Florida Statute 270.18 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 270
PUBLIC LANDS

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F.S. 270.18

270.18 Tax liens extinguished when lands revert to state; exception.—Reinstatement of title in the state or its agency shall, by foreclosure or otherwise, operate to extinguish all liens for all taxes or assessments to which the lands would not have been subject had the title been in the state or its agency; provided, however, that any tax certificate or tax deed issued upon such lands or other property in the hands of a person, private firm or private corporation, shall represent a valid obligation against the said lands, and said certificate may be redeemed and paid for by the said state or its agency as provided by law in other cases for the purchase or redemption of tax certificates, and in case of deed, by paying to the holder the amount paid by him or her, plus interest at 6 percent per annum since the date of the said deed.

History.—s. 3, ch. 15641, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 1771(8); s. 183, ch. 95-148.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 270.18

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 270.18.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 270.18

Total Results: 4

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2007-09-12

Snippet: that comes into possession of the state. Section 270.18, Florida Statutes, provides: "Reinstatement of

McSwigan v. McSwigan

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-05-02

Citation: 450 So. 2d 284

Snippet: debts, she will therefore be able to retain $12,270 ($18,000 less $5,730). The wife is also to receive

State Ex Rel. Nuveen v. Greer

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1924-10-09

Citation: 102 So. 739, 88 Fla. 249

Snippet: See 12 C.J. 990; Mitchell v. Burlington, 4 Wall. 270, 18 L. Ed. 350. These rules of decision applied in

Tuten v. Gazan

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1882-01-15

Citation: 18 Fla. 751

Snippet: (1881,) and advances were so made to the amount of $270.18, as per account annexed, of which' there remains