Florida Statutes Title VIII Chapter 95 - Limitations Of Actions; Adverse Possession

• 95.011 - Applicability.
  A civil action or proceeding, called “action” in this chapter, including one brought by the state, a public officer, a political subdivision of the state,...
• 95.03 - Contracts Shortening Time.
  Any provision in a contract fixing the period of time within which an action arising out of the contract may be begun at a time...
• 95.031 - Computation Of Time.
  Except as provided in subsection (2) and in s. 95.051 and elsewhere in these statutes, the time within which an action shall be begun under...
• 95.04 - Promise To Pay Barred Debt.
  An acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, a debt barred by a statute of limitations must be in writing and signed by the person sought...
• 95.051 - When Limitations Tolled.
  (1) The running of the time under any statute of limitations except ss. 95.281, 95.35, and 95.36 is tolled by:(a) Absence from the state of the person...
• 95.091 - Limitation On Actions To Collect Taxes.
  (1)(a) Except for taxes for which certificates have been sold, taxes enumerated in s. 72.011, or tax liens issued under s. 196.161 or s. 443.141, any...
• 95.10 - Cause Of Action Arising In Another State.
  When the cause of action arose in another state or territory of the United States, or in a foreign country, and its laws forbid the...
• 95.11 - Limitations Other Than For The Recovery Of Real Property.
  Actions other than for recovery of real property shall be commenced as follows:(1) WITHIN TWENTY YEARS.—An action on a judgment or decree of a court of...
• 95.111 - Limitations After Death Of A Person Served By Publication.
  In all suits or actions when a decree pro confesso or default was duly entered against a defendant on whom constructive service was duly obtained...
• 95.12 - Real Property Actions.
  No action to recover real property or its possession shall be maintained unless the person seeking recovery or the person’s ancestor, predecessor, or grantor was...
• 95.13 - Real Property Actions; Possession By Legal Owner Presumed.
  In every action to recover real property or its possession, the person establishing legal title to the property shall be presumed to have been possessed...
• 95.14 - Real Property Actions; Limitation Upon Action Founded Upon Title.
  No cause of action or defense to an action founded on the title to real property, or to rents or service from it, shall be...
• 95.16 - Real Property Actions; Adverse Possession Under Color Of Title.
  (1) When the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, entered into possession of real property under a claim of title exclusive of any other...
• 95.18 - Real Property Actions; Adverse Possession Without Color Of Title.
  (1) When the possessor has been in actual continued possession of real property for 7 years under a claim of title exclusive of any other right,...
• 95.191 - Limitations When Tax Deed Holder In Possession.
  When the holder of a tax deed goes into actual possession of the real property described in the tax deed, no action to recover possession...
• 95.192 - Limitation Upon Acting Against Tax Deeds.
  (1) When a tax deed has been issued to any person under s. 197.552 for 4 years, no action shall be brought by the former owner...
• 95.21 - Adverse Possession Against Lands Purchased At Sales Made By Executors.
  The title of any purchaser, or the purchaser’s assigns, who has held possession for 3 years of any real or personal property purchased at a...
• 95.22 - Limitation Upon Claims By Remaining Heirs, When Deed Made By One Or More.
  (1) When any person owning real property or any interest in it dies and a conveyance is made by one or more of the person’s heirs...
• 95.231 - Limitations Where Deed Or Will On Record.
  (1) Five years after the recording of an instrument required to be executed in accordance with s. 689.01; 5 years after the recording of a power...
• 95.281 - Limitations; Instruments Encumbering Real Property.
  (1) The lien of a mortgage or other instrument encumbering real property, herein called mortgage, except those specified in subsection (5), shall terminate after the expiration...
• 95.35 - Termination Of Contracts To Purchase Real Estate In Which There Is No Maturity Date.
  Whenever:(1) Any person contracts by written agreement to purchase real property before July 1, 1972, and the final maturity of the obligation is not ascertainable from...
• 95.36 - Dedications To Municipalities Or Counties For Park Purposes.
  (1) Dedications of land to municipalities or counties for park purposes that have been recorded for 30 years shall not be challenged by the dedicator or...
• 95.361 - Roads Presumed To Be Dedicated.
  (1) When a road, constructed by a county, a municipality, or the Department of Transportation, has been maintained or repaired continuously and uninterruptedly for 4 years...

Last modified: September 23, 2016