Florida Statute 689.06 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 689
CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST

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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.

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Cases Citing Statute 689.06

Total Results: 5

Brevard County v. Ramsey

658 So. 2d 1190, 1995 WL 471654

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 11, 1995 | Docket: 1525105

Cited 18 times | Published

of two subscribing witnesses as required by section 689.06, Florida Statutes (1993). That section provides:

McMullen v. McMullen

145 So. 2d 568

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 12, 1962 | Docket: 1685172

Cited 10 times | Published

where specific statutes have been enacted, such as § 689.06, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which abolished the

Goldman v. Mandell

403 So. 2d 511

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 26, 1981 | Docket: 1250898

Cited 6 times | Published

with the provisions of section 689.06, Florida Statutes. We hold that section 689.06 does not apply and no

Kathryn Johnson, Successor Trustee of the Krippes Living Trust Dated June 1, 2006 v. Dominic Johnson and Caroline Johnson

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 7, 2025 | Docket: 70186662

Published

to transfer the two properties as trustee. See § 689.06, Fla. Stat. (titled “[h]ow trust estate conveyed”)

Donna Fuentes v. Irene C. Link, etc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 2024 | Docket: 68867494

Published

property to a trustee, the requirements of section 689.06 apply”); see also William Kalish, The Florida

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