Florida Statute 337.29 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 337
CONTRACTING; ACQUISITION, DISPOSAL, AND USE OF PROPERTY

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337.29 Vesting of title to roads; liability for torts.—

(1) Title to all roads designated in the State Highway System or State Park Road System shall be in the state, unless otherwise provided herein.

(2) Upon the vesting of title to any lands for highway purposes in the state, local governmental entities shall forthwith issue a deed or right-of-way map to the state covering such lands, which shall be duly recorded. Recordation of deeds or right-of-way maps shall also be effected upon acquisition of any lands by the department.

(3) Title to all roads transferred in accordance with s. 335.0415 shall be in the governmental entity to which such roads have been transferred, upon the recording of a deed or a right-of-way map by the appropriate governmental entity in the public land records of the county or counties in which such rights-of-way are located. To the extent that sovereign immunity has been waived, liability for torts shall be in the governmental entity having operation and maintenance responsibility as provided in s. 335.0415. Except as otherwise provided by law, a municipality shall have the same governmental, corporate, and proprietary powers with relation to any public road or right-of-way within the municipality which has been transferred to another governmental entity pursuant to s. 335.0415 that the municipality has with relation to other public roads and rights-of-way within the municipality.

History.—s. 108, ch. 29965, 1955; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 16, ch. 77-165; s. 5, ch. 77-416; s. 2, ch. 78-285; s. 169, ch. 84-309; s. 85, ch. 99-385; s. 34, ch. 2012-174.

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City of Daytona Beach Shores v. State

454 So. 2d 651, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14167

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 19, 1984 | Docket: 444622

Cited 1 times | Published

transferred to the municipality by virtue of Section 337.29(3), Florida Statutes. (2) The foreshore in

Department of Transportation v. Hanes

448 So. 2d 1130, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12592

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 6, 1984 | Docket: 64604302

Cited 1 times | Published

responsibility DOT is liable for torts related thereto. See § 337.29(3), Florida Statutes. In the present case there

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Feb 3, 1981 | Docket: 3255956

Published

provided in s. 335.04(4).' (Emphasis supplied.) Section 337.29(3), as amended, appears to effect by operation

Fox v. Troup Bros., Inc.

137 So. 2d 620

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 8, 1962 | Docket: 60201229

Published

Code, Fourth Part, particularly § 337.28(2) and § 337.29(2), Florida Statutes, 1959 [F.S.A.], was and is

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