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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 695
RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE
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695.11 Instruments deemed to be recorded from time of filing.All instruments which are authorized or required to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any county in the State of Florida, and which are to be recorded in the “Official Records” as provided for under s. 28.222, and which are filed for recording on or after the effective date of this act, shall be deemed to have been officially accepted by the said officer, and officially recorded, at the time she or he affixed thereon the consecutive official register numbers required under s. 28.222, and at such time shall be notice to all persons. The sequence of such official numbers shall determine the priority of recordation. An instrument bearing the lower number in the then-current series of numbers shall have priority over any instrument bearing a higher number in the same series.
History.s. 1, ch. 3592, 1885; RS 1977; GS 2488; RGS 3830; CGL 5708; s. 1, ch. 17217, 1935; s. 1, ch. 67-442; s. 766, ch. 97-102.

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Suntrust Bank v. Riverside Nat. Bank, 792 So. 2d 1222 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 12144, 2001 WL 980818

...shall be good and effectual in law or equity [e.s.] against creditors... unless the same be recorded according to law...." [6] By its own terms the statute directly controls equity as well as the law. Priorities of liens are strictly controlled by section 695.11, which places them in the order in which they are recorded....
...ffectual in law or in equity against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice unless the power of attorney be recorded before the accruing of the right of such creditor or subsequent purchaser."). [e.s.] [7] § 695.11, Fla....
...The sequence of such official numbers shall determine the priority of recordation. An instrument bearing the lower number in the then-current series of numbers shall have priority over any instrument bearing a higher number in the same series."). [e.s.] [8] § 695.11, Fla....
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Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Dolgencorp, Inc., 964 So. 2d 261 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 2710771

...sufficient to enforce the covenant against it. Three statutes pertain to instruments as notice. Section 28.222(3)(a), Florida Statutes (2006) provides that leases are one kind of instrument that the clerk of the circuit court is required to record. Section 695.11, Florida Statutes (2006) states that *267 an instrument, like a lease, which is "authorized or required to be recorded" by the clerk "shall be notice to all persons" once it is "officially recorded" pursuant to the statute. We read the "notice" provision of section 695.11 as a general description of the legal effect of recording, rather than as a statement that recording operates as notice to all persons, in all situations....
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Paterson v. Brafman, 530 So. 2d 499 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 91164

...Our reversal is founded upon the basic, irrefutable principle that those who subsequently deal with real property are placed on constructive notice of the relevant contents of a properly recorded instrument, such as the final judgment of dissolution involved here. § 28.222(3)(c), Fla. Stat. (1985); [2] see § 695.11, Fla....
...g jurisdiction in this state. (c) Judgments, including certified copies of judgments, entered by any court of this state or by a United States court having jurisdiction in this state and assignments, releases, and satisfactions of the judgments. [3] 695.11 Instruments deemed to be recorded from time of filing....
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City of Palm Bay v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 114 So. 3d 924 (Fla. 2013).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 322, 2013 WL 2096257, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1000

would likewise find that there is nothing in section 695.11 that expressly preempts the City of Palm Bay’s
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Bakalarz v. Luskin, 560 So. 2d 283 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 45266

...(2) (By the deputy clerk) The attached Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage was appropriately only indexed under the names of Paul Luskin and Marie Luskin due to the fact that the Judgment *286 was only designated as "Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage." Florida Statutes Section 695.11 provides that an instrument is deemed to be recorded from the time of filing....
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Tikhomirov v. Bank of New York Mellon, 223 So. 3d 1112 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017).

Cited 5 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 9602, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1506

original) (emphasis omitted); see also Fla. Stat. § 695.11. 3 . Of significance to this appeal
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Wolf v. Spariosu, 706 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 10783

...The Wolf Group asserted at the hearing that its mortgage was entitled to priority over Maysonet's claim of lien on the basis of either equitable or conventional subrogation. Maysonet, however, countered that its claim of lien had priority under Florida's recording statute. [2] See Fla. Stat. *883 § 695.11 (1995)....
...Group take priority over Maysonet's lien to the amount of the satisfied two prior mortgages on the property. Reversed and remanded with instructions. NOTES [1] These prior mortgages were indeed satisfied with the proceeds from City First's loan. [2] Section 695.11 (1995) provides: Instruments deemed to be recorded from time of filing....
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Desak v. Vanlandingham, 98 So. 3d 710 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 4746471, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 16833

DCA 2007) (“We read the ‘notice’ provision of section 695.11 as a general description of the legal effect
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Picker Fin. Grp. L.L.C. v. Horizon Bank, 293 B.R. 253 (M.D. Fla. 2003).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8716, 2003 WL 21205285

