Florida Statute 177.81 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 177
LAND BOUNDARIES

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F.S. 177.081

177.081 Dedication and approval.—

(1) Prior to approval by the appropriate governing body, the plat shall be reviewed for conformity to this chapter by a professional surveyor and mapper either employed by or under contract to the local governing body, the costs of which shall be borne by the legal entity offering the plat for recordation, and evidence of such review must be placed on such plat.

(2) Every plat of a subdivision filed for record must contain a dedication by the owner or owners of record. The dedication must be executed by all persons, corporations, or entities whose signature would be required to convey record fee simple title to the lands being dedicated in the same manner in which deeds are required to be executed. All mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided shall execute, in the same manner in which deeds are required to be executed, either the dedication contained on the plat or a separate instrument joining in and ratifying the plat and all dedications and reservations thereon.

(3) When a tract or parcel of land has been subdivided and a plat thereof bearing the dedication executed by the owners of record and mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided, and when the approval of the governing body has been secured and recorded in compliance with this part, all streets, alleys, easements, rights-of-way, and public areas shown on such plat, unless otherwise stated, shall be deemed to have been dedicated to the public for the uses and purposes thereon stated. However, nothing herein shall be construed as creating an obligation upon any governing body to perform any act of construction or maintenance within such dedicated areas except when the obligation is voluntarily assumed by the governing body.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 2, ch. 79-86; s. 7, ch. 98-20; s. 2, ch. 99-288.

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LOVE PGI PARTNERS, LP v. Schultz

706 So. 2d 887, 1998 WL 44481

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 6, 1998 | Docket: 444858

Cited 4 times | Published

dedication language of the plat was unqualified. Section 177.081(2) provides: When a tract or parcel of land

Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. City of Cape Coral

159 So. 3d 126, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 8432, 2014 WL 2218972

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 23, 2014 | Docket: 60246497

Cited 3 times | Published

in former section 177.10 are now found in section 177.081. . To the contrary, in the absence of a formal

Cable Holdings Of Georgia, Inc. v. Mcneil Real Estate Fund Vi, Ltd.

988 F.2d 1071, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 5784

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 23, 1993 | Docket: 1016801

Cited 2 times | Published

Statutes sections 177.081 and 177.091(29). Section 177.081 states that "all streets, alleys, easements

Hughes v. Town of Mexico Beach

455 So. 2d 566, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 1852, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14861

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 1984 | Docket: 1316441

Cited 2 times | Published

the dedication of the disputed strip under Section 177.081, Florida Statutes (1983), and that the evidence

Comcast SCH Holdings, Inc. v. Villages of Lake-Sumter, Inc.

168 F. Supp. 2d 1338, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22677, 2001 WL 959387

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 17, 2001 | Docket: 2137771

Cited 1 times | Published

recording them in the manner prescribed by Florida Statute 177.081(2) and (3) (2000): 177.081 Dedication and

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Feb 9, 2005 | Docket: 3255706

Published

regulate and control the platting of land.2 Section 177.081, Florida Statutes, requires every plat filed

Black v. Orange County

888 So. 2d 156, 2004 WL 2776033

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 3, 2004 | Docket: 1697195

Published

dedication. At the time the plat was approved, Section 177.081(2), Florida Statutes 1975, stated that easements

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 1, 1999 | Docket: 3257462

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Commissioners, you ask the following question: Does section 177.081(2), Florida Statutes (1998 Supplement), require

Cable Holdings of Georgia, Inc. v. McNeil Real Estate Fund VI, Ltd.

988 F.2d 1071, 1993 WL 91838

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 23, 1993 | Docket: 66280534

Published

Statutes sections 177.081 and 177.091(29). Section 177.-081 states that “all streets, alleys, easements

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 8, 1991 | Docket: 3256152

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complies with the requirements of Ch. 177, F.S. Section 177.081, F.S., requires that subdivision plats must

Ecological Development, Inc. v. Walton County

558 So. 2d 1069, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 1744, 1990 WL 28172

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 1990 | Docket: 64649166

Published

We are not persuaded that the language of section 177.081(2), Florida Statutes (1979), changes this long-standing

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 24, 1976 | Docket: 3257110

Published

adopted, may only be answered by the courts. Section 177.081, F. S., requires a plat of a subdivision filed

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jan 8, 1976 | Docket: 3257072

Published

county" before a plat may be recorded, and section 177.081 provides that when "the approval of the governing

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jun 9, 1975 | Docket: 3255671

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ownership would remain in the present owners. Section 177.081(1), F.S., requires that "[e]very plat of a