confirmed, and validated in all respects and shall be deemed to have vested such interest in the custodian or trustee without reversion or impairment, as if such instruments had been recorded after July 1, 2006, and s. 689.09 shall not apply to any such instruments regardless of when recorded.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2006-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.01 - Conveyances and Liens to Be Recorded.

695.01 Conveyances and liens to be recorded.—
(1) No conveyance, transfer, or mortgage of real property, or of any interest therein, nor any lease for a term of 1 year or longer, shall be good and effectual in law or equity against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice, unless the same be recorded according to law; nor shall any such instrument made or executed by virtue of any power of attorney be good or effectual in law or in equity against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice unless the power of attorney be recorded before the accruing of the right of such creditor or subsequent purchaser.
(2) Grantees by quitclaim, heretofore or hereafter made, shall be deemed and held to be bona fide purchasers without notice within the meaning of the recording acts.
(3) A lien by a governmental entity or quasi-governmental entity that attaches to real property for an improvement, service, fine, or penalty, other than a lien for taxes, non-ad valorem or special assessments, or utilities, is valid and effectual in law or equity against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration only if the lien is recorded in the official records of the county in which the property is located. The recorded notice of lien must contain the name of the owner of record, a description or address of the property, and the tax or parcel identification number applicable to the property as of the date of recording.
History.—ss. 4, 9, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1972; GS 2480; RGS 3822; CGL 5698; s. 10, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 8, ch. 85-63; s. 2, ch. 2013-241.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.015 - Conveyances by Law Between Governmental Agencies, Recording.

695.015 Conveyances by law between governmental agencies, recording.—All laws which purport to convey title to real property from one governmental agency or political subdivision to another shall be recorded in the public records of the county or counties in which the property is located, and such laws shall contain a provision requiring such recording.
History.—s. 1, ch. 70-103.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.02 - Blank or Master Form of Instruments May Be Recorded.

695.02 Blank or master form of instruments may be recorded.—
(1) Any person may have a blank or master form of mortgage or other instrument conveying, transferring or reserving an interest in, or creating a lien on, real or personal property, filed, indexed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court.
(2) When any such blank or master form is filed with the clerk of the circuit court, she or he shall record and index the same in the manner provided by law for recording and indexing mortgages and such other instruments respectively, except that the name of the person whose name appears on such blank or master form shall be inserted in the indexes as grantor and also as grantee.
(3) When any instrument conveying, transferring or reserving an interest in, or creating a lien on, real or personal property, incorporates by reference the provisions, terms, covenants, conditions, obligations, powers and other contents, or any of them, set forth in any such recorded blank or master form, such incorporation by reference, for all purposes, shall be equivalent to setting forth in extenso in such instrument that which is incorporated by reference.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 17109, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5698(1); s. 219, ch. 77-104; s. 762, ch. 97-102.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.032 - Provisions Not Applicable to Transactions Under Chapter 679, Uniform Commercial Code.

695.032 Provisions not applicable to transactions under chapter 679, Uniform Commercial Code.—Section 695.03 shall not apply to any of the transactions within the scope of chapter 679 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.04 - Requirements of Certificate.

695.04 Requirements of certificate.—The certificate of the officer before whom the acknowledgment or proof is taken, except for a certificate legalizing or authenticating the signature of a person executing an instrument concerning real property pursuant to s. 695.03(3), shall contain and set forth substantially the matter required to be done or proved to make such acknowledgment or proof effectual as set forth in s. 117.05.
History.—RS 1974; GS 2482; RGS 3824; CGL 5700; s. 2, ch. 84-97; s. 24, ch. 2019-71.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.05 - Certain Defects Cured as to Acknowledgments and Witnesses.

695.05 Certain defects cured as to acknowledgments and witnesses.—All deeds, conveyances, bills of sale, mortgages or other transfers of real or personal property within the limits of this state, heretofore or hereafter made and received bona fide and upon good consideration by any corporation, and acknowledged for record before some officer, stockholder or other person interested in the corporation, grantee, or mortgagee as a notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of instruments for record within this state, shall be held, deemed and taken as valid as if acknowledged by the proper notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of instruments for record in this state not so interested in said corporation, grantee or mortgagee; and said instrument whenever recorded shall be deemed notice to all persons; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any instrument heretofore made, the validity of which shall be contested by suit commenced within 1 year of the effective date of this law.
History.—s. 1, ch. 4953, 1901; GS 2483; RGS 3825; s. 1, ch. 11991, 1927; CGL 5701, 5702; s. 1, ch. 14706, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 5702(1); s. 11, ch. 20954, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.06 - Certain Irregularities as to Venue Validated.

695.06 Certain irregularities as to venue validated.—Whenever, in the acknowledgment to any deed or other instrument relating to real estate, heretofore recorded in this state, it shall appear, either from the recitals in such acknowledgment, or following the signature of the officer taking the same, or from the seal of such officer that the said acknowledgment was not taken, or may not have been taken, in the place as stated in the caption or venue thereof, said deed or other instrument shall, notwithstanding such irregularity or defect, be deemed and taken as properly acknowledged and of record.
History.—s. 1, ch. 11990, 1927; CGL 5703.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.07 - Use of Scrawl as Seal.

