Florida Statute 95.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VIII
LIMITATIONS

Chapter 95
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS; ADVERSE POSSESSION

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95.21 Adverse possession against lands purchased at sales made by executors.—The title of any purchaser, or the purchaser’s assigns, who has held possession for 3 years of any real or personal property purchased at a sale made by an executor, administrator, or guardian shall not be questioned because of any irregularity in the conveyance or any insufficiency or irregularity in the court proceedings authorizing the sale, whether jurisdictional or not, nor shall it be questioned because the sale is made without court approval or confirmation or under a will or codicil. The title shall not be questioned at any time by anyone who has received the money to which he or she was entitled from the sale. This section shall not bar an action for fraud or an action against the executor, administrator, or guardian for personal liability to any heir, distributee, or ward.

History.—s. 1, ch. 3134, 1879; RS 1293; GS 1724; RGS 2938; CGL 4658; s. 1, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 3, ch. 22897, 1945; s. 15, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 525, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 95.21

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Smith v. City of Arcadia, 185 So. 2d 762 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

Appellants' land, was barred by the provisions of Section 95.021 of the Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The Appellants

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Ware v. City of Miami, 132 So. 2d 446 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

This question brings into focus the provisions of § 95.021, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., as well as the applicability

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In re the Guardianship of Adams, 99 So. 2d 723 (Fla. 2d DCA 1958).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...s of Chapters 744, 745, 746, and Sections 689.16, and 693.06-693.12, inclusive, Florida Statutes, 1941, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Act. All other laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, or any part thereof, except Section 95.21, Florida Statutes, 1941, and except as provided in Section 744.05, Florida Statutes, as herein amended, concerning incompetent World War Veterans, are hereby repealed.” F.S.A....

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Morgan v. Amerada Hess Corp., 357 So. 2d 1040 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15792

Florida Statutes (1973). Appellees also rely upon § 95.21, Florida Statutes, to defeat this action. That

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