Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 253.129 (2025)

Confirmation of title in upland owners.

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253.129 Confirmation of title in upland owners.The title to all lands heretofore filled or developed is herewith confirmed in the upland owners and the trustees shall on request issue a disclaimer to each such owner.
History.s. 9, ch. 57-362; s. 13, ch. 59-1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1980–2009 · leading case: City of W. Palm Beach v. BD. Trs., 746 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. 1999).
City of W. Palm Beach v. BD. Trs., 746 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. 1999). · cites it 6× “(codified at § 253.129, Fla.Stat. (1997)). In 1951, the legislature repealed the Butler Act except as to Dade and Palm Beach Counties.”
Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc. v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 466 So. 2d 389 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). · cites it 8× “15 acres of the submerged lands under Section 253.129, Florida Statutes. 1 Commodores Point Terminal Corporation filed a similar application for a disclaimer to 6.”
Anderson Columbia v. Bd. of Trs., 748 So. 2d 1061 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). · cites it 8× “The Bulkhead Act, section 9, was codified as section 253.129, Florida Statutes (1957), which provides: "The title to all lands heretofore filled or developed is herewith confirmed in the upland owners *1064 and the trustees shall on request issue a disclaimer to each such owner.”
City of W. Palm Beach v. Bd. of Trs., 714 So. 2d 1060 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). · cites it 2× “" Section 9 is codified today in section 253.129, Florida Statutes (1997).”
Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Indus. Plastics Tech., Inc., 603 So. 2d 1303 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992). · cites it 3× “Johns River, which is directly beneath its boathouse and dock, and ordered the Department to issue a disclaimer of such land to Industrial, pursuant to section 253.129, Florida Statutes. 1 The primary issue for determination in this case is whether Industrial’s predecessors in…”
Jacksonville v. DEPT. OF NAT. RES., 466 So. 2d 389 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). · cites it 8× “15 acres of the submerged lands under Section 253.129, Florida Statutes. [1] Commodores Point Terminal Corporation filed a similar application for a disclaimer to 6.”
City of Panama City v. Bd. of Trs. of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, 418 So. 2d 1132 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). · cites it 2× “On September 26, 1978, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, pursuant to Section 253.129, Florida Statutes, issued to Jimmy and Johnny Patronis a disclaimer to a formerly submerged, now filled, parcel of land adjacent to the Patronises’ property in Panama…”
State Bd. of Trs. v. Key West Conch, 683 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). · cites it 2× “" This is still the law today, as codified in § 253.129, Fla. Stat. (1995). [4] The structural additions included piers, docks, wharves, dry docks, railroad trestles and dredging.”
Sonido, LLC v. Arcadia Enter., LLC, 3 So. 3d 1273 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). · cites it 2× “After the Butler Act was repealed and the Bulkhead Act enacted at section 253.129, Florida Statutes, the state issued a disclaimer as to the submerged land at issue here.”
Saba v. Comm'r, 40 T.C.M. 446 (Tax Ct. 1980). “129 of the Florida Statutes , they were entitled to a disclaimer by the State of any interest it might claim in this naturally accreted land.”
Dept., Nat. Res. v. Indus. Plastics, 603 So. 2d 1303 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992). · cites it 3× “Johns River, which is directly beneath its boathouse and dock, and ordered the Department to issue a disclaimer of such land to Industrial, pursuant to section 253.129, Florida Statutes. [1] The primary issue for determination in this case is whether Industrial's predecessors in…”
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