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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 197
TAX COLLECTIONS, SALES, AND LIENS
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F.S. 197.552
197.552 Tax deeds.All tax deeds shall be issued in the name of a county and shall be signed by the clerk of the county. The deed shall be witnessed by two witnesses, the official seal shall be attached thereto, and the deed shall be acknowledged or proven as other deeds. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no right, interest, restriction, or other covenant shall survive the issuance of a tax deed, except that a lien of record held by a municipal or county governmental unit, special district, or community development district, when such lien is not satisfied as of the disbursement of proceeds of sale under the provisions of s. 197.582, shall survive the issuance of a tax deed. The charges by the clerk shall be as provided in s. 28.24. Tax deeds issued to a purchaser of land for delinquent taxes shall be in the form prescribed by the department. All deeds issued pursuant to this section shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of all proceedings from the valuation of the lands to the issuance of the deed, inclusive.
History.s. 1, ch. 72-268; s. 21, ch. 73-332; s. 1, ch. 79-334; s. 192, ch. 85-342; s. 14, ch. 2002-18.
Note.Former s. 197.271.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 197.552
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RAHIMI, v. GLOBAL DISCOVERIES, LTD. LLC,, 252 So. 3d 804 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Finally, section 197.552 provides that: All tax deeds shall be issued in the name of a county and shall . . . Id. § 197.552. . . . Pointe at Heritage Isles Homeowners Ass'n, Inc., 124 So.3d 302, 307 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) ("Under sections 197.552 . . .

A. ASHEAR, v. SKLAREY,, 247 So. 3d 574 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Section 197.552, Florida Statutes (2010), provides in relevant part: All tax deeds shall be issued in . . .

AGM INVESTORS, LLC, v. BUSINESS LAW GROUP, P. A. a M. H. R. LM LLC, a, 219 So. 3d 920 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Pursuant to sections 197.552 and 197.573(2), the association’s lien for assessments that were unpaid . . .

VILLAGES OF AVIGNON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, v. BURTON, Jr., 215 So. 3d 127 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . For example, section 197.552, enacted in 1972, specifically provides that an existing CDD lien will survive . . . If we were to continue to apply the Kostecos construct, it would render sections 197.552 and 190.024 . . .

A TO Z PROPERTIES, INC. v. FAIRWAY PALMS II CONDOMINIUM ASSOC. INC., 137 So. 3d 453 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . The trial court rejected appellant’s argument that section 197.552, Florida Statutes, extinguished the . . . On appeal, appellant argues that, pursuant to section 197.552, the unpaid assessments did not survive . . . Section 197.552 states in relevant part: “Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no right, . . . interest, restriction, or other covenant shall survive the issuance of a tax deed .... ” § 197.552, Fla . . . Thus, sections 197.552 and 197.573(2) control over section 718.116(l)(a), because they are “the more . . .

LUNOHAH INVESTMENTS, LLC. v. GASKELL,, 158 So. 3d 619 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . liability to pay unpaid assessments were extinguished upon issuance of the tax deed by virtue of sections 197.552 . . . liens for unpaid assessments did not survive the issuance of the tax deed by operation of sections 197.552 . . . Sections 197.552 and 197.573(2) specifically address the survival of restrictive covenants after issuance . . . 720.3085(2)(b) is construed to apply here, it is directly contradictory to the more specific sections 197.552 . . . Sections 197.552 and 197.573(2) extinguish any covenant that creates a lien or requires a grantee to . . .

CRICKET PROPERTIES, LLC, a v. NASSAU POINTE AT HERITAGE ISLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., 124 So. 3d 302 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . We reverse because, under sections 197.552 and 197.573(2), Florida Statutes (2011), any lien for unpaid . . . Section 197.552 addresses the limitation on the survival of rights, interests, restrictions, and other . . . Instead, sections 197.552 and 197.573(2) specifically address the survival or extin-guishment of liens . . . Sections 197.552 and 197.573(2) are therefore the more specific statutes as to the key issue, and any . . . Under sections 197.552 and 197.573(2), any lien Nassau may have had for unpaid homeowners association . . .

CITY OF PALM BAY, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A., 114 So. 3d 924 (Fla. 2013)

. . . 2004) (providing lien priority and superiority for non-home rule municipality special assessments); § 197.552 . . .

MIAMI- DADE COUNTY, v. SECOND SUNRISE INVESTMENT CORP., 56 So. 3d 82 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . The County responded by asserting section 197.552 and the primacy of its code liens. . . . Pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 197.552 any liens in favor of Miami-Dade County shall survive the . . . Section 197.552, Florida Statutes (2010), provides in relevant part: a lien of record held by a municipal . . .

HUTCHINSON ISLAND REALTY, INC. v. BABCOCK VENTURES, INC., 867 So. 2d 528 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Reviewing the clerk’s compliance with the notice requirements of section 197.552(1), Florida Statutes . . . Saada, 608 So.2d 806 (Fla.1992), which held that the notice required by section 197.552(1) is notice . . .

ARSALI, LLC, v. KIPP,, 866 So. 2d 99 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . See § 197.552, Fla. Stat. (2002). FARMER, C.J., GUNTHER and GROSS, JJ., concur. . . .

SUGARMILL WOODS OAKS VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, INC. v. M. WIRES,, 766 So. 2d 487 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . The first is section 197.552, which governs tax deeds. . . .

C. MOBLEY, v. HUNT,, 722 So. 2d 248 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Under section 197.552, Florida Statutes (1995), “no right [or] interest ... shall survive the issuance . . .

C. SKELTON, v. MARTIN, C. K., 673 So. 2d 877 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . . § 197.552, Fla.Stat. (1991); Locke v. Stuart, 113 So.2d 402 (Fla. 1st DCA 1959). . . .

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, v. NASHID PROPERTIES, INC., 636 So. 2d 875 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . In this case we must decide whether, under the dictates of section 197.552, Florida Statutes (1987), . . . county government (sic) unit,’ which survives the issuance of a tax deed within the meaning of section 197.552 . . . At the time Nashid took its tax deed, section 197.552, Florida Statutes (1987), as amended by Ch. 79- . . . assignor’s lack of a protected interest does not alter the City’s entitlement to the benefits of section 197.552 . . .

CAMBRIDGE CAPITAL CORP. a a v. HALCON ENTERPRISES, INC. a FDIC a Or An, 842 F. Supp. 499 (S.D. Fla. 1993)

. . . Section 197.552. . . .

USA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. M. STEWARD, 588 So. 2d 299 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . In so holding, the court specifically relied upon section 197.552, Florida Statutes, which expressly . . .

In LAKE GRADY ROAD BRIDGE DISTRICT, ZARAGOSA PROPERTIES, INC. v. L. AKE, B., 119 B.R. 853 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990)

. . . . § 197.552, the Debtor enjoys tax exemptions by virtue of its status as a municipal or governmental . . .

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, v. SOHN,, 566 So. 2d 841 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Furthermore, Section 197.552, Florida Statutes, expressly provides, “Except as specifically provided . . .

J. ADAMS v. T. A. ADAMS, Jr., 512 So. 2d 1150 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . adverse possession against the other family members and that the plaintiffs were “estopped” by section 197.552 . . . deed is invalid on its face, the court erred in finding that the plaintiffs were “estopped” by section 197.552 . . . Assuming the tax deed to be of no effect, neither the provision of section 197.552 stating “no right, . . .

D. R. L. INC. v. W. MURPHY A., 508 So. 2d 413 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Appellant’s tax deeds are themselves prima facie evidence of their own validity (see section 197.552, . . .