Florida Statutes Title XL Chapter 695 - Record Of Conveyances Of Real Estate

• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 695.03 - Acknowledgment And Proof; Validation Of Certain Acknowledgments; Legalization Or Authentication Before Foreign Officials.
  To entitle any instrument concerning real property to be recorded, the execution must be acknowledged by the party executing it, proved by a subscribing witness...
• 695.031 - Affidavits And Acknowledgments By Members Of Armed Forces And Their Spouses.
  (1) In addition to the manner, form and proof of acknowledgment of instruments as now provided by law, any person serving in or with the Armed...
• 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.
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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,...
• 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,...
• 695.16 - When Mortgage Or Lien Is Destroyed.
  Whenever any mortgage or other lien required by law to be recorded, to be good and effectual against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable...
• 695.17 - United States Deeds And Patents May Be Recorded.
  Deeds and patents issued by the United States Government and photographic copies made by authority of said government from its records thereof in the general...
• 695.18 - Indorsement By Clerk.
  Upon recording said deed, patent or certified copy, the clerk of the court shall indorse thereon and also upon the record made by her or...
• 695.19 - Certified Copies Of Recorded Instruments May Be Recorded.
  Certified copies of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney and all other instruments of any kind which have been or may hereafter be duly recorded or...
• 695.20 - Unperformed Contracts Of Record.
  Whenever anyone shall have contracted to purchase real estate in the state, prior to January 1, 1930, by written agreement requiring all payments to be...
• 695.22 - Daily Schedule Of Deeds And Conveyances Filed For Record To Be Furnished Property Appraiser.
  After October 1, 1945, the several clerks of the circuit courts shall keep and furnish to the respective county property appraisers in the counties where...
• 695.25 - Short Form Of Acknowledgment.
  The forms of acknowledgment set forth in this section may be used, and are sufficient for their respective purposes, under any law of this state....
• 695.26 - Requirements For Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property.
  (1) No instrument by which the title to real property or any interest therein is conveyed, assigned, encumbered, or otherwise disposed of shall be recorded by...
• 695.27 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.”(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:(a) “Document” means information that is:1. Inscribed on a tangible...
• 695.28 - Validity Of Recorded Electronic Documents.
  (1) A document that is otherwise entitled to be recorded and that was or is submitted to the clerk of the court or county recorder by...

Last modified: September 23, 2016