Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 689.06 (2025)

How trust estate conveyed.

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689.06 How trust estate conveyed.—All grants, conveyances, or assignments of trust or confidence of or in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, shall be by deed signed and delivered, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, by the party granting, conveying, or assigning, or by the party’s attorney or agent thereunto lawfully authorized, or by last will and testament duly made and executed, or else the same shall be void and of no effect.

History.—s. 3, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1952; GS 2453; RGS 3792; CGL 5665; s. 1, ch. 80-219; s. 755, ch. 97-102.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1962–2025 · leading case: Brevard Cnty. v. Ramsey, 658 So. 2d 1190 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

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Brevard Cnty. v. Ramsey, 658 So. 2d 1190 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). · cites it 8× “The county argues that the Ramseys' attempt to create a trust for the benefit of Enterprises failed because the Ramseys did not execute a deed in the presence of two subscribing witnesses as required by section 689.06, Florida Statutes (1993). That section provides: How Trust…”

Goldman v. Mandell, 403 So. 2d 511 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). · cites it 8× “071, Florida Statutes, must be witnessed by two witnesses in accordance with the provisions of section 689.06, Florida Statutes. We hold that section 689.”

McMullen v. McMullen, 145 So. 2d 568 (Fla. 2d DCA 1962). “This contention is well taken where specific statutes have been enacted, such as § 689.06, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which abolished the necessity for a seal on deeds.”

Kathryn Johnson, Successor Tr. of the Krippes Living Trust Dated June 1, 2006 v. Dominic Johnson & Caroline Johnson (Fla. 1st DCA 2025). · cites it 2× “See § 689.06, Fla. Stat. (titled “[h]ow trust estate conveyed”).”

Donna Fuentes v. Irene C. Link, etc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2024). “5th DCA 1995) (explaining that “a trust is created by a transfer of property inter vivos or by will by the owner of the property to another as trustee,” and noting that “[t]he transfer of title to a trustee is the event that brings the trust into existence” 7 provided that “[if]…”

Morton v. Comm'r, 46 T.C. 723 (1966). “(1941), captioned "How trust estate conveyed" provides: "All grants, conveyances or assignments of trust or confidence of or in any lands, tenements or hereditaments, or of any estate or interest therein, shall be by deed signed, sealed and delivered, in the presence of two…”

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