Florida Statute 695.09 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 695
RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE

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695.09 Identity of grantor.—No acknowledgment or proof shall be taken, except as set forth in s. 695.03(3), by any officer within or without the United States unless the officer knows, or has satisfactory proof, that the person making the acknowledgment is the individual described in, and who executed, such instrument or that the person offering to make proof is one of the subscribing witnesses to such instrument.

History.—RS 1975; GS 2486; RGS 3828; CGL 5706; s. 3, ch. 84-97; s. 765, ch. 97-102.

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Walker v. City of Jacksonville, 360 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...n is acknowledged be known by the notary to be the person described in and who executed the instrument (or that the notary have satisfactory proof thereof) that such person acknowledge to and before the notary the execution of the instrument. (See F.S. 695.09) The mere existence of an acknowledgment on an instrument can therefore raise no presumption that the notary was a witness, nor is the mere existence of the acknowledgment proof thereof....