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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.
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). “(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 In 1951, the legislature repealed the Butler Act except as to Dade and Palm Beach Counties.”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). “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). “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). “" 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). “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). “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). “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). “" 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). “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). “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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