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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY
Chapter 255
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLICLY OWNED BUILDINGS
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255.22 Reconveyance of lands not used for purpose specified.—
(1) In the event any party owning adjoining land conveys real property, without receipt of valuable consideration, to any municipality or county for a specific purpose or use and if such county or municipality fails to use such property for such purpose for a period of 60 consecutive months or, with respect to property conveyed on or after October 1, 1984, fails to use such property for such purpose for a period of 60 consecutive months or identify during the 60-month period the proposed use of such property in a comprehensive plan or other public facilities plan, then, upon written demand of the grantor, or grantor’s successors in title owning such adjoining land, the municipality or county may execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the party making such demand provided such party is the owner of land adjoining such property on at least one side. No such quitclaim deed shall be delivered hereunder unless the specific purpose or use to be made of the property was disclosed to the grantee at the time of delivery of the conveyance or appeared in the conveyance or in an official record of the county; provided, however, that as to any such conveyance after July 1, 1967, the specific purpose or use must appear of record.
(2) In the event the purpose for which the property was conveyed required physical improvement or construction on such property or the maintenance thereof, any such municipality or county that fails to construct, improve, or maintain such property for the period specified in subsection (1) shall be conclusively deemed to have abandoned the property for the purpose for which it was conveyed, unless, with respect to property conveyed on or after October 1, 1984, the proposed use of such property has been identified in a comprehensive plan or other public facilities plan of the municipality or county during the 60-month period specified in subsection (1).
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 67-383; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 84-366; s. 42, ch. 93-164; s. 3, ch. 94-175; s. 3, ch. 95-297; s. 16, ch. 95-310.
Note.—Consolidation of s. 255.22 and former s. 255.23.

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Cases Citing Statute 255.22

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JC Vereen & Sons, Inc. v. City of Miami, 397 So. 2d 979 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 19293

...[1] After a nonjury trial, judgment was entered *981 for the City of Miami on a finding that the property had not been abandoned and that the City was vested with complete fee simple title. We affirm. By this appeal Vereen claims under two theories: (1) common law abandonment and (2) the statutory provisions of Sections 255.22 and 255.25, Florida Statutes (1975)....
...back taxes in accordance with § 195.106 Florida Statutes. By the same principle, Vereen is also entitled to reimbursement from the City for costs and repairs to the sidewalks on the dedicated land. We consider next Vereen's agreement under Sections 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1975). Vereen is entitled to reconveyance under Section 255.22 only if he proves (a) he conveyed the land to the City without receipt of valuable consideration, (b) the city failed to use such property for the specific purpose dedicated for a period of sixty consecutive months, and (c) he is owner of land adjoining such property or at least one side....
...1st DCA 1958) (ordinance arbitrarily imposed denied to property owners just compensation when property taken for public use). See also, R. Henderson, American Law of Zoning 2d § 18.04 (1976). We find no reason why the requested zoning variance should not constitute valuable consideration for purposes of Section 255.22....
...om date of execution. [4] Because the deed conveying Vereen's interest to the City was executed in 1953, Vereen's right to possibility of reverter expired in 1974. For the reasons set forth above, we find Vereen is not entitled to reconveyance under Section 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1975), affirm that part of the judgment finding no abandonment under common law and that the City of Miami is vested with complete fee simple title in the property, and remand for equitable reimbursement proceedings....
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State Dep't of Transp. v. B & C Foods, Inc., 687 So. 2d 4 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 11637, 1996 WL 637655

issue to McDonald’s Corporation pursuant to section 255.22, Florida Statutes (Supp.1994). Even though
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State, Dep't of Transp. v. Boat Ctr., Inc., 726 So. 2d 404 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 2245, 1999 WL 104458

predecessor in title to Broward County under section 255.22, Florida Statutes (Supp.1994). While the trial
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Feather v. Donaldson, 481 So. 2d 937 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 33, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16949

property interest subject to transfer by deed, section 255.22 did not contemplate the conveyance of an easement

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