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: 6

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-03-03

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

Hotels of Key Largo, Inc. v. RHI HOTELS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-04-16

Citation: 694 So. 2d 74, 1997 WL 180157

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-11-06

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’s

Feather v. Donaldson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-12-19

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-04-21

Citation: 397 So. 2d 979, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 19293

Snippet: abandonment and (2) the statutory provisions of Sections 255.22 and 255.25, Florida Statutes (1975). Vereen was

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-05-30

Citation: 359 So. 2d 533

Snippet: property by virtue of the provisions of Sections 255.22 and 255.23, Florida Statutes (1975). Those sections