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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VIII
LIMITATIONS
Chapter 95
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS; ADVERSE POSSESSION
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F.S. 95.12
95.12 Real property actions.No action to recover real property or its possession shall be maintained unless the person seeking recovery or the person’s ancestor, predecessor, or grantor was seized or possessed of the property within 7 years before the commencement of the action.
History.s. 2, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1287; GS 1718; RGS 2932; CGL 4652; s. 8, ch. 74-382; s. 521, ch. 95-147.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 95.12
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Cases Citing Statute 95.12

Total Results: 20

Shawn M. Daugherty v. Robert Neil McDavid

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-06-12T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: why section 95.12, Florida Statutes, is inapplicable to an easement. Section 95.12 provides that…section 95.12 was improperly applied in a case involving an easement). Further, section 95.12 is inapplicable…they argued that the action was barred by section 95.12, Florida Statutes, and section 95.11(3)(p), Florida…warranted in Appellees’ favor, we disagree that section 95.12 barred Appellants’ action. Still, we affirm because…years before the commencement of the action.” § 95.12, Fla. Stat. (emphasis supplied). Here, it is undisputed

CRAIG A. MARLOWE vs CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, KEVIN VAN DYKE, MARCY A. VAN DYKE, PAUL A. LEONARD AND SUSAN J. LEONARD, TRUSTEES OF THE LEONARD FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED 23RD JANUARY, 2007, ET AL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-09-08T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: action. § 95.12, Fla. Stat. (2004). As such, the plain language of section 95.12 applies to …claim against them was time-barred under section 95.12, Florida Statutes (2004). Lastly, Marlowe …against the Van Dykes was time-barred by section 95.12. On appeal, Marlowe asserts numerous arguments…seven-year statute of limitations codified in section 95.12. This statute provides, in its entirety: …against the Van Dykes was time-barred by section 95.12. In summary, we reverse the final summary

CRAIG A. MARLOWE vs CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, KEVIN VAN DYKE, MARCY A. VAN DYKE, PAUL A. LEONARD AND SUSAN J. LEONARD, TRUSTEES OF THE LEONARD FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED 23RD JANUARY, 2007, ET AL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-07-14T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: action. § 95.12, Fla. Stat. (2004). As such, the plain language of section 95.12 applies to actions…claim against them was time- barred under section 95.12, Florida Statutes (2004). Lastly, Marlowe…against the Van Dykes was time- barred by section 95.12. On appeal, Marlowe asserts numerous arguments… 24 codified in section 95.12. This statute provides, in its entirety: …against the Van Dykes was time-barred by section 95.12. In summary, we reverse the final summary

THOMAS SAMMONS v. ADAM GREENFIELD, D. O.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-08T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: date of death. Id. at 494-95. - 12 - In Randall

Browning v. Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-02-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 29 So. 3d 1053, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 120, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 217, 2010 WL 546768

Snippet: ballot, see Fla. Admin. R. lS-2.0091(2)(a)2., 1S-2.0095(12). Therefore, section 100.371 permits, and the administrative…See Fla. Admin. Code R. lS-2.0091(2)(a)2., 1S-2.0095(12) (“Irrevocable Effect of Revocation”); § 104.185…See Fla. Admin. Code R. 1S-2.0091(2)(a)2., 1S-2.0095(12) (“Irrevocable Effect of Revocation”). The Legislature

Tarin v. Sniezek

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-11-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 942 So. 2d 458

Snippet: counterclaim was foreclosed as a matter of law by section 95.12, Florida Statutes (2006). The Sniezeks responded…counterclaim for ejectment was time-barred under section 95.12, Florida Statutes (2006) ("No action to recover… 1005 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (referring to section 95.12 as an additional basis for affirming a judgment …stating that the requirement of seisin under section 95.12 "is met when a party is possessed of legal

Sembler Marine Partners, Ltd. v. Skidmore

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-04-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 842 So. 2d 1003

Snippet: for the prescriptive period of seven years. See § 95.12, Fla. Stat. (1975). Prior to the institution of

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2000-04-04T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 2000, (Fla. 2000). 7 See, Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 95-12 (1995) (Department of Health and Rehabilitative

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1999-09-17T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: s negligence." In Attorney General Opinion 95-12, this office was asked to consider whether the above

Estate of Johnston v. TPE Hotels, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-09-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 719 So. 2d 22

Snippet: denied, 534 So.2d 400 (Fla.1988). Thus sections 95.12 and 95.14 are inapplicable because they govern actions… to recover real property. See Kempfer (section 95.12 does not apply to action for rescission of grant

Capalbo v. Casino Casa Blanca, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-12-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 664 So. 2d 50

Snippet: and STONE and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur. No. 95-0012 District Court of Appeal of Florida fladistctapp

Costa Broom Works, Inc. v. Feliciano

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-08-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 660 So. 2d 345

Snippet: determinative of any of the issues. No. 95-12 District Court of Appeal of Florida fladistctapp

In Re Court Divisions

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-10-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 648 So. 2d 761

Snippet: Neurological Injury Compensation Plan) (y) Section 944.095(12) (Decisions of Governor and Cabinet relating to

Velez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-11-21T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 554 So. 2d 545

Snippet: testified he observed the vehicle driving north on I-95 at 12:30 p.m. As the car drove by his concealed location

McDonald v. Givens

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-07-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 509 So. 2d 992

Snippet: and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 95.12, Florida Statutes (1985), provides: "No action

Rigby v. Liles

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-04-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 505 So. 2d 598, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1002

Snippet: seven year statute of limitation contained in § 95.12 bars the appellants' actions for substantive… Fain, 145 So.2d 858, 868 (Fla. 1962)). Section 95.12, Fla. Stat. (1985), provides that "no action…action." Cases falling within the ambit of § 95.12 deal generally with actions to recover possession…meaning of the seven year limitation period in § 95.12; rather, these counts appear to allege actions in

Turner v. Wheeler

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-12-15T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 498 So. 2d 1039

Snippet: . Real property actions are governed by Section 95.12, providing that "[n]o action to recover real

Richards Enterprises v. Swofford

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-10-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 495 So. 2d 1210

Snippet: to be in adverse possession of real property (§§ 95.12 — 95.18, Fla. Stat.). In most situations an act

Kempfer v. St. Johns River Water Management

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-08-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 475 So. 2d 920, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1921

Snippet: section 95.12 bars the plaintiffs' cause of action pertaining to the easements. Section 95.12 would…were barred by the statute of limitations, section 95.12, Florida Statutes (1979), sovereign immunity, and…plaintiffs' cause of action was barred by section 95.12, Florida Statutes (1983), which provides: No action…circumstances would the fee owner be affected by section 95.12. Further, had the fraud remedy been sufficiently…of an *924 alleged fraud, would prevent section 95.12 from running from the date of the deed and grant

Kitzinger v. Gulf Power Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-05-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 432 So. 2d 188

Snippet: .[1] Gulf Power counters by citation to section 95.12, which provides that an "action to recover …easement. Gulf Power's citation to section 95.12 also misses the mark conceptually; *191 as owner…the property in the sense prescribed by section 95.12. See the authorities collected in Florida Power