TITLE XL - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY (Ch.689-723)
- Chapter 689 CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST
- 689.01 How real estate conveyed.
- 689.02 Form of warranty deed prescribed.
- 689.03 Effect of such deed.
- 689.04 How executed.
- 689.045 Conveyances to or by partnership.
- 689.05 How declarations of trust proved.
- 689.06 How trust estate conveyed.
- 689.07 “Trustee” or “as trustee” added to name of grantee, transferee, assignee, or mortgagee transfers interest or creates lien as if additional word or words not used.
- 689.071 Florida Land Trust Act.
- 689.072 Real estate interests transferred to or by a custodian or trustee of an individual retirement account or qualified plan.
- 689.075 Inter vivos trusts; powers retained by settlor.
- 689.08 Fines and common recoveries.
- 689.09 Deeds under statute of uses.
- 689.10 Words of limitation and the words “fee simple” dispensed with.
- 689.11 Conveyances between husband and wife direct; homestead.
- 689.111 Conveyances of homestead; power of attorney.
- 689.115 Estate by the entirety in mortgage made or assigned to husband and wife.
- 689.12 How state lands conveyed for educational purposes.
- 689.13 Rule against perpetuities not applicable to dispositions of property for private cemeteries, etc.
- 689.14 Entailed estates.
- 689.15 Estates by survivorship.
- 689.17 Rule in Shelley’s Case abolished.
- 689.175 Worthier title doctrine abolished.
- 689.18 Reverter or forfeiture provisions, limitations; exceptions.
- 689.19 Variances of names in recorded instruments.
- 689.20 Limitation on use of word “minerals.”
- 689.225 Statutory rule against perpetuities.
- 689.25 Failure to disclose homicide, suicide, deaths, or diagnosis of HIV or AIDS infection in an occupant of real property.
- 689.261 Sale of residential property; disclosure of ad valorem taxes to prospective purchaser.
- 689.262 Sale of residential property; disclosure of windstorm mitigation rating.
- 689.27 Termination by servicemember of agreement to purchase real property.
- 689.28 Prohibition against transfer fee covenants.
- Chapter 692 CONVEYANCES BY OR TO PARTICULAR ENTITIES
- Chapter 694 CERTAIN CONVEYANCES MADE VALID
- 694.01 Conveyances executed between 1817 and 1822.
- 694.02 Married women’s conveyances validated.
- 694.03 Married women’s conveyances by attorney validated.
- 694.04 Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated.
- 694.05 Certain other conveyances validated.
- 694.06 Deeds executed by State Board of Education.
- 694.07 Certain grant of lands confirmed.
- 694.08 Certain instruments validated, notwithstanding lack of seals or witnesses, or defect in acknowledgment, etc.
- 694.09 Certified copies admissible in evidence.
- 694.10 Certain titles not affected.
- 694.11 Certain deeds of county commissioners validated.
- 694.12 Validation of instruments in which name of corporation is incorrectly set out.
- 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 improv
- 694.14 Validation of deeds executed by guardians appointed under Veterans’ Guardianship Law.
- 694.15 Validation of conveyances by board of trustees.
- 694.16 Conveyances by merger or conversion of business entities.
- 694.17 Validation of conveyances to custodian or trustee of an individual retirement account or qualified plan.
- Chapter 695 RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE
- 695.01 Conveyances to be recorded.
- 695.015 Conveyances by law between governmental agencies, recording.
- 695.02 Blank or master form of instruments may be recorded.
- 695.03 Acknowledgment and proof; validation of certain acknowledgments; legalization or authentication before foreign officials.
- 695.031 Affidavits and acknowledgments by members of armed forces and their spouses.
- 695.032 Provisions not applicable to transactions under chapter 679, Uniform Commercial Code.
- 695.04 Requirements of certificate.
- 695.05 Certain defects cured as to acknowledgments and witnesses.
- 695.06 Certain irregularities as to venue validated.
- 695.07 Use of scrawl as seal.
- 695.08 Prior use of scrawl as seal.
- 695.09 Identity of grantor.
- 695.10 Proof by others.
- 695.11 Instruments deemed to be recorded from time of filing.
- 695.12 Imperfect record.
- 695.13 Want of certificate of record.
- 695.14 Unsigned certificate of record.
- 695.15 Recording conveyances lost by fire.
- 695.16 When mortgage or lien is destroyed.
- 695.17 United States deeds and patents may be recorded.
- 695.18 Indorsement by clerk.
- 695.19 Certified copies of recorded instruments may be recorded.
- 695.20 Unperformed contracts of record.
- 695.22 Daily schedule of deeds and conveyances filed for record to be furnished property appraiser.
