Florida Statute 95.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VIII
LIMITATIONS

Chapter 95
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS; ADVERSE POSSESSION

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F.S. 95.21

95.21 Adverse possession against lands purchased at sales made by executors.—The title of any purchaser, or the purchaser’s assigns, who has held possession for 3 years of any real or personal property purchased at a sale made by an executor, administrator, or guardian shall not be questioned because of any irregularity in the conveyance or any insufficiency or irregularity in the court proceedings authorizing the sale, whether jurisdictional or not, nor shall it be questioned because the sale is made without court approval or confirmation or under a will or codicil. The title shall not be questioned at any time by anyone who has received the money to which he or she was entitled from the sale. This section shall not bar an action for fraud or an action against the executor, administrator, or guardian for personal liability to any heir, distributee, or ward.

History.—s. 1, ch. 3134, 1879; RS 1293; GS 1724; RGS 2938; CGL 4658; s. 1, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 3, ch. 22897, 1945; s. 15, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 525, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 95.21

Total Results: 4

Smith v. City of Arcadia

185 So. 2d 762

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 20, 1966 | Docket: 1308079

Cited 7 times | Published

Appellants' land, was barred by the provisions of Section 95.021 of the Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The Appellants

Morgan v. Amerada Hess Corp.

357 So. 2d 1040, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15792

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 6, 1978 | Docket: 64564070

Published

Florida Statutes (1973). Appellees also rely upon § 95.21, Florida Statutes, to defeat this action. That

Ware v. City of Miami

132 So. 2d 446

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 27, 1961 | Docket: 60198205

Published

This question brings into focus the provisions of § 95.021, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., as well as the applicability

In re the Guardianship of Adams

99 So. 2d 723

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 15, 1958 | Docket: 64489992

Published

with this Act, or any part thereof, except Section 95.21, Florida Statutes, 1941, and except as provided