Florida Statute 695.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 695
RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE

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695.07 Use of scrawl as seal.—A scrawl or scroll, printed or written, affixed as a seal to any written instrument shall be as effectual as a seal.

History.—s. 1, ch. 4148, 1893; GS 2484; RGS 3826; CGL 5704.

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Pitts v. Pitchford, 201 So. 2d 563 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4631

...e., the place where a seal is to be affixed or a scrawl or scroll which stands instead of a seal. Black’s Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition, p. 1014; 79 C.J.S. Seals § 1 et seq.; 47 Am.Jur., Seals, § 1 et seq.; 29 Fla.Jur., Seals and Sealed Instruments, § 1 et seq.; F.S.A. § 695.07 and § 695.08; Langley v....

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Epstein v. Deerfield Beach Bank & Trust Co., 280 So. 2d 690 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 7879

...Jacobs as president of the grantor corporation. To the left of his signature the words “Corporate Seal” appear in parentheses below which is a line for the signature of the corporation’s secretary. It appears to' us that under the provisions of § 695.07, F.S.1967, F.S.A., the words “Corporate Seal” printed on the deed were sufficient to' fulfill the requirement of a seal imposed by § 692.01, F.S....

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