Florida Statutes Title XL Chapter 689 - Conveyances Of Land And Declarations Of Trust

• 689.01 - How Real Estate Conveyed.
  No estate or interest of freehold, or for a term of more than 1 year, or any uncertain interest of, in or out of any...
• 689.02 - Form Of Warranty Deed Prescribed.
  (1) Warranty deeds of conveyance to land may be in the following form, viz.:“This indenture, made this   day of   A.D. , between  , of the...
• 689.03 - Effect Of Such Deed.
  A conveyance executed substantially in the foregoing form shall be held to be a warranty deed with full common-law covenants, and shall just as effectually...
• 689.04 - How Executed.
  Such deeds shall be executed and acknowledged as is now or may hereafter be provided by the law regulating conveyances of realty by deed.History.—s. 3,...
• 689.045 - Conveyances To Or By Partnership.
  (1) Any estate in real property may be acquired in the name of a limited partnership. Title so acquired must be conveyed or encumbered in the...
• 689.05 - How Declarations Of Trust Proved.
  All declarations and creations of trust and confidence of or in any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be manifested and proved by some writing,...
• 689.06 - How Trust Estate Conveyed.
  All grants, conveyances, or assignments of trust or confidence of or in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, shall...
• 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.
  (1) Every deed or conveyance of real estate heretofore or hereafter made or executed in which the words “trustee” or “as trustee” are added to the...
• 689.071 - Florida Land Trust Act.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida Land Trust Act.”(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Beneficial interest” means any interest, vested or contingent...
• 689.072 - Real Estate Interests Transferred To Or By A Custodian Or Trustee Of An Individual Retirement Account Or Qualified Plan.
  (1)(a) A conveyance, deed, mortgage, lease assignment, or other recorded instrument that transfers an interest in real property in this state, including a leasehold or mortgagee...
• 689.073 - Powers Conferred On Trustee In Recorded Instrument.
  (1) OWNERSHIP VESTS IN TRUSTEE.—Every conveyance, deed, mortgage, lease assignment, or other instrument heretofore or hereafter made, hereinafter referred to as the “recorded instrument,” transferring any...
• 689.075 - Inter Vivos Trusts; Powers Retained By Settlor.
  (1) A trust which is otherwise valid and which complies with s. 736.0403, including, but not limited to, a trust the principal of which is composed...
• 689.08 - Fines And Common Recoveries.
  Conveyance by fine or by common recovery shall never be used in this state.History.—s. 2, Feb. 4, 1835; RS 1953; GS 2454; RGS 3794; CGL
• 689.09 - Deeds Under Statute Of Uses.
  By deed of bargain and sale, or by deed of lease and release, or of covenant to stand seized to the use of any other...
• 689.10 - Words Of Limitation And The Words “fee Simple” Dispensed With.
  Where any real estate has heretofore been conveyed or granted or shall hereafter be conveyed or granted without there being used in the said deed...
• 689.11 - Conveyances Between Husband And Wife Direct; Homestead.
  (1) A conveyance of real estate, including homestead, made by one spouse to the other shall convey the legal title to the grantee spouse in all...
• 689.111 - Conveyances Of Homestead; Power Of Attorney.
  (1) A deed or mortgage of homestead realty owned by an unmarried person may be executed by virtue of a power of attorney executed in the...
• 689.115 - Estate By The Entirety In Mortgage Made Or Assigned To Husband And Wife.
  Any mortgage encumbering real property, or any assignment of a mortgage encumbering real property, made to two persons who are husband and wife, heretofore or...
• 689.12 - How State Lands Conveyed For Educational Purposes.
  (1) The title to all lands granted to or held by the state for educational purposes shall be conveyed by deed executed by the members of...
• 689.13 - Rule Against Perpetuities Not Applicable To Dispositions Of Property For Private Cemeteries, Etc.
  No disposition of property, or the income thereof, hereafter made for the maintenance or care of any public or private burying ground, churchyard, or other...
• 689.14 - Entailed Estates.
  No property, real or personal, shall be entailed in this state. Any instrument purporting to create an estate tail, express or implied, shall be deemed...
• 689.15 - Estates By Survivorship.
  The doctrine of the right of survivorship in cases of real estate and personal property held by joint tenants shall not prevail in this state;...
• 689.17 - Rule In Shelley’s Case Abolished.
  The rule in Shelley’s Case is hereby abolished. Any instrument purporting to create an estate for life in a person with remainder to her or...
• 689.175 - Worthier Title Doctrine Abolished.
  The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the...
• 689.18 - Reverter Or Forfeiture Provisions, Limitations; Exceptions.
  (1) It is hereby declared by the Legislature of the state that reverter or forfeiture provisions of unlimited duration in the conveyance of real estate or...
• 689.19 - Variances Of Names In Recorded Instruments.
  (1) The word “instrument” as used in this section shall be construed to mean and include not only instruments voluntarily executed but also papers filed or...
• 689.20 - Limitation On Use Of Word “minerals.”
  Whenever the word “minerals” is hereafter used in any deed, lease, or other contract in writing, said word or term shall not include any of...
• 689.225 - Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities.”(2) STATEMENT OF THE RULE.—(a) A nonvested property interest in real or personal property...
• 689.25 - Failure To Disclose Homicide, Suicide, Deaths, Or Diagnosis Of Hiv Or Aids Infection In An Occupant Of Real Property.
  (1)(a) The fact that an occupant of real property is infected or has been infected with human immunodeficiency virus or diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome...
• 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...
• 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...
• 689.28 - Prohibition Against Transfer Fee Covenants.
  (1) INTENT.—The Legislature finds and declares that the public policy of this state favors the marketability of real property and the transferability of interests in real...
• 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...

Last modified: September 23, 2016