Florida Statute 695.20 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 695
RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE

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F.S. 695.20

695.20 Unperformed contracts of record.—Whenever anyone shall have contracted to purchase real estate in the state, prior to January 1, 1930, by written agreement requiring all payments to be made within 10 years from the date of the contract, or has accepted an assignment of such an agreement, and the fact of the existence of such a contract of purchase, or assignment, appears of record from the instrument itself or by reference in some other recorded instrument, and shall not have obtained and placed of record a deed to the property or a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction recognizing her or his rights thereunto, and is not in actual possession of the property covered by the contract or by the assignment, as defined in ¹s. 95.17, she or he, her or his surviving spouse, heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns, shall have no further interest in the property described in the contract, or the assignment, by virtue thereof, and the record of such contract, assignment or other record reference thereto, shall no longer constitute either actual or constructive notice to a purchaser, mortgagee, or other person acquiring an interest in the property, unless within 6 months after this law shall take effect, (approved April 26, 1941) she or he or some one claiming under her or him shall:

(1) Place on record a deed or other conveyance of the property from the holder of the record title; or

(2) Place on record a written instrument executed by the holder of the record title evidencing an extension or modification of the original contract and showing that the original contract remains in force and effect; or

(3) Institute, or have pending, in a court of competent jurisdiction a suit for the enforcement of her or his rights under such contract.

History.—s. 1, ch. 20235, 1941; s. 771, ch. 97-102.

¹Note.—Transferred to s. 95.16(2) by the reviser incident to compiling the 1974 Supplement to the Florida Statutes 1973.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 695.20

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 695.20.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 695.20

Total Results: 7

Pate v. Renfroe

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-08-13

Citation: 715 So. 2d 1094, 1998 WL 476160

Snippet: and fees of $48,695.20, resulting in a judgment for Renfroe in the amount of $41,695.20. We find no merit

Cowan v. Cowan

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-10-01

Citation: 389 So. 2d 1187

Snippet: Husband has a gross annual income of $71,340.00; $2,695.20 per month military retirement and $3,250.00 per

City of Miami v. St. Joe Paper Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-10-05

Citation: 364 So. 2d 439

Snippet: getting *443 rid of stale claims. Florida Statutes 695.20, enacted in 1941, voided contracts for the purchase

Homer v. Claughton

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1969-06-24

Citation: 224 So. 2d 414, 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5530

Snippet: Constitution and the applicable Florida Statutes, is $35,695.20 which must be reduced by 50% to be in proper proportion

Mahood v. Bessemer Properties Incorporated

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1944-07-14

Citation: 18 So. 2d 775, 154 Fla. 710, 153 A.L.R. 1199, 1944 Fla. LEXIS 802

Snippet: of Chapter 20235, Laws of Florida, 1941. (Sec. 695.20, F.S. '41, F.S.A.) The pertinent part of which

City of Jacksonville v. Smoot

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1922-05-10

Citation: 83 Fla. 575, 92 So. 617

Snippet: Quintin v. Edwards, 40 Mont. 287, 106 Pac. Rep. 695, 20 Ann. Cas. 239. Was the office of Commissioner of

Campbell v. Kauffman Milling Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1900-06-15

Citation: 42 Fla. 328

Snippet: 756.07 1893 Jan. 2 Sales Flour Stub........3091 695.20 6 Sales Flour Stub........3093 409.22 4501.10 *337Less