Florida Statute 696.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 696
RECORD OF CONTRACTS; PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING

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F.S. 696.01

696.01 Contracts for sale of realty must be acknowledged in order to be recorded.—No contract, agreement, or other instrument purporting to contain an agreement to purchase or sell real estate shall be recorded in the public records of any county in the state, unless such contract, agreement or other instrument is acknowledged by the vendor in the manner provided by law for the acknowledgment of deeds; and where there is no acknowledgment on the part of the vendor, the recording officers in the various counties of this state shall refuse to accept such instrument for record.

History.—s. 1, ch. 11813, 1927; CGL 5719.

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Cases Citing Statute 696.01

Total Results: 8

WILLIAM S. DUNSON, III vs JESSICA DUNSON

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-08-18

Snippet: 61.16(1), Fla. Stat. (2021); Rosen v. Rosen, 696 1 Mother moved to dismiss this appeal

Morris v. Osteen

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-01-19

Citation: 948 So. 2d 821, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 500, 2007 WL 120043

Snippet: title took priority over the lease under section 696.01, because the lease was not recorded. After making

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-04-16

Snippet: or acknowledged by the vendors pursuant to s. 696.01, F.S.? SUMMARY: A clerk of circuit court is not

Ridgewood Utilities Corp. v. King

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-12-15

Citation: 426 So. 2d 49

Snippet: scheduled closing did not take place. Because Section 696.01, Florida Statutes (1981), requires that such a

Coggins v. Mimms

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-08-15

Citation: 373 So. 2d 964

Snippet: no sworn acknowledgment of the vendors. Section 696.01, Florida Statutes (1977). Recordation of the Coggins

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1975-05-06

Snippet: recorded in the public records of the county under s. 696.01, F.S.? SUMMARY: An unacknowledged option-to-purchase

Bogle v. Perkins

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1970-11-04

Citation: 240 So. 2d 801, 1970 Fla. LEXIS 2442

Snippet: That at the time of the action, Florida Statute 696.01, F.S.A., [‘No contract, agreement, or other instrument

Taylor v. Mathews

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1907-01-15

Citation: 53 Fla. 776

Snippet: Bank of Jacksonville, 23 Fla. 346, 2 South. Rep. 696; 1 Daniel’s Ch. Pl. & Pr. (6th ed.) 584, note 1, and