Florida Statute 95.14 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VIII
LIMITATIONS

Chapter 95
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS; ADVERSE POSSESSION

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95.14 Real property actions; limitation upon action founded upon title.—No cause of action or defense to an action founded on the title to real property, or to rents or service from it, shall be maintained unless:

(1) The person prosecuting the action or making the defense, or under whose title the action is prosecuted or the defense is made, or the ancestor, predecessor, or grantor of the person, was seized or possessed of the real property within 7 years before commencement of the action; or

(2) Title to the real property was derived from the United States or the state within 7 years before commencement of the action. The time under this subsection shall not begin to run until the conveyance of the title from the state or the United States.

History.—s. 3, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1288; GS 1719; RGS 2933; CGL 4653; s. 10, ch. 74-382.

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Cases Citing Statute 95.14

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Moore v. Musa, 198 So. 2d 843 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...t least twenty years prior to the commencement of the ejectment action and had asserted some degree of possession over the disputed strip for a like length of time. The court further found that the statute of limitations, specifically §§ 95.12 and 95.14, Fla....

...[2] The former ejectment action was brought by a predecessor in title of the defendants-Musa. The action was based on a claim of title. The answer alleged, among other things, adverse possession under color of title and that the action was barred by the statute of limitations, § 95.14 Fla....

...present her evidence. Reversed and remanded. NOTES [1] See McKelvey v. Rodriquez, 57 Cal. App.2d 214, 134 P.2d 870 (1943). [2] Stengel v. American Hotels Company of Connecticut, Fla.App. 1963, 152 So.2d 760; McKelvey v. Rodriquez, supra note 1. [3] Section 95.14 reads as follows: "No cause of action or defense to an action founded upon the title to real property, or to rents, or to service out of the same, shall be effectual unless it appear that the person prosecuting the action, or making the...

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Sarasota Cnty. v. Ex, 645 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 397617

...We do not need to decide whether this action is governed by a four-year limitations period under section 95.11(3), as urged by the county. The longest possible statute of limitations for this case is seven years from the date the Exes last possessed this property. § 95.14, Fla....

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Atl. Land & Improvement Co. v. Davis, 70 So. 2d 910 (Fla. 1954).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1307

...s had not “been seized or possessed of said premises within seven years before the accruing of the supposed right of action upon which suit is brought and that said plaintiffs are barred from the bringing of this proceeding under the provisions of Section 95.14, Florida Statutes 1951 [F.S.A.].” Appellants’ predecessors in title acquired title to the lands in 1897 from the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund....

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Comerica Trust Co. of Florida, N.A. v. Monroe Cnty., 622 So. 2d 1023 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 6710, 1993 WL 217038

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. § 95.14, Fla.Stat. (1989); § 689.18(4), Fla.Stat. (1991).

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Kelley v. City of Cocoa, 188 So. 2d 71 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...rposes. At that time there was either a breach of the contractual covenant or a termination of the grantee’s estate with the right of possession vested in the grantors or their heirs and after seven years their cause of action was barred by F.S.A. § 95.14, 54 C.J.S....

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Bd. of Trs. of Int. v. Stevens, 472 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1717

...ply because "[a]dverse possession does not obtain against the State." Pearce v. Cone, 2 So.2d 360, 361 (Fla. 1941). This principle is "long established and well recognized." Lovey v. Escambia County, 141 So.2d 761, 763 (Fla. 1st DCA 1962). See also, § 95.14, Fla....

This Florida statute resource is curated by Graham W. Syfert, Esq., a Jacksonville, Florida personal injury and workers' compensation attorney. Attorney Syfert regularly works with Chapter 95 in the context of civil statutes of limitations and represents clients throughout Northeast Florida. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.