- 695.25 Short form of acknowledgment.
- 695.26 Requirements for recording instruments affecting real property.
- 695.27 Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.
- Chapter 696 RECORD OF CONTRACTS; PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING
- 696.01 Contracts for sale of realty must be acknowledged in order to be recorded.
- 696.02 Assignments of contracts for sale of realty not entitled to record unless original is recorded or entitled to record.
- 696.03 When agreement executed by agent or attorney may be recorded.
- 696.04 What instruments affected by ss. 696.01-696.03.
- 696.05 Photographic recording by clerk of circuit court.
- 696.06 Photographic recording by county court judge.
- Chapter 697 INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE
- 697.01 Instruments deemed mortgages.
- 697.02 Nature of a mortgage.
- 697.03 Cooperative association mortgages.
- 697.04 Future advances may be secured.
- 697.05 Balloon mortgages; scope of law; definition; requirements as to contents; penalties for violations; exemptions.
- 697.06 Prepayment of note.
- 697.07 Assignment of rents.
- 697.08 Equity skimming.
- 697.10 Liability for error in mortgage deed or note.
- Chapter 698 CHATTEL MORTGAGES
- 698.01 To be recorded.
- 698.02 Acknowledgment.
- 698.03 Power of sale may be included in certain mortgages; exercise of power.
- 698.04 Sale under power.
- 698.05 Remedy concurrent.
- 698.08 Notice given by filing for record of chattel mortgages generally, to extend 7 years.
- 698.09 Extension of period of notice.
- 698.11 Duties of clerk in connection with extension.
- 698.12 Chapter not applicable to transactions under Uniform Commercial Code.
- Chapter 701 ASSIGNMENT AND CANCELLATION OF MORTGAGES
- 701.01 Assignment.
- 701.02 Assignment not effectual against creditors unless recorded and indicated in title of document; applicability.
- 701.03 Cancellation.
- 701.04 Cancellation of mortgages, liens, and judgments.
- 701.041 Title insurer; mortgage release certificate.
- 701.06 Certain cancellations and satisfactions of mortgages validated.
- Chapter 702 FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES AND STATUTORY LIENS
- 702.01 Equity.
- 702.03 Certain foreclosures validated.
- 702.035 Legal notice concerning foreclosure proceedings.
- 702.04 Mortgaged lands in different counties.
- 702.05 Mortgaged lands sold for taxes.
- 702.06 Deficiency decree; common-law suit to recover deficiency.
- 702.065 Final judgment in uncontested proceedings where deficiency judgment waived; attorney’s fees when default judgment entered.
- 702.07 Power of courts and judges to set aside foreclosure decrees at any time before sale.
- 702.08 Effect of setting aside foreclosure decree.
- 702.09 Definitions.
- 702.10 Order to show cause; entry of final judgment of foreclosure; payment during foreclosure.
- Chapter 703 ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
- 703.01 County commissioners authorized to require clerk to make abstracts.
- 703.02 Abstracts of real estate upon petition; service charge of clerk.
- 703.03 What abstract to show.
- 703.04 Abstracting tax sales.
- 703.05 Service charge of clerk for furnishing abstract.
- 703.06 Board may purchase abstract books.
- 703.07 Abstracts of records destroyed by fire; purchase of abstract books by county; proceedings.
- 703.08 Copies of abstracts as evidence.
- 703.09 Condemnation of abstracts by county when records have been destroyed.
- 703.10 Order to show cause; enjoining owners from removing abstracts beyond jurisdiction of court.
- 703.11 Order granting petition; jury to assess compensation; copies of original abstracts.
- 703.13 Payment of compensation and delivery of abstracts; petitioner to pay cost.
- 703.14 Penalty for failure to deliver abstracts.
- 703.15 Abstracts acquired by condemnation.
- 703.17 Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public.
- 703.18 Refusing to make abstract.
- 703.19 Filing untrue copies of abstracts ordered filed for use of public.
- Chapter 704 EASEMENTS
- 704.01 Common-law and statutory easements defined and determined.
- 704.02 When lands enclosed, person using easement to maintain gates.
- 704.03 “Practicable” defined.
- 704.04 Judicial remedy and compensation to servient owner.
- 704.05 Easements and rights of entry.
- 704.06 Conservation easements; creation; acquisition; enforcement.
- 704.07 Solar easements; creation; remedies.
- 704.08 Cemeteries; right of ingress and egress for visiting or maintenance.
- Chapter 705 LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY
- 705.101 Definitions.
- 705.1015 County or municipal code inspectors or code enforcement officers; duties.
