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Fla. Stat. § 689.19 (2025)
Variances of names in recorded instruments.
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689.19 Variances of names in recorded instruments.—
(1) The word “instrument” as used in this section shall be construed to mean and include not only instruments voluntarily executed but also papers filed or issued in or in connection with actions and other proceedings in court and orders, judgments and decrees entered therein and transcripts of such judgments and proceedings in foreclosure of mortgage or other liens.
(2) Variances between any two instruments affecting the title to the same real property both of which shall have been spread on the record for the period of more than 10 years among the public records of the county in which such real property is situated, with respect to the names of persons named in the respective instruments or in acknowledgments thereto arising from the full Christian name appearing in one and only the initial letter of that Christian name appearing in the other or from a full middle name appearing in one and only the initial letter of that middle name appearing in the other or from the initial letter of a middle name appearing in one and not appearing in the other, irrespective of which one of the two instruments in which any such variance occurred was prior in point of time to the other and irrespective of whether the instruments were executed or originated before or after August 5, 1953, shall not destroy or impair the presumption that the person so named in one of said instruments was the same person as the one so named in the other of said instruments which would exist if the names in the two instruments were identical; and, in spite of any such variance, the person so named in one of said instruments shall be presumed to be the same person as the one so named in the other until such time as the contrary appears and, until such time, either or both of such instruments or the record thereof or certified copy or copies of the record thereof shall be admissible in evidence in the same manner as though the names in the two instruments were identical.
History.—s. 1, ch. 28208, 1953.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1988–2005 · leading case: Richard Fillingim v. Eddie Boone, Sheriff of Leon Cnty., Florida, 835 F.2d 1389 (11th Cir. 1988).
Richard Fillingim v. Eddie Boone, Sheriff of Leon Cnty., Florida, 835 F.2d 1389 (11th Cir. 1988). “94; Fla. Stat. 689.19). Negating petitioner’s preemption argument, it is clear that the Florida Evidence Code sections relating to presumptions do not apply to criminal prosecutions as they affect only civil cases.”
Barnett Bank of South Florida, NA v. Westbrook Atkinson Realtors, 564 So. 2d 570 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990). “802 (1910); section 689.19, Florida Statutes (1987); Florida Fund Title Notes, Conveyances, TN 10.”
Schwartz v. Est. of Schwartz, 905 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). “See § 689.19, Fla. Stat. (2005) (word "instrument” shall be construed to include judgments or decrees).”
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