Florida Statute 197.562 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 197
TAX COLLECTIONS, SALES, AND LIENS

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197.562 Grantee of tax deed entitled to immediate possession.—Any person, firm, corporation, or county that is the grantee of any tax deed under this law shall be entitled to the immediate possession of the lands described in the deed. If a demand for possession is refused, the purchaser may apply to the circuit court for a writ of assistance upon 5 days’ notice directed to the person refusing to deliver possession. Upon service of the responsive pleadings, if any, the matter shall proceed as in chancery cases. If the court finds for the applicant, an order shall be issued by the court directing the sheriff to put the grantee in possession of the lands.

History.—s. 43, ch. 20722, 1941; s. 20, ch. 22079, 1943; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 1, ch. 72-268; s. 24, ch. 73-332; s. 193, ch. 85-342.

Note.—Former ss. 194.54, 197.695, 197.311.

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Cases Citing Statute 197.562

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United States v. Marion Cnty., Fla., 826 F. Supp. 1400 (M.D. Fla. 1993).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6061, 1993 WL 319597

...Brown, 165 F.2d 260 (5th Cir.1948); Daniell v. Sherrill, 48 So.2d 736 (Fla.1950); Taff v. Hodge, 182 So. 230, 132 Fla. 642 (1938); Sullivan v. Woodward, 582 So.2d 31 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), as well as entitlement to "immediate possession of the lands described in the deed." Fla.Stat. § 197.562....

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E Coast Investments, LLC v. James Delia (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2024).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

of possession, asserting that pursuant to section 197.562, Florida Statutes (2022), E Coast was entitled

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