- 705.102 Reporting lost or abandoned property.
- 705.103 Procedure for abandoned or lost property.
- 705.104 Title to lost or abandoned property.
- 705.105 Procedure regarding unclaimed evidence.
- 705.106 Recovery from person wrongfully in possession.
- 705.17 Exceptions.
- 705.18 Disposal of personal property lost or abandoned on university or community college campuses; disposition of proceeds from sale.
- 705.182 Disposal of personal property found on the premises of public-use airports.
- 705.183 Disposal of derelict or abandoned aircraft on the premises of public-use airports.
- 705.184 Derelict or abandoned motor vehicles on the premises of public-use airports.
- 705.19 Abandonment of animals by owner; procedure for handling.
- Chapter 707 ESTRAYS
- Chapter 708 MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY
- Chapter 709 POWERS OF ATTORNEY AND SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS
- 709.01 Power of attorney; authority of nominee when principal dead.
- 709.015 Power of attorney; authority of agent when principal listed as missing.
- 709.02 Power of appointment; method of release.
- 709.03 Power of appointment; property held in trust.
- 709.04 Power of appointment; effect of release.
- 709.05 Powers of appointment; validation of prior releases.
- 709.06 Powers of appointment included in law.
- 709.07 Power of appointment; effect of release on title to property.
- 709.08 Durable power of attorney.
- 709.11 Deployment-contingent power of attorney.
- Chapter 710 TRANSFERS TO MINORS
- 710.101 Short title.
- 710.102 Definitions.
- 710.103 Scope and jurisdiction.
- 710.104 Nomination of custodian.
- 710.105 Transfer by gift or exercise of power of appointment.
- 710.106 Transfer authorized by will or trust.
- 710.107 Other transfer by fiduciary.
- 710.108 Transfer by obligor.
- 710.109 Receipt for custodial property.
- 710.111 Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer; designation of initial custodian; control.
- 710.112 Single custodianship.
- 710.113 Validity and effect of transfer.
- 710.114 Care of custodial property.
- 710.115 Powers of custodian.
- 710.116 Use of custodial property.
- 710.117 Custodian’s expenses, compensation, and bond.
- 710.118 Exemption of third person from liability.
- 710.119 Liability to third persons.
- 710.121 Renunciation, resignation, death, or removal of custodian; designation of successor custodian.
- 710.122 Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian.
- 710.123 Termination of custodianship.
- 710.124 Applicability.
- 710.125 Effect on existing custodianships.
- 710.126 Uniformity of application and construction.
- Chapter 711 FLORIDA UNIFORM TRANSFER-ON-DEATH SECURITY REGISTRATION ACT
- 711.50 Short title.
- 711.501 Definitions.
- 711.502 Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership.
- 711.503 Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law.
- 711.504 Origination of registration in beneficiary form.
- 711.505 Form of registration in beneficiary form.
- 711.506 Effect of registration in beneficiary form.
- 711.507 Ownership on death of owner.
- 711.508 Protection of registering entity.
- 711.509 Nontestamentary transfer on death.
- 711.51 Terms, conditions, and forms for registration.
- 711.511 Rules of construction.
- 711.512 Application of ss. 711.50-711.512.
- Chapter 712 MARKETABLE RECORD TITLES TO REAL PROPERTY
- 712.01 Definitions.
- 712.02 Marketable record title; suspension of applicability.
- 712.03 Exceptions to marketability.
- 712.04 Interests extinguished by marketable record title.
- 712.05 Effect of filing notice.
- 712.06 Contents of notice; recording and indexing.
- 712.07 Limitations of actions and recording acts.
- 712.08 Filing false claim.
- 712.09 Extension of 30-year period.
- 712.095 Notice required by July 1, 1983.
- 712.10 Law to be liberally construed.
- 712.11 Covenant revitalization.
- Chapter 713 LIENS, GENERALLY
- Chapter 715 PROPERTY: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 715.02 Prohibiting recovery from seller of forfeited deposit or down payment made by check, draft, or obligation refused through no fault of seller.
- 715.03 Laundries and drycleaners; disposition of unclaimed articles.
- 715.06 Real estate; exploration for minerals.
- 715.065 Jewelry stores; television or radio repair stores; disposition of unclaimed articles.
- 715.07 Vehicles or vessels parked on private property; towing.
- 715.10 Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act; short title.
- 715.101 Application of ss. 715.10-715.111.
- 715.102 Definitions of terms used in ss. 715.10-715.111.
- 715.103 Lost property.
- 715.104 Notification of former tenant of personal property remaining on premises after tenancy has terminated.
- 715.105 Form of notice concerning abandoned property to former tenant.
