The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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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Amendments to 696.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 696.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 696.01.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

MORRIS v. J. OSTEEN,, 948 So. 2d 821 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . have reasoned that the Barzanos subsequent quitclaim title took priority over the lease under section 696.01 . . .

RIDGEWOOD UTILITIES CORPORATION, v. R. L. KING,, 426 So. 2d 49 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . Because Section 696.01, Florida Statutes (1981), requires that such a contract be acknowledged by the . . .

R. COGGINS v. F. MIMMS C., 373 So. 2d 964 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Section 696.01, Florida Statutes (1977). . . .

E. BOGLE, v. PERKINS,, 240 So. 2d 801 (Fla. 1970)

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