Florida Statute 95.13 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VIII
LIMITATIONS

Chapter 95
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS; ADVERSE POSSESSION

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F.S. 95.13

95.13 Real property actions; possession by legal owner presumed.—In every action to recover real property or its possession, the person establishing legal title to the property shall be presumed to have been possessed of it within the time prescribed by law. The occupation of the property by any other person shall be in subordination to the legal title unless the property was possessed adversely to the legal title for 7 years before the commencement of the action.

History.—s. 4, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1289; GS 1720; RGS 2934; CGL 4654; s. 9, ch. 74-382.

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Amendments to 95.13

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 95.13

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 95.13.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 95.13

Total Results: 16

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2003-12-15

Snippet: Fla. 02-11 (2002). 10 Cf. Ops. Att'y Gen. Fla. 95-13 (1995) (city may not enact an ordinance that makes

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2001-07-16

Snippet: 001, Fla. Stat. 2 And see, e.g., Ops. Att'y Gen. 95-13 (1995) (city may not enact an ordinance that makes

Brevard County v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-05-02

Citation: 693 So. 2d 77, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 4856, 1997 WL 216200

Snippet: determining that Brevard County Ordinance No. 95-13 violated FPL’s constitutional right to be protected

Matos v. Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-07-26

Citation: 658 So. 2d 642, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 8042, 1995 WL 437485

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Under the clear pronouncements found in Susco Car Rental System of Florida v. Leonard, 112 So.2d 832 (Fla.1959), the summary judgment under review is reversed and the matter returned to the trial court for further proceedings which will not prevent the trial court from entertaining further motions for summary judgment if the appellee can sustain the fact that the automobile in question was subject to “a species of conversion or theft”. Reversed and remanded.

Water Control District of South Brevard v. Davidson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-04-29

Citation: 638 So. 2d 521, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 3906, 1994 WL 151312

Snippet: Tanner, 346 So.2d 1077, 1080 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977); § 95.13, Fla.Stat. (1991) (in adverse possession, presumption

Steputat & Co. v. Bidwell

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-06-05

Citation: 599 So. 2d 762, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 5824, 1992 WL 118462

Snippet: to the presumption of possession under section 95.13, Florida Statutes (1991), because she had established

STATE, DEPT. OF REVENUE v. Markham

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-10-22

Citation: 426 So. 2d 555

Snippet: from April 1 until paid or barred under chapter 95. [13] Although no testimony was taken at the hearing

Grant v. Strickland

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-06-30

Citation: 385 So. 2d 1123

Snippet: 2d 1077, 1078 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977). [14] Section 95.13. [1] Florida Statutes § 95.19 (now § 95.18), as

Lewis v. the Florida Bar

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-06-28

Citation: 372 So. 2d 1121, 1979 Fla. LEXIS 4723

Snippet: enjoy immunity. United States v. Lee, 153 Fla. 95, 13 So.2d 919 (1943), cited by appellants, is explicable

Wilson v. Tanner

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-06-10

Citation: 346 So. 2d 1077

Snippet: possession for the required seven years. [4] § 95.13, Fla. Stat. (1975) provides that the person establishing

Kerrigan v. Thomas

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1973-07-17

Citation: 281 So. 2d 410

Snippet: conjecture." (Emphasis supplied.) Also see, F.S., Sec. 95.13, F.S.A. Appellants are further correct in enumerating

Moore v. Musa

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-05-09

Citation: 198 So. 2d 843

Snippet: Real Property § 1142 at 424 (3rd ed. 1939); § 95.13, Fla. Stat., F.S.A.; Wade v. Doyle, 17 Fla. 522

Atlantic Land & Improvement Co. v. Davis

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-03-12

Citation: 70 So. 2d 910, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1307

Snippet: The quotation is the exact language of Section 95.13, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A. We have construed

Palmer v. Greene

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1947-05-09

Citation: 31 So. 2d 706, 159 Fla. 174, 1947 Fla. LEXIS 748

Snippet: to be in subordination to the legal title, F. S. 95.13, F.S.A. which legal title is held by the Greenes

Camp Phosphate Co. v. Anderson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1904-06-15

Citation: 48 Fla. 226

Snippet: 628, 11 S. W. Rep. 233; Buller v. Linzee, 100 Mo. 95, 13 S. W. Rep. 344; Rhorer v. Brockhage, 15 Mo. App

Vinson v. Palmer

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1903-01-15

Citation: 45 Fla. 630

Snippet: Pac. Rep.....; Shackleford v. Douglass, 31 Miss. 95; 13 Ency. Pl. & Pr., supra. But. that question is not