- 715.106 Form of notice concerning abandoned property to owner other than former tenant.
- 715.107 Storage of abandoned property.
- 715.108 Release of personal property.
- 715.109 Sale or disposition of abandoned property.
- 715.11 Nonliability of landlord after disposition of property.
- 715.111 Assessing costs of storage.
- 715.12 Construction Contract Prompt Payment Law.
- Chapter 716 ESCHEATS
- 716.01 Declaration of policy.
- 716.02 Escheat of funds in the possession of federal agencies.
- 716.03 Department to institute proceedings to recover escheated property.
- 716.04 Jurisdiction.
- 716.05 Money recovered to be paid into State Treasury.
- 716.06 Public records.
- 716.07 Recovery of escheated property by claimant.
- Chapter 717 DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- 717.001 Short title.
- 717.101 Definitions.
- 717.102 Property presumed unclaimed; general rule.
- 717.103 General rules for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property.
- 717.1035 Property originated or issued by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or any entity incorporated, organized, created, or otherwise located in the state.
- 717.104 Traveler’s checks and money orders.
- 717.1045 Gift certificates and similar credit items.
- 717.105 Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.
- 717.106 Bank deposits and funds in financial organizations.
- 717.107 Funds owing under life insurance policies.
- 717.1071 Lost owners of unclaimed demutualization, rehabilitation, or related reorganization proceeds.
- 717.108 Deposits held by utilities.
- 717.109 Refunds held by business associations.
- 717.1101 Unclaimed equity and debt of business associations.
- 717.111 Property of business associations held in course of dissolution.
- 717.112 Property held by agents and fiduciaries.
- 717.113 Property held by courts and public agencies.
- 717.115 Wages.
- 717.116 Contents of safe-deposit box or other safekeeping repository.
- 717.117 Report of unclaimed property.
- 717.118 Notification of apparent owners of unclaimed property.
- 717.119 Payment or delivery of unclaimed property.
- 717.1201 Custody by state; holder relieved from liability; reimbursement of holder paying claim; reclaiming for owner; defense of holder; payment of safe-deposit box or repository charges.
- 717.121 Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner’s account.
- 717.122 Public sale of unclaimed property.
- 717.123 Deposit of funds.
- 717.124 Unclaimed property claims.
- 717.12403 Unclaimed demand, savings, or checking account in a financial institution held in the name of more than one person.
- 717.12404 Claims on behalf of a business entity or trust.
- 717.12405 Claims by estates.
- 717.12406 Joint ownership of unclaimed securities or dividends.
- 717.1241 Conflicting claims.
- 717.1242 Restatement of jurisdiction of the circuit court sitting in probate and the department.
- 717.1243 Small estate accounts.
- 717.1244 Determinations of unclaimed property claims.
- 717.1245 Garnishment of unclaimed property.
- 717.125 Claim of another state to recover property; procedure.
- 717.126 Administrative hearing; burden of proof; proof of entitlement; venue.
- 717.1261 Death certificates.
- 717.1262 Court documents.
- 717.127 Election to take payment or delivery.
- 717.128 Destruction or disposition of property having insubstantial commercial value; immunity from liability.
- 717.129 Periods of limitation.
- 717.1301 Investigations; examinations; subpoenas.
- 717.1311 Retention of records.
- 717.1315 Retention of records by claimant’s representatives and buyers of unclaimed property.
- 717.132 Enforcement; cease and desist orders; fines.
- 717.1322 Administrative and civil enforcement.
- 717.1323 Prohibited practice.
- 717.133 Interstate agreements and cooperation; joint and reciprocal actions with other states.
- 717.1331 Actions against holders.
- 717.1333 Evidence; estimations; audit reports, examiner’s worksheets, investigative reports, other related documents.
- 717.134 Penalties and interest.
- 717.1341 Invalid claims, recovery of property, interest and penalties.
- 717.135 Power of attorney to recover reported property in the custody of the department.
- 717.1351 Acquisition of unclaimed property.
- 717.1355 Theme park and entertainment complex tickets.
- 717.136 Foreign transactions.
- 717.138 Rulemaking authority.
- 717.1381 Void unclaimed property powers of attorney and purchase agreements.
- 717.139 Uniformity of application and construction.
- 717.1400 Registration.
- 717.1401 Repeal.
