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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 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


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 695.26

Total Results: 5

Amendments to Rules of Jud. Admin.-Reorg.

939 So. 2d 966, 2006 WL 2708465

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 21, 2006 | Docket: 401442

Cited 14 times | Published

use by the clerk of the court consistent with section 695.26, Florida Statutes (1995). Subdivision (e) was

ROBERT FELDMAN, etc. v. JEFFREY SCHOCKET

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 21, 2022 | Docket: 65363928

Published

03(1), Fla. Stat.; see § 739.104(3), Fla. Stat.; § 695.26(1), Fla. Stat. (2022). The disclaimer statute

Amendment to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.055(c)

711 So. 2d 29, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 285, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 2663, 1998 WL 254400

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 21, 1998 | Docket: 64781038

Published

Committee was adopted to ensure compliance with section 695.26, Florida Statutes (1997). Comments received

Amendment to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.055(c)

697 So. 2d 144, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 468, 1997 Fla. LEXIS 1050

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 17, 1997 | Docket: 64775116

Published

amendment was adopted to ensure compliance with section 695.26, Florida Statutes (1995). However, the rule

Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration

682 So. 2d 89, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 467, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 1870, 1996 WL 606712

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 24, 1996 | Docket: 64768649

Published

clerk’s stamps to make the rule consistent with section 695.26, Florida Statutes (1995) (enlarges space from