695.07 Use of scrawl as seal.—A scrawl or scroll, printed or written, affixed as a seal to any written instrument shall be as effectual as a seal.
History.—s. 1, ch. 4148, 1893; GS 2484; RGS 3826; CGL 5704.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.08 - Prior Use of Scrawl as Seal.

695.08 Prior use of scrawl as seal.—All written instruments heretofore or hereafter made with a scrawl or scroll, printed or written, affixed as a seal are declared to be sealed instruments, and shall be construed and received in evidence as such in all the courts of this state.
History.—s. 2, ch. 4148, 1893; GS 2485; RGS 3827; CGL 5705.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.09 - Identity of Grantor.

695.09 Identity of grantor.—No acknowledgment or proof shall be taken, except as set forth in s. 695.03(3), by any officer within or without the United States unless the officer knows, or has satisfactory proof, that the person making the acknowledgment is the individual described in, and who executed, such instrument or that the person offering to make proof is one of the subscribing witnesses to such instrument.
History.—RS 1975; GS 2486; RGS 3828; CGL 5706; s. 3, ch. 84-97; s. 765, ch. 97-102.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.10 - Proof by Others.

695.10 Proof by others.—Where the grantors and witnesses of any instrument which may be recorded are dead, or cannot be had, the judge of the circuit court, or the county court judge for the county wherein the real property is situated, may take the examination of any competent witness or witnesses, on oath, to prove the handwriting of the witness or witnesses, or where such proof cannot be had, then to prove the handwriting of the grantor or grantors, which shall be certified by the judge, and the instrument being thus proved may be recorded.
History.—RS 1976; GS 2487; RGS 3829; CGL 5707; s. 26, ch. 73-334.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.11 - Instruments Deemed to Be Recorded From Time of Filing.

695.11 Instruments deemed to be recorded from time of filing.—All instruments which are authorized or required to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any county in the State of Florida, and which are to be recorded in the “Official Records” as provided for under s. 28.222, and which are filed for recording on or after the effective date of this act, shall be deemed to have been officially accepted by the said officer, and officially recorded, at the time she or he affixed thereon the consecutive official register numbers required under s. 28.222, and at such time shall be notice to all persons. The sequence of such official numbers shall determine the priority of recordation. An instrument bearing the lower number in the then-current series of numbers shall have priority over any instrument bearing a higher number in the same series.
History.—s. 1, ch. 3592, 1885; RS 1977; GS 2488; RGS 3830; CGL 5708; s. 1, ch. 17217, 1935; s. 1, ch. 67-442; s. 766, ch. 97-102.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.12 - Imperfect Record.

695.12 Imperfect record.—Whenever any instrument authorized or required by law to be recorded in any county either has been or may be so imperfectly or erroneously recorded as to require a new record thereof, if the officer who so recorded the same be still in office, she or he shall, upon demand of the owner of such instrument, or person controlling the same, record it anew free of any charge or fee than the fee allowed by law for one perfect record thereof.
History.—s. 1, ch. 3896, 1889; RS 1978; GS 2489; RGS 3831; CGL 5709; s. 767, ch. 97-102.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.13 - Want of Certificate of Record.

695.13 Want of certificate of record.—Whenever any instrument authorized or required by law to be recorded shall appear to be recorded in the appropriate record book in the proper office, whether the record shall be in the handwriting of the officer whose duty it was to record such instrument, or in the handwriting of any other person, the record shall be presumed to have been made by the officer whose duty it was to make it, and the absence of a certificate of such officer that such instrument was recorded by her or him shall in no wise affect the validity of the record.
History.—s. 1, ch. 3894, 1889; RS 1979; GS 2490; RGS 3832; CGL 5710; s. 768, ch. 97-102.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.14 - Unsigned Certificate of Record.

695.14 Unsigned certificate of record.—Whenever any unsigned certificate on such record of the instruments mentioned in s. 695.13 shall contain the date of filing or of recording such instrument, it shall be prima facie evidence of the time of filing or of recording such instrument.
History.—s. 2, ch. 3894, 1889; RS 1980; GS 2491; RGS 3833; CGL 5711.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XL - Real and Personal Property › Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate › 695.15 - Recording Conveyances Lost by Fire.

695.15 Recording conveyances lost by fire.—Whenever the record in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any county in this state of any deed, conveyance, contract, mortgage, deed of trust, map or plat or other instrument in writing affecting real estate in such county has been heretofore destroyed by fire, any such instrument, or a copy thereof from such former record duly certified, may be rerecorded in such county, and in rerecording the same the officer shall record the certificate of the previous record, and the date of filing for record appearing in said original certificate so recorded shall be deemed and taken as the date of the record thereof. And copies of such record so authorized to be made hereunder, duly certified by said officer, under the seal of said court, shall be received in evidence under the same circumstances and conditions under which a certified copy of the original record would be so received, and shall have the same force and effect as a certified copy of the original record.
History.—s. 1, ch. 4950, 1901; GS 2492; RGS 3834; CGL 5712; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945.