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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 697
INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE
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F.S. 697.02
697.02 Nature of a mortgage.A mortgage shall be held to be a specific lien on the property therein described, and not a conveyance of the legal title or of the right of possession.
History.ss. 1, 2, ch. 525, 1853; RS 1982; GS 2495; RGS 3837; CGL 5725.

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Cases Citing Statute 697.02

Total Results: 20

VIATCHESLAV KOKHAN and ZOIA KOKHAN v. AUTO CLUB INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-05-20

Snippet: provisions.” Sebo, 208 So. 3d at 697. 2 Here, the “all risks” policy

ABDUL SALAM and GHAZALA K. SALAM v. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOC., ETC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-12-20

Snippet: (Fla. 3d DCA 2017) (citation omitted); see also § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2014) (“A mortgage shall be held to

Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC v. Debra A. Newell

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-12-05

Snippet: the property with a lien for the mortgage. See § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (lien of mortgage covers the property

Viscito v. Viscito

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-08-23

Citation: 225 So. 3d 959, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 12036, 2017 WL 3611549

Snippet: Court of Florida is pending, case no. SC17-697. 2 . This might occur when "there is no

Glen Garron, LLC v. Buchwald

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-02-03

Citation: 210 So. 3d 229, 2017 WL 456937, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1250

Snippet: 561 So.2d 297, 301 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (citing § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (1987)). The acceleration clause in

Heartwood 2, LLC v. Dori

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-01-11

Citation: 208 So. 3d 817, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 212

Snippet: encompasses the property described in the mortgage. See § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2005). Thus, for a mortgage to create

Brittany's Place Condominium Association, Inc. v. U.S. Bank, N.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-10-05

Citation: 205 So. 3d 794, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14788

Snippet: specific lien on the property therein described,” § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2014), a mortgagee is an entity “holding

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Hagstrom

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-07-20

Citation: 203 So. 3d 918, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11054

Snippet: (quoting § 90.953(1), Fla. Stat. (2010))); see also § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2011) (“A mortgage shall be held to

Regions Bank v. Deluca

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-08-22

Citation: 97 So. 3d 879, 2012 WL 3588021, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13986

Snippet: the property that is described in the mortgage. § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2004); Sunshine Meadows Condo. Ass’n

Cukierman v. BankAtlantic

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-02-01

Citation: 89 So. 3d 250, 2012 WL 280408, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 1342

Snippet: special lien against the collateral property, see § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2001); Hemphill v. Nelson, 95 Fla

Winter Park Imports, Inc. v. JM Family Enterprises

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-07-01

Citation: 66 So. 3d 336, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 10379, 2011 WL 2581758

Snippet: against the defendants pursuant to section 320.697.[2] Although the plaintiff divided its third amended

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: the legal title or of the right of possession.” § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2005). To enforce the mortgage lien

Free v. Free

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-08-04

Citation: 936 So. 2d 699, 2006 WL 2190777

Snippet: of instruments of conveyance, such as a deed. § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (2005); Marcus v. Hull, 142 Fla. 306

Basel v. McFarland & Sons, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-04-05

Citation: 815 So. 2d 687, 2002 WL 506947

Snippet: statutory guidelines found in section 768.74(5):[7] *697 2. The Court, which heard all of the testimony in

Wertkin v. Wertkin

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-06-14

Citation: 763 So. 2d 461, 2000 WL 763602

Snippet: .. (Emphasis added)(footnote omitted). Section 697.02, Florida Statutes (1997), provides, "[a] mortgage

Seasons Partnership v. KRAUS-ANDERSON

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-09-19

Citation: 700 So. 2d 60, 1997 WL 577716

Snippet: Baumgartner, 99 Fla. 987, 128 So. 241 (1930). See also § 697.02, Fla. Stat. (1995) (providing mortgage is lien

Personal Finance Co. v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-08-14

Citation: 678 So. 2d 463, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 8397, 1996 WL 464083

Snippet: assigned as collateral to its own financier, see § 697.02, Fla.Stat. (1995), and (c) that there was no basis

Bank One, Dayton, N.A. v. Sunshine Meadows Condominium Ass'n

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-09-08

Citation: 641 So. 2d 1333, 91 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 430, 1994 Fla. LEXIS 1359, 1994 WL 481570

Snippet: specific lien on the property therein described.” § 697.02, Fla.Stat. (1983). The mortgage in this case covered

City of Jacksonville v. Nashid Properties, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-05-13

Citation: 636 So. 2d 875, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 4642, 1994 WL 182028

Snippet: mortgage on real property is a lien on the property. § 697.02, Fla.Stat. (1987). We REVERSE the judgment before

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1994-04-07

Snippet: county taxes."6 The plain language of section 373.0697(2), Florida Statutes, subjects the collection of