Florida Statute 689.10 - 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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F.S. 689.10

689.10 Words of limitation and the words “fee simple” dispensed with.—Where any real estate has heretofore been conveyed or granted or shall hereafter be conveyed or granted without there being used in the said deed or conveyance or grant any words of limitation, such as heirs or successors, or similar words, such conveyance or grant, whether heretofore made or hereafter made, shall be construed to vest the fee simple title or other whole estate or interest which the grantor had power to dispose of at that time in the real estate conveyed or granted, unless a contrary intention shall appear in the deed, conveyance or grant.

History.—s. 1, ch. 5145, 1903; GS 2456; RGS 3796; s. 1, ch. 10170, 1925; CGL 5669.

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Cases Citing Statute 689.10

Total Results: 7

Thrasher v. Arida

858 So. 2d 1173, 2003 WL 22517975

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 7, 2003 | Docket: 460764

Cited 6 times | Published

Barry, 93 Fla. 849, 112 So. 846, 851 (1927). Section 689.10, Florida Statutes (1969), provides that words

Stephen J. Rogers v. United States

184 So. 3d 1087, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 620, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 2477, 2015 WL 6749915

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 5, 2015 | Docket: 3010215

Cited 3 times | Published

condemnation is an easement). 5 . Section 689.10, Florida Statutes (2014), provides;

Holland v. State

388 So. 2d 1080, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 17763

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 25, 1980 | Docket: 64578321

Cited 1 times | Published

of a contrary intention in the instrument. Section 689.10, Florida Statutes (1969), (1979); Bronstein

Bronstein v. Bronstein

83 So. 2d 699, 58 A.L.R. 2d 1369

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 16, 1955 | Docket: 1342143

Cited 1 times | Published

conveyance. In Florida by the passage of F.S. § 689.10, F.S.A., our Legislature eliminated the necessity

Cook v. Tradewinds West Condominium, Inc.

636 So. 2d 591, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 4643, 1994 WL 189712

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 17, 1994 | Docket: 64748242

Published

susceptible to clarification by parol evidence, § 689.10, Fla. Stat. (1973), so as to demonstrate a valid

First D.M.V., Inc. v. Blaya

630 So. 2d 206, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 12613, 1993 WL 530846

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 21, 1993 | Docket: 64745749

Published

2d 473, 474-75 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); see also § 689.-10, Fla.Stat. (1991); Robinson v. Peterson, 375 So

Williams v. Chesser

314 So. 2d 594, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 13645

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 2, 1975 | Docket: 64547378

Published

Janes, 153 Fla. 716, 15 So.2d 677 (1943); Section 689.10, Florida Statutes; and Chasteen v. Chasteen