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Florida Statute 337.29 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 337.29 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 337.29 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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.

Cases Citing F.S. 337.29

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·City of Daytona Beach Shores v. State, 454 So. 2d 651 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14167

...xclusive jurisdiction over the Dunlawton ramp and the Atlantic Ocean beach, which are both functionally classified by the Florida Department of Transportation as local roads. Title to these roads has been transferred to the municipality by virtue of Section 337.29(3), Florida Statutes....
...The fact that this particular beach is unique in that it can accommodate vehicular traffic does not change its inherent nature as a beach. Arguments pertaining to whether title to this right-of-way passed to the city during reclassification under the transportation statutes are without merit. Section 337.29(3), Florida Statutes by itself cannot provide a basis for alienating property which is constitutionally vested in the state of Florida....
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·Dep't of Transp. v. Hanes, 448 So. 2d 1130 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12592

...DOT is also charged with a responsibility for anticipating future needs within the total environment of the community. See § 334.211(2)(a) and (f), Florida Statutes. And as the governmental entity with operational and maintenance responsibility DOT is liable for torts related thereto. See § 337.29(3), Florida Statutes....
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Cited as authorityIn Re Beker Industries Corp. (1986)
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Fox v. Troup Bros., Inc., 137 So. 2d 620 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1962).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...aken judicial knowledge of the fact that the real property involved is a part of the Palmetto By-Pass, which has been designated as a State Road, and having taken further cognizance of Florida Highway Code, Fourth Part, particularly § 337.28(2) and § 337.29(2), Florida Statutes, 1959 [F.S.A.], was and is of the opinion that the defendant Dade County was merely a conduit for the acquiring of title to the real property by the State Road Department, and was acting solely as the agent of the State...
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1981).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

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

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