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Fla. Stat. § 197.552 (2025)
Tax deeds.
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197.552 Tax deeds.—All tax deeds shall be issued in the name of a county and shall be signed by the clerk of the county. The deed shall be witnessed by two witnesses, the official seal shall be attached thereto, and the deed shall be acknowledged or proven as other deeds. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no right, interest, restriction, or other covenant shall survive the issuance of a tax deed, except that a lien of record held by a municipal or county governmental unit, special district, or community development district, when such lien is not satisfied as of the disbursement of proceeds of sale under the provisions of s. 197.582, shall survive the issuance of a tax deed. The charges by the clerk shall be as provided in s. 28.24. Tax deeds issued to a purchaser of land for delinquent taxes shall be in the form prescribed by the department. All deeds issued pursuant to this section shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of all proceedings from the valuation of the lands to the issuance of the deed, inclusive.
History.—s. 1, ch. 72-268; s. 21, ch. 73-332; s. 1, ch. 79-334; s. 192, ch. 85-342; s. 14, ch. 2002-18.
Note.—Former s. 197.271.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1987–2026 · leading case: A to Z Props., Inc. v. Fairway Palms II Condo. Ass'n, 137 So. 3d 453 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014).
A to Z Props., Inc. v. Fairway Palms II Condo. Ass'n, 137 So. 3d 453 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014). “” § 197.552, Fla. Stat. (2010). Section 197.”
City of Palm Bay v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 114 So. 3d 924 (Fla. 2013). “(2004) (providing lien priority and superiority for non-home rule municipality special assessments); § 197.552, Fla. Stat. (2004) (providing superiority for tax deeds except to municipal liens); § 718.”
Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Second Sunrise Inv. Corp., 56 So. 3d 82 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011). “Section 197.552, Florida Statutes (2010), provides in relevant part: a lien of record held by a municipal or county governmental unit, special district, or community development district, when such lien is not satisfied as of the disbursement of proceeds of sale under the…”
Hutchinson Island Realty v. Babcock, 867 So. 2d 528 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). “Reviewing the clerk's compliance with the notice requirements of section 197.552(1), Florida Statutes (2000), the trial court relied on Dawson v.”
Rahimi v. Global Discoveries, 252 So. 3d 804 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018). “§ 197.552. Three times (at least), the tax deed statutes tell us the determination of who is entitled to the surplus is made at the time of the sale.”
DRL, INC. v. Murphy, 508 So. 2d 413 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). “Appellant's tax deeds are themselves prima facie evidence of their own validity ( see section 197.552, Florida Statutes (1985), formerly section 197.”
Cricket Props., LLC v. Nassau Pointe at Heritage Isles Homeowners Ass'n, 124 So. 3d 302 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). “Section 197.552 addresses the limitation on the survival of rights, interests, restrictions, and other covenants in connection with a tax deed sale and provides, in pertinent part, as follows: Except as specifically provided in this chapter, no right, interest, restriction, or…”
Adams v. Adams, 512 So. 2d 1150 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). “and his heirs had demonstrated adverse possession against the other family members and that the plaintiffs were "estopped" by section 197.552 from bringing an action contesting the validity of the tax deed.”
Ashear v. Sklarey, 247 So. 3d 574 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018). “Section 197.552, Florida Statutes (2010), provides in relevant part: All tax deeds shall be issued in the name of a county and shall be signed by the clerk of the county.”
Cambridge Capital Corp. v. Halcon Enter., Inc., 842 F. Supp. 499 (S.D. Fla. 1993). “The sale of the property and the issuance of a tax deed in accordance with the above procedure purportedly extinguish any “right, interest, restriction, or other covenant” other than a covenant running with land or an interest held by a municipal or county government.”
Mobley v. Hunt, 722 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). “Under section 197.552, Florida Statutes (1995), “no right [or] interest .”
City of Jacksonville v. Nashid Props., Inc., 636 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). “In this case we must decide whether, under the dictates of section 197.552, Florida Statutes (1987), an assignment of mortgage in favor of the City of Jacksonville (City) survives the issuance of a tax deed.”
— 197.552(1) — 1 case
Hutchinson Island Realty v. Babcock, 867 So. 2d 528 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). “Reviewing the clerk's compliance with the notice requirements of section 197.552(1), Florida Statutes (2000), the trial court relied on Dawson v.”
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