Florida Statutes
Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust
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 County of   in the State of  , party of the first part, and  , of the County of  , in the State of  , party of the second part, witnesseth: That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of   dollars, to her or him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, has granted, bargained and sold to the said party of the second part, her or his heirs and assigns forever, the following described land, to wit:
And the said party of the first part does hereby fully warrant the title to said land, and will defend the same against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.”

(2) The form for warranty deeds of conveyance to land shall include a blank space for the property appraiser’s parcel identification number describing the property conveyed, which number, if available, shall be entered on the deed before it is presented for recording. The failure to include such blank space or the parcel identification number, or the inclusion of an incorrect parcel identification number, does not affect the validity of the conveyance or the recordability of the deed. Such parcel identification number is not a part of the legal description of the property otherwise set forth in the deed and may not be used as a substitute for the legal description of the property being conveyed.
History.—s. 1, ch. 4038, 1891; GS 2449; RGS 3788; CGL 5661; s. 1, ch. 87-66; s. 17, ch. 88-176; s. 60, ch. 89-356; s. 752, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 2013-241.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XL - Real and Personal Property

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.

689.041 - Curative Procedure for Scrivener’s Errors in Deeds.

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.

689.073 - Powers Conferred on Trustee in Recorded Instrument.

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.

689.27 - Termination by Servicemember of Agreement to Purchase Real Property.

689.28 - Prohibition Against Transfer Fee Covenants.

689.29 - Disclosure of Subsurface Rights to Prospective Purchaser.

689.301 - Disclosure of Known Defects in Sanitary Sewer Laterals to Prospective Purchaser.