- Chapter 718 CONDOMINIUMS
- PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS(ss. 718.101-718.127)
- PART II RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF DEVELOPERS(ss. 718.202, 718.203)
- PART III RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ASSOCIATION(ss. 718.301-718.303)
- PART IV SPECIAL TYPES OF CONDOMINIUMS(ss. 718.401-718.405)
- PART V REGULATION AND DISCLOSURE PRIOR TO SALE OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS(ss. 718.501-718.509)
- PART VI CONVERSIONS TO CONDOMINIUM(ss. 718.604-718.622)
- PART VII DISTRESSED CONDOMINIUM RELIEF(ss. 718.701-718.708)
- Chapter 719 COOPERATIVES
- PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS(ss. 719.101-719.127)
- PART II RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF DEVELOPERS(ss. 719.202, 719.203)
- PART III RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ASSOCIATION(ss. 719.301-719.304)
- PART IV SPECIAL TYPES OF COOPERATIVES(ss. 719.401-719.403)
- PART V REGULATION AND DISCLOSURE PRIOR TO SALE OF RESIDENTIALCOOPERATIVES(ss. 719.501-719.508)
- PART VI CONVERSIONS TO COOPERATIVE(ss. 719.604-719.622)
- Chapter 720 HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS
- Chapter 721 VACATION AND TIMESHARE PLANS
- Chapter 723 MOBILE HOME PARK LOT TENANCIES
- 723.001 Short title.
- 723.002 Application of chapter.
- 723.003 Definitions.
- 723.004 Legislative intent; preemption of subject matter.
- 723.005 Regulation by division.
- 723.006 Powers and duties of division.
- 723.007 Annual fees; surcharge.
- 723.008 Applicability of chapter 212 to fees, penalties, and fines under this chapter.
- 723.009 Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.
- 723.011 Disclosure prior to rental of a mobile home lot; prospectus, filing, approval.
- 723.012 Prospectus or offering circular.
- 723.013 Written notification in the absence of a prospectus.
- 723.014 Failure to provide prospectus or offering circular prior to occupancy.
- 723.016 Advertising materials; oral statements.
- 723.017 Publication of false or misleading information; remedies.
- 723.021 Obligation of good faith and fair dealings.
- 723.022 Mobile home park owner’s general obligations.
- 723.023 Mobile home owner’s general obligations.
- 723.025 Park owner’s access to mobile home and mobile home lot.
- 723.027 Persons authorized by park owner to receive notices.
- 723.031 Mobile home lot rental agreements.
- 723.032 Prohibited or unenforceable provisions in mobile home lot rental agreements.
- 723.033 Unreasonable lot rental agreements; increases, changes.
- 723.035 Rules and regulations.
- 723.037 Lot rental increases; reduction in services or utilities; change in rules and regulations; mediation.
- 723.038 Dispute settlement; mediation.
- 723.0381 Civil actions; arbitration.
- 723.041 Entrance fees; refunds; exit fees prohibited; replacement homes.
- 723.042 Provision of improvements.
- 723.043 Purchase of equipment.
- 723.044 Interference with installation of appliances or interior improvements.
- 723.045 Sale of utilities by park owner or developer.
- 723.046 Capital costs of utility improvements.
- 723.051 Invitees; rights and obligations.
- 723.054 Right of mobile home owners to peaceably assemble; right to communicate.
- 723.055 Right of mobile home owner to invite public officers, candidates for public office, or representatives of a tenant organization.
- 723.056 Enforcement of right of assembly and right to hear outside speakers.
- 723.058 Restrictions on sale of mobile homes.
- 723.059 Rights of purchaser.
- 723.061 Eviction; grounds, proceedings.
- 723.0611 Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.
- 723.06115 Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund.
- 723.06116 Payments to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.
- 723.0612 Change in use; relocation expenses; payments by park owner.
- 723.0615 Retaliatory conduct.
- 723.062 Removal of mobile home owner; process.
- 723.063 Defenses to action for rent or possession; procedure.
- 723.068 Attorney’s fees.
- 723.071 Sale of mobile home parks.
- 723.072 Affidavit of compliance with statutory requirements.
- 723.073 Conveyance by the association.
- 723.074 Sale of facilities serving a mobile home subdivision.
- 723.075 Homeowners’ associations.
- 723.0751 Mobile home subdivision homeowners’ association.
- 723.076 Incorporation; notification of park owner.
- 723.077 Articles of incorporation.
- 723.078 Bylaws of homeowners’ associations.
- 723.079 Powers and duties of homeowners’ association.
- 723.0791 Mobile home cooperative homeowners’ associations; elections.
- 723.081 Notice of application for change in zoning.
- 723.083 Governmental action affecting removal of mobile home owners.
- 723.084 Storage charges on mobile homes.
- 723.085 Rights of lienholder on mobile homes in rental mobile home parks.
- 723.086 Property and lienholder contracts.
- 723.0861 Attorney’s fees and costs.