Florida Statute 255.22 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 255
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLICLY OWNED BUILDINGS

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F.S. 255.22

255.22 Reconveyance of lands not used for purpose specified.—

(1) In the event any party owning adjoining land conveys real property, without receipt of valuable consideration, to any municipality or county for a specific purpose or use and if such county or municipality fails to use such property for such purpose for a period of 60 consecutive months or, with respect to property conveyed on or after October 1, 1984, fails to use such property for such purpose for a period of 60 consecutive months or identify during the 60-month period the proposed use of such property in a comprehensive plan or other public facilities plan, then, upon written demand of the grantor, or grantor’s successors in title owning such adjoining land, the municipality or county may execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the party making such demand provided such party is the owner of land adjoining such property on at least one side. No such quitclaim deed shall be delivered hereunder unless the specific purpose or use to be made of the property was disclosed to the grantee at the time of delivery of the conveyance or appeared in the conveyance or in an official record of the county; provided, however, that as to any such conveyance after July 1, 1967, the specific purpose or use must appear of record.

(2) In the event the purpose for which the property was conveyed required physical improvement or construction on such property or the maintenance thereof, any such municipality or county that fails to construct, improve, or maintain such property for the period specified in subsection (1) shall be conclusively deemed to have abandoned the property for the purpose for which it was conveyed, unless, with respect to property conveyed on or after October 1, 1984, the proposed use of such property has been identified in a comprehensive plan or other public facilities plan of the municipality or county during the 60-month period specified in subsection (1).

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 67-383; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 84-366; s. 42, ch. 93-164; s. 3, ch. 94-175; s. 3, ch. 95-297; s. 16, ch. 95-310.

Note.—Consolidation of s. 255.22 and former s. 255.23.

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Amendments to 255.22

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 255.22

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 255.22.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 255.22

Total Results: 7

State, Department of Transportation v. Boat Center, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-03-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 726 So. 2d 404, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 2245

Snippet: predecessor in title to Broward County under section 255.22, Florida Statutes (Supp.1994). While the trial …conflict between certain subsections of section 255.22, it resolved those conflicts in favor of appellee…conflicting sections is not likely to recur. See § 255.22, Fla. Stat. (1997) (effective date May 15, 1995

Hotels of Key Largo, Inc. v. RHI HOTELS

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-04-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 694 So. 2d 74

Snippet: 1350 (Fla. 1996), and decision approved 689 So.2d 255, 22 Fla. L. Weekly S22 (Fla., Dec. 19, 1996). The Supreme

CV Reit, Inc. v. TGI Development, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1996-12-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 689 So. 2d 255, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 22, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 2141, 1996 WL 727132

Snippet: Overton, Shaw, Wells 19 December 1996 689 So. 2d 255, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 22, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 2141,

State Department of Transportation v. B & C Foods, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 687 So. 2d 4, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 11637, 1996 WL 637655

Snippet: issue to McDonald’s Corporation pursuant to section 255.22, Florida Statutes (Supp.1994). Even though McDonald…grantor’s successor” within the meaning of section 255.22(5), it is still entitled to rely on subsection

Feather v. Donaldson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-12-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 481 So. 2d 937, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 33, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16949

Snippet: successfully contended they were entitled, under sections 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1983),1 to re-*938conveyance…reconveyance of the unimproved strip. Relying on sections 255.22 and 255.23, the court below concluded that the …action was improperly maintained under sections 255.-22 and 255.23. The conveyance to the county in 1963…property interest subject to transfer by deed, section 255.22 did not contemplate the conveyance of an easement…exclusive” easement. A reconveyance under section 255.22 could not vest the fee title with the Donaldsons

JC Vereen & Sons, Inc. v. City of Miami

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-04-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 397 So. 2d 979

Snippet: abandonment and (2) the statutory provisions of Sections 255.22 and 255.25, Florida Statutes (1975). Vereen was…consider next Vereen's agreement under Sections 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1975). Vereen is …is entitled to reconveyance under Section 255.22 only if he proves (a) he conveyed the land to the City… valuable consideration for purposes of Section 255.22. Accordingly, we disagree with the trial judge&…Vereen is not entitled to reconveyance under Section 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1975), affirm that

City of Miami v. JC Vereen & Sons, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-05-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 359 So. 2d 533

Snippet: property by virtue of the provisions of Sections 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1975). Those sections… the statute invoked by the plaintiff [Sections 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1975), it is to be