Florida Statutes
Title XL - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 689 - Conveyances of Land and Declarations of Trust

689.01 - How Real Estate Conveyed. - (1) No estate or interest of freehold, or for a...

689.02 - Form of Warranty Deed Prescribed. - (1) Warranty deeds of conveyance to land may be in...

689.03 - Effect of Such Deed. - History.—s. 2, ch. 4038, 1891; GS 2450; RGS 3789; CGL...

689.04 - How Executed. - History.—s. 3, ch. 4038, 1891; GS 2451; RGS 3790; CGL...

689.041 - Curative Procedure for Scrivener’s Errors in Deeds. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Erroneous...

689.045 - Conveyances to or by Partnership. - (1) Any estate in real property may be acquired in...

689.05 - How Declarations of Trust Proved. - History.—s. 2, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1951; GS 2452; RGS...

689.06 - How Trust Estate Conveyed. - History.—s. 3, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1952; GS 2453; RGS...

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...

689.071 - Florida Land Trust Act. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida...

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...

689.073 - Powers Conferred on Trustee in Recorded Instrument. - (1) OWNERSHIP VESTS IN TRUSTEE.—Every conveyance, deed, mortgage, lease assignment,...

689.075 - Inter Vivos Trusts; Powers Retained by Settlor. - (1) A trust which is otherwise valid and which complies...

689.08 - Fines and Common Recoveries. - History.—s. 2, Feb. 4, 1835; RS 1953; GS 2454; RGS...

689.09 - Deeds Under Statute of Uses. - History.—s. 12, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1954; GS 2455; RGS...

689.10 - Words of Limitation and the Words “Fee Simple” Dispensed With. - History.—s. 1, ch. 5145, 1903; GS 2456; RGS 3796; s....

689.11 - Conveyances Between Husband and Wife Direct; Homestead. - (1) A conveyance of real estate, including homestead, made by...

689.111 - Conveyances of Homestead; Power of Attorney. - (1) A deed or mortgage of homestead realty owned by...

689.115 - Estate by the Entirety in Mortgage Made or Assigned to Husband and Wife. - History.—s. 1, ch. 86-29; s. 21, ch. 91-110.

689.12 - How State Lands Conveyed for Educational Purposes. - (1) The title to all lands granted to or held...

689.13 - Rule Against Perpetuities Not Applicable to Dispositions of Property for Private Cemeteries, Etc. - History.—s. 1, ch. 14655, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 5671(1).

689.14 - Entailed Estates. - History.—s. 20, Nov. 17, 1829; RS 1818; GS 2293; RGS...

689.15 - Estates by Survivorship. - History.—s. 20, Nov. 17, 1829; RS 1819; GS 2294; RGS...

689.17 - Rule in Shelley’s Case Abolished. - History.—s. 2, ch. 23126, 1945; s. 758, ch. 97-102.

689.175 - Worthier Title Doctrine Abolished. - History.—s. 23, ch. 2006-217.

689.18 - Reverter or Forfeiture Provisions, Limitations; Exceptions. - (1) It is hereby declared by the Legislature of the...

689.19 - Variances of Names in Recorded Instruments. - (1) The word “instrument” as used in this section shall...

689.20 - Limitation on Use of Word “minerals.” - History.—s. 1, ch. 59-375.

689.225 - Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida...

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...

689.261 - Sale of Residential Property; Disclosure of Ad Valorem Taxes to Prospective Purchaser. - (1) A prospective purchaser of residential property must be presented...

689.27 - Termination by Servicemember of Agreement to Purchase Real Property. - (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and for the...

689.28 - Prohibition Against Transfer Fee Covenants. - (1) INTENT.—The Legislature finds and declares that the public policy...

689.29 - Disclosure of Subsurface Rights to Prospective Purchaser. - (1) A seller must provide a prospective purchaser of residential...

689.301 - Disclosure of Known Defects in Sanitary Sewer Laterals to Prospective Purchaser. - History.—s. 3, ch. 2020-158.