...istake. . . . Second, the function of constructive notice is to preserve an existing advantage and not to gain a new one." 508 So.2d at 1325. This dicta seems to completely eviscerate Boley even though it cites Boley with favor. [10] Florida Statute 695.11 as to real property and Florida Statute 679.312 as to personal property.
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Argent Mortg. Co. v. Wachovia Bank N.A., 52 So. 3d 796 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 20132, 2010 WL 5391527

Wachovia contends that amendments made to section 695.11, Florida Statutes, have converted Florida into
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Dollar Sav. & Trust Co. v. Soltesiz, 636 So. 2d 63 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 84103

...by choosing or not to file such an action. We cannot conclude that such was the intent of the legislature. Instead, we conclude the priority of a foreign judgment lien is established upon its recordation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 55 and section 695.11, Florida Statutes (1989), and its enforcement is delayed in accordance with the statutory provisions....
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Mayfield v. First City Bank of Florida, 95 So. 3d 398 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 3115140, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 12563

records, they were recorded in accordance with section 695.11, Florida Statutes (2011). The trial court further
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Anderson v. N. Fla. Prod. Credit, 642 So. 2d 88 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...Appellants, as well as the McLeods and Bairn, were named as defendants in appellee's foreclosure action. The circuit court determined in an interlocutory order that proper indexing is not an essential element of recordation, and because the priority of competing claims to real property is determined pursuant to section 695.11, Florida Statutes, by reference to the official filing number, the appellee was found by the lower court to have a superior claim to the subject property....
...aintain a general alphabetical index, direct and inverse, of all instruments filed for record." However, an instrument is deemed to be "officially recorded" when the instrument is accepted by the court clerk and is given "official register numbers." § 695.11, Fla....
...k's negligence... . Id. at 678. The above language from Mlecka suggests that an instrument that is not indexed is not properly recorded; and indeed, indexing is a statutory requirement. However, we do not read Mlecka as altering the plain meaning of section 695.11....
...However, we do not read Dixon as supporting the view, as argued by appellants, that competing claims to real property are resolved based upon the propriety of the indexing of the relevant documents, rather than by application specific requirements of sections 695.01 and 695.11....
...anice McLeod to borrow money from the appellee to purchase an ocean-going boat. [2] As noted by appellee, the Mlecka opinion was rendered in a case involving a pro se litigant, and does not specifically consider the issue here involved nor even cite section 695.11....
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Archer v. Levy, 543 So. 2d 863 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 53459

...lled balancing of the equities, and lastly, that the trial court has used the power of eminent domain to condemn private property for a private purpose, contrary to the applicable constitutional law. We reverse. Clearly pursuant to the provisions of Section 695.11, Florida Statutes (1983), the Levys, as the prospective purchasers at the public sale were on notice of the encroachment....
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Lgj, Pa v. City Nat. Bk. of Fla, 659 So. 2d 1118 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...ntitled to priority over a previously recorded creditor's judgment lien. It is well established under Florida law that where there is more than one judgment lien on real property, priorities between the judgment liens are established by statute. See § 695.11, Fla. Stat. (1993); Martinez v. Reyes, 405 So.2d 468, 469 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). Section 695.11 specifically provides that recorded judgments: shall be deemed to have been officially accepted by the said officer, and officially recorded, at the time he affixed thereon the consecutive official register numbers required under s....
...e. See § 55.10, Fla. Stat. (1987); Smith v. Venus Condominium Ass'n, Inc., 352 So.2d 1169 (Fla. 1977); Steinbrecher v. Cannon, 501 So.2d 659 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 509 So.2d 1119 (Fla. 1987); Martinez v. Reyes, 405 So.2d at 468. Pursuant to Section 695.11, LGJ had priority because its lien was recorded before the appellee's lien....
...Where real property is concerned, it is a firm, long standing principle, that priorities of liens on real property are established by date of recordation. See Martinez v. Reyes, 405 So.2d 468, 469 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). This principle is statutorily embodied in Section 695.11 which exclusively establishes priorities between judgments....
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Bank of Am., N.A. v. Kipps Colony II Condo. Ass'n, Inc., 201 So. 3d 670 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10883

the names of the parties to the instrument.” Section 695.11, Florida Statutes (2004), provides that “[t]he
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Martinez v. Reyes, 405 So. 2d 468 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 21480

required by Section 55.10(1), we next look to Section 695.11, Florida Statutes, which addresses this precise
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Lamchick, Glucksman & Johnston, P.A. v. City Nat'l Bank of Florida, 659 So. 2d 1118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 7754, 1995 WL 421867

judgment liens are established by statute. See § 695.11, Fla.Stat. (1993); Martinez v. Reyes, 405 So.2d
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Anderson v. North Florida Prod. Credit Ass'n, 642 So. 2d 88 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 8655, 1994 WL 478666

