(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 on, real or personal property, filed, indexed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court.
(2) When any such blank or master form is filed with the clerk of the circuit court, she or he shall record and index the same in the manner provided by law for recording and indexing mortgages and such other instruments respectively, except that the name of the person whose name appears on such blank or master form shall be inserted in the indexes as grantor and also as grantee.
(3) When any instrument conveying, transferring or reserving an interest in, or creating a lien on, real or personal property, incorporates by reference the provisions, terms, covenants, conditions, obligations, powers and other contents, or any of them, set forth in any such recorded blank or master form, such incorporation by reference, for all purposes, shall be equivalent to setting forth in extenso in such instrument that which is incorporated by reference.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 17109, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5698(1); s. 219, ch. 77-104; s. 762, ch. 97-102.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XL - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 695 - Record of Conveyances of Real Estate
695.01 - Conveyances and Liens to Be Recorded.
695.015 - Conveyances by Law Between Governmental Agencies, Recording.
695.02 - Blank or Master Form of Instruments May Be Recorded.
695.031 - Affidavits and Acknowledgments by Members of Armed Forces and Their Spouses.
695.032 - Provisions Not Applicable to Transactions Under Chapter 679, Uniform Commercial Code.
695.04 - Requirements of Certificate.
695.05 - Certain Defects Cured as to Acknowledgments and Witnesses.
695.06 - Certain Irregularities as to Venue Validated.
695.07 - Use of Scrawl as Seal.
695.08 - Prior Use of Scrawl as Seal.
695.11 - Instruments Deemed to Be Recorded From Time of Filing.
695.13 - Want of Certificate of Record.
695.14 - Unsigned Certificate of Record.
695.15 - Recording Conveyances Lost by Fire.
695.16 - When Mortgage or Lien Is Destroyed.
695.17 - United States Deeds and Patents May Be Recorded.
695.18 - Indorsement by Clerk.
695.19 - Certified Copies of Recorded Instruments May Be Recorded.
695.20 - Unperformed Contracts of Record.
695.25 - Short Form of Acknowledgment.
695.26 - Requirements for Recording Instruments Affecting Real Property.