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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 253.141253.141 Riparian rights defined; certain submerged bottoms subject to private ownership.—(1) Riparian rights are those incident to land bordering upon navigable waters. They are rights of ingress, egress, boating, bathing, and fishing and such others as may be or have been defined by law. Such rights are not of a proprietary nature. They are rights inuring to the owner of the riparian land but are not owned by him or her. They are appurtenant to and are inseparable from the riparian land. The land to which the owner holds title must extend to the ordinary high watermark of the navigable water in order that riparian rights may attach. Conveyance of title to or lease of the riparian land entitles the grantee to the riparian rights running therewith whether or not mentioned in the deed or lease of the upland. (2) Navigable waters in this state shall not be held to extend to any permanent or transient waters in the form of so-called lakes, ponds, swamps or overflowed lands, lying over and upon areas which have heretofore been conveyed to private individuals by the United States or by the state without reservation of public rights in and to said waters. (3) The submerged lands of any nonmeandered lake shall be deemed subject to private ownership where the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of Florida conveyed the same more than 50 years ago without any deductions for water and without any reservation for public use and when taxes have been levied and collected on said submerged lands since conveyance by the state. (4) Where private ownership of submerged bottoms outward from the shore has originated in a Spanish or other land grant approved by the Congress specifically describing an area in which was included navigable water, or by patent out of the United States prior to the date on which Florida became a state likewise containing a description including navigable water, or upon a valid conveyance out of the state, the submerged land included in such grant, patent, or conveyance shall be subject to taxes lawfully imposed. History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 28262, 1953; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 31, ch. 82-226; s. 200, ch. 85-342; s. 140, ch. 95-148. Note.—Former ss. 192.61(1)-(4), 271.09, 197.315(3), 197.228.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 253.141
Total Results: 12
998 So. 2d 1102, 2008 WL 4381126
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 2008 | Docket: 2527289
Cited 27 times | Published
this State. See 476 So.2d at 651-52; see also § 253.141(1), Fla. Stat. (2005) ("Riparian rights ... are
763 So. 2d 1071, 1999 WL 741109
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 17, 1999 | Docket: 370130
Cited 8 times | Published
Transp., 476 So.2d 649, 651 (Fla. 1985); see also § 253.141(1), Fla. Stat. (1997)("Riparian rights are those
532 So. 2d 746, 1988 WL 103863
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 11, 1988 | Docket: 450485
Cited 8 times | Published
landowner but are inseparable from the riparian land. § 253.141, Fla. Stat. (1985). The 1953 conveyance to Strand
659 So. 2d 1186, 1995 WL 490554
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 18, 1995 | Docket: 1463301
Cited 5 times | Published
Carbonell, 532 So.2d 746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); § 253.141(1), Fla. Stat. (1991).
[6] Bonifay v. Dickson
186 So. 3d 34, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 1974, 2016 WL 542870
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 12, 2016 | Docket: 60253864
Cited 1 times | Published
incident to land bordering upon navigable waters.” § 253.141(1), Fla. Stat. (2012). The court observed that
27 So. 3d 48, 2006 WL 1112700
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2006 | Docket: 2527282
Cited 1 times | Published
common law riparian rights, as defined in Section 253.141, F.S., of upland property owners adjacent to
704 So. 2d 702, 1998 WL 499
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 2, 1998 | Docket: 1354069
Cited 1 times | Published
holder of a lease of the riparian uplands. See § 253.141, Florida Statutes. Thus, it is the Department's
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 5, 2022 | Docket: 61689414
Published
retained
riparian rights after replatting. See § 253.141, Fla. Stat. (2019) (riparian
rights “are appurtenant
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 28, 2018 | Docket: 8338751
Published
mentioned in the deed or lease of the upland.
§ 253.141(1), Fla. Stat. (2012) (emphasis added); Teat v
771 So. 2d 587, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 14665, 2000 WL 1675996
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 9, 2000 | Docket: 64801760
Published
the definition of “riparian rights” found in section 253.141, Florida Statutes (1999), is also misplaced
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jun 25, 1996 | Docket: 3258657
Published
209, 214 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973).
4 Id. at 214.
5 Section 253.141(1), Fla. Stat. (1995), defines "riparian rights"
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: May 10, 1990 | Docket: 3257535
Published
the Florida Intracoastal Waterway . . . ."
3 Section 253.141(1), F.S., defines riparian rights for purposes
