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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 695
RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE
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F.S. 695.26
695.26 Requirements for recording instruments affecting real property.
(1) No instrument by which the title to real property or any interest therein is conveyed, assigned, encumbered, or otherwise disposed of shall be recorded by the clerk of the circuit court unless:
(a) The name of each person who executed such instrument is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument immediately beneath the signature of such person and the post-office address of each such person is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument;
(b) The name and post-office address of the natural person who prepared the instrument or under whose supervision it was prepared are legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument;
(c) The name of each witness to the instrument is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument immediately beneath the signature of such witness and the post office address of each such person is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument;
(d) The name of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments or proofs whose signature appears upon the instrument is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument immediately beneath the signature of such notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgment or proofs;
(e) A 3-inch by 3-inch space at the top right-hand corner on the first page and a 1-inch by 3-inch space at the top right-hand corner on each subsequent page are reserved for use by the clerk of the court; and
(f) In any instrument other than a mortgage conveying or purporting to convey any interest in real property, the name and post-office address of each grantee in such instrument are legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument.
(2) If a name or address is printed, typewritten, or stamped on an instrument in a position other than the position required by subsection (1), the clerk of the circuit court may, in her or his discretion, accept the instrument for recordation if she or he determines that the connection between the signature and the name or the name and the address is apparent.
(3) This section does not apply to:
(a) An instrument executed before July 1, 1991.
(b) A decree, order, judgment, or writ of any court.
(c) An instrument executed, acknowledged, or proved outside of this state.
(d) A will.
(e) A plat.
(f) An instrument prepared or executed by any public officer other than a notary public.
(4) The failure of the clerk of the circuit court to comply with this section does not impair the validity of the recordation or of the constructive notice imparted by recordation.
History.s. 1, ch. 90-183; ss. 8, 22, ch. 94-348; s. 773, ch. 97-102; s. 5, ch. 2023-238.

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Amendments to 695.26


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 695.26
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 695.26.



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In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION- REORGANIZATION OF THE RULES, 939 So. 2d 966 (Fla. 2006)

. . . amended to make the blank space requirements for use by the clerk of the court consistent with section 695.26 . . .

AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION c, 711 So. 2d 29 (Fla. 1998)

. . . proposed by the Judicial Administration Rules Committee was adopted to ensure compliance with section 695.26 . . . rule 2.055(c) to the extent it applies to papers other than those specifically described in section 695.26 . . .

K. BOULAIS, v. STATE, 706 So. 2d 365 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . testified in support of, and the trial court awarded: $17,516 in cash payments stolen from the business; $695.26 . . .

AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION c, 697 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 1997)

. . . This amendment was adopted to ensure compliance with section 695.26, Florida Statutes (1995). . . . application of this rule to documents or papers other than those specifically described in section 695.26 . . . rule 2.055 to the extent that it applies to papers other than those specifically described in section 695.26 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, 682 So. 2d 89 (Fla. 1996)

. . . would change the blank spaces on pages for clerk’s stamps to make the rule consistent with section 695.26 . . . amended to make the blank space requirements for use by the clerk of the court consistent with section 695.26 . . .