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Florida Statute 177.021 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 177.021 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 177.021 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
177.021 Legal status of recorded plats.The recording of any plats made in compliance with the provisions of this part shall serve to establish the identity of all lands shown on and being a part of such plats, and lands may thenceforth be conveyed by reference to such plat.
History.s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 98-20.

Cases Citing F.S. 177.021

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·City of Coconut Creek v. Broward Cty. Bd., 430 So. 2d 959 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...dures and minimum requirements to regulate platting of lands" within the county to have reference to technical requirements only. They further assert that the only purpose of recording plats is "to serve to establish the identity of all lands shown, section 177.021, Florida Statutes (1981); and to inform the public, especially innocent purchasers, of facts regarding the property." Coffman v....
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·Yorty v. Realty Inv. & Mortg. Corp., Inc., 938 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 10261, 2006 WL 1687587

...007 provide that the property appraiser shall prepare the real property assessment roll. ß 193.114, Fla. Stat. (1997); Fla. Admin. Code R. 12D-8.007. In doing so, the property appraiser refers to the recorded plats identifying the real property. ß 177.021, Fla. Stat. (1997); Fla. Admin. Code R. 12D-8.008(1)(a)1. Section 177.021, Florida Statutes (1997), provides as follows: Legal status of recorded plats....
...‚Äî The recording of any plats made in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall serve to establish the identity of all lands shown on and being a part of such plats, and lands may thenceforth be conveyed by reference to such plat. ß 177.021, Fla....
...r them...." See ß 197.122(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). However, the County did not commit an act of omission or commission in basing its tax assessment on the WIC Plat filed in the public records by DFTZ and Wynwood. Rather, the County complied with both section 177.021 and Florida Administrative Code Rule 12D-8.008(1)(a)1, which establish the WIC Plat as the official county map for tax purposes....
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Cited as authorityColgan v. Shadow Point (2018)
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1980).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

henceforth be conveyed by reference to such plat. Section 177.021. When the foregoing provisions of ch. 177 are

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