(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 or devisees, purporting to convey, either singly or in the aggregate, the entire interest of the decedent in the property or any part of it, then no person shall claim or recover the property conveyed after 7 years from the date of recording the conveyance in the county where the property is located.
(2) This section shall not apply to persons whose names appear of record as devisees under the will or as the heirs in proceedings brought to determine their identity in the office of the judge administering the estate of decedent.
History.—s. 1, ch. 10168, 1925; CGL 4659; s. 14, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 15, ch. 73-334; s. 16, ch. 74-382; s. 526, ch. 95-147.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 95 - Limitations of Actions; Adverse Possession
95.03 - Contracts Shortening Time.
95.04 - Promise to Pay Barred Debt.
95.051 - When Limitations Tolled.
95.091 - Limitation on Actions to Collect Taxes.
95.10 - Cause of Action Arising in Another State.
95.11 - Limitations Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property.
95.111 - Limitations After Death of a Person Served by Publication.
95.12 - Real Property Actions.
95.13 - Real Property Actions; Possession by Legal Owner Presumed.
95.14 - Real Property Actions; Limitation Upon Action Founded Upon Title.
95.16 - Real Property Actions; Adverse Possession Under Color of Title.
95.18 - Real Property Actions; Adverse Possession Without Color of Title.
95.191 - Limitations When Tax Deed Holder in Possession.
95.192 - Limitation Upon Acting Against Tax Deeds.
95.21 - Adverse Possession Against Lands Purchased at Sales Made by Executors.
95.22 - Limitation Upon Claims by Remaining Heirs, When Deed Made by One or More.
95.231 - Limitations Where Deed or Will on Record.
95.281 - Limitations; Instruments Encumbering Real Property.
95.35 - Termination of Contracts to Purchase Real Estate in Which There Is No Maturity Date.
95.36 - Dedications to Municipalities or Counties for Park Purposes.