Florida Statutes Title XL Chapter 697 - Instruments Deemed Mortgages And The Nature Of A Mortgage

• 697.01 - Instruments Deemed Mortgages.
  (1) All conveyances, obligations conditioned or defeasible, bills of sale or other instruments of writing conveying or selling property, either real or personal, for the purpose...
• 697.02 - Nature Of A Mortgage.
  A mortgage shall be held to be a specific lien on the property therein described, and not a conveyance of the legal title or of...
• 697.03 - Cooperative Association Mortgages.
  (1) Hereafter, any mortgage or other instrument given by a cooperative association for the purpose of creating a lien on real or personal property, or both,...
• 697.04 - Future Advances May Be Secured.
  (1)(a) Any mortgage or other instrument given for the purpose of creating a lien on real property, or on any interest in a leasehold upon real...
• 697.05 - Balloon Mortgages; Scope Of Law; Definition; Requirements As To Contents; Penalties For Violations; Exemptions.
  (1) Any conveyance, obligation conditioned or defeasible, bill of sale, or other instrument of writing conveying or selling real property for the purpose or with the...
• 697.06 - Prepayment Of Note.
  Any note which is silent as to the right of the obligor to prepay the note in advance of the stated maturity date may be...
• 697.07 - Assignment Of Rents.
  (1) A mortgage or separate instrument may provide for an assignment of rents of real property or any interest therein as security for repayment of an...
• 697.08 - Equity Skimming.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person, with intent to defraud the owner of real property, to engage in equity skimming, which is, to:(a) Purchase, within a...
• 697.10 - Liability For Error In Mortgage Deed Or Note.
  In any action relating to real property, if the court shall find that any person has prepared an instrument which due to an inaccurate or...

Last modified: September 23, 2016