Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 337.26 (2025)

Execution and effect of instruments of sale, lease, or conveyance executed by department.

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337.26 Execution and effect of instruments of sale, lease, or conveyance executed by department.
(1) An instrument of sale, lease, or conveyance executed in the name of the department, and signed by the department’s chief administrative officer of the district in which the property is located, or, if the property is located on the turnpike system, by the chief administrative officer of the Office of Florida Turnpike, when such authority has been delegated by the head of the department, with the corporate seal of the department affixed thereto, is effective to pass the title or interest of the state in the property conveyed.
(2) No instrument of conveyance by the department shall warrant the title to any property sold, leased, or conveyed.
History.s. 105, ch. 29965, 1955; s. 17, ch. 57-318; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 164, ch. 84-309; s. 17, ch. 88-168; s. 131, ch. 92-152.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Jt. Ventures, Inc. v. Dept. of Transp., 519 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).
Jt. Ventures, Inc. v. Dept. of Transp., 519 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). “25, Florida Statutes (authorizing it to acquire, lease, and dispose of real and personal property), section 337.26 (empowering it to execute instruments of sale, leases or conveyances), section 337.”
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