Florida Statute 689.20 - 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. 689.20

689.20 Limitation on use of word “minerals.”—Whenever the word “minerals” is hereafter used in any deed, lease, or other contract in writing, said word or term shall not include any of the following: topsoil, muck, peat, humus, sand, and common clay, unless expressly provided in said deed, lease, or other contract in writing.

History.—s. 1, ch. 59-375.

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Noblin v. Harbor Hills Development, L.P.

896 So. 2d 781, 164 Oil & Gas Rep. 863, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 186, 30 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 237

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 14, 2005 | Docket: 64836871

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and in support of that argument they cite section 689.20, Florida Statutes, enacted in 1959, which provides