Florida Statute 177.081 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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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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Cases Citing Statute 177.081

Total Results: 19

& SC13-1959 Lucious Boyd v. State of Florida & Lucious Boyd v. Julie L. Jones, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-12-17

Citation: 200 So. 3d 685

Snippet: States v. Wood, 299 U.S. 123, 133-34, 57 S.Ct. 177, 81 L.Ed. 78 (1936).... Under the actual bias standard

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-05-23

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

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

Lugo v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-10-08

Citation: 2 So. 3d 1, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 824, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 1918, 2008 WL 4489274

Snippet: States v. Wood, 299 U.S. 123, 133-34[, 57 S.Ct. 177, 81 L.Ed. 78] (1936) (stating, in a case involving

Carratelli v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-07-05

Citation: 961 So. 2d 312, 2007 WL 1932240

Snippet: States v. Wood, 299 U.S. 123, 133-34, 57 S.Ct. 177, 81 L.Ed. 78 (1936) (stating, in a case involving a

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2005-02-09

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

Black v. Orange County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-12-03

Citation: 888 So. 2d 156, 2004 WL 2776033

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1999-04-01

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

LOVE PGI PARTNERS, LP v. Schultz

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-02-06

Citation: 706 So. 2d 887, 1998 WL 44481

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

SE SEMINOLE CIVIC ASS'N v. Adkins

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-07-17

Citation: 604 So. 2d 523, 1992 WL 163937

Snippet: opposed to a statutory dedication, see §§ 95.361, 177.081, Fla. Stat.). The plaintiffs non-Member Owners

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-08-08

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

Ecological Development, Inc. v. Walton County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-03-16

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

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

Hughes v. Town of Mexico Beach

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-08-28

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

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