to real property is determined pursuant to section 695.11, Florida Statutes, by reference to the official
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Rapid Surplus Refund LLC v. Weeeee LLC (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

instrument bearing a higher number in the same series.” § 695.11, Fla. Stat. (2023). Ryan & Rick’s mortgage
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Barton v. Metrojax Prop. Holdings, LLC, 207 So. 3d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

addition of the following language in 1967 to section 695.11, titled “Instruments deemed to be recorded
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Darcy L. Saulnier & Michael F. Saulnier v. Bank of Am., N.A., Mortg. Elec. Reg. Sys., Inc., Space Coast Credit Union & City of Tamarac (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...laim to the surplus no later than (or within) sixty days after the sale, and that if it failed to file a timely claim, then it would not be entitled to any surplus. See Bakalarz v. Luskin, 560 So. 2d 283, 286 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990) (“Florida Statutes Section 695.11 provides that an instrument is deemed to be recorded from the time of filing....
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In re Forfeiture of United States Currency in the Amount of Ninety-One Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven & 12/100 Dollars ($91,357.12), 595 So. 2d 998 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 1894, 1992 WL 38346

notice. E.g., § 695.01(1), Fla.Stat. (1989). Section 695.11, Florida Statutes, specifically provides that
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Saulnier v. Bank of Am., N.A., 187 So. 3d 854 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 4274, 2015 WL 1334317

286 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990) (“Florida Statutes Section 695.11 provides that an instrument is deemed to be
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Darcy L. Saulnier & Michael F. Saulnier v. Bank of Am., N.A., Mortg. Elec. Reg. Sys., Inc., Space Coast Credit Union & City of Tamarac (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...laim to the surplus no later than (or within) sixty days after the sale, and that if it failed to file a timely claim, then it would not be entitled to any surplus. See Bakalarz v. Luskin, 560 So. 2d 283, 286 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990) (“Florida Statutes Section 695.11 provides that an instrument is deemed to be recorded from the time of filing....
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Aquastar Holdings LLC v. Peckar & Abramson P.C. (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

language). Priority among liens is governed by § 695.11, Florida Statutes: “The sequence of such official
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1979).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

shall be recorded in the Official Records. Section 695.11, F. S., provides that all instruments which
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LAUREL KELLY, as Martin Cnty. Prop. Appraiser & RUTH PIETRUSZEWSKI, as Martin Cnty. Tax Collector v. GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

takes priority over a later recorded instrument. § 695.11, Fla. Stat. (2018). “The Legislature has, however
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B.A. Mortg., LLC v. Eduardo C. Baigorria & Silvana M. Elejalde (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

search. The Homeowners disagree. Citing section 695.11, Florida Statutes (2015), the Homeowners insist
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Shane R. Hayslip v. U. S. Home Corp. (Fla. 2022).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

2d 480, 482 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), and under section 695.11, Florida Statutes (2016), if an instrument
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City of Palm Bay v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 57 So. 3d 226 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 241, 2011 WL 180363

Bay’s ordinance conflicts with a state statute: section 695.11, Florida Statutes. In 1997, Palm Bay enacted
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Broward Cnty. v. Recupero, 949 So. 2d 274 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 1413, 2007 WL 397296

of discretion standard”). Florida Statutes section 695.11 provides that instruments are deemed to be
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Orix Fin. Servs., Inc. v. MacLeod, 977 So. 2d 658 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 2123, 2008 WL 423787

Anderson, this court viewed the dictates of section 695.11, Florida Statutes, as unambiguous. See also
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Bank of Am., N.A. v. Kipps Colony II Condo. Ass'n, Inc. (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...he shall enter at the time of filing the filing number of each instrument filed for record, the date and hour of filing, the kind of instrument, and the names of the parties to the instrument." Section 695.11, Florida Statutes (2004), provides that "[t]he sequence of [official register numbers required under section 28.222] shall determine the priority of recordation" so that "[a]n instrument bearin...
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2000 Presidential Way LLC v. The Bank of New York Mellon, First Banks, Inc., & Mortg. Elec. Reg. Sys. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

recorded in compliance with the requirements of section 695.11, Florida Statutes (2012), and (2) the warning
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D'Alfonso v. Vinney (In re Berkley Multi-Units, Inc.), 91 B.R. 150 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1988).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1988 Bankr. LEXIS 1389

be recorded according to law; .... In turn, Fla.Stat. 695.11 (1987) provides as follows: INSTRUMENTS DEEMED
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2005).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

liens are established by section 695.11, Florida Statutes.8 Section 695.11, provides: "All instruments
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Venney v. Arena (In re Berkley Multi-Units, Inc.), 104 B.R. 455 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1989).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1989 Bankr. LEXIS 1401

pursuant to the recording statute of this State, Fla.Stat. 695.11; second, in any event the mortgage held by

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