Florida Statute 698.01 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 698
CHATTEL MORTGAGES

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F.S. 698.01

698.01 To be recorded.—No chattel mortgage shall be valid or effectual against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice unless it be recorded, or unless the property included in it be delivered to the mortgagee and continue to remain truly and bona fide in her or his possession.

History.—RS 1983; GS 2496; RGS 3833; CGL 5726; s. 779, ch. 97-102.

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Cases Citing Statute 698.01

Total Results: 6

Lee v. Bank of Georgia

32 So. 2d 7, 159 Fla. 481, 13 A.L.R. 2d 1306, 1947 Fla. LEXIS 814

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 1947 | Docket: 3261074

Cited 13 times | Published

state two recording statutes. The first is Section 698.01 Florida Statutes 1941 (same F.S.A.) and is

Richardson Tractor Company v. Square Deal MacHinery & Supply Company

149 So. 2d 388

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 6, 1963 | Docket: 1479835

Cited 5 times | Published

against creditors or subsequent purchasers, Section 698.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The decision in Fritz

Florida First Nat. Bank v. Dent

350 So. 2d 481

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 1977 | Docket: 1707267

Cited 4 times | Published

vice-president and attested by only one signature. Section 698.01, Florida Statutes (1969), did indeed require

Merit Clothing Co. v. Lees

218 So. 2d 779, 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 6313

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 12, 1969 | Docket: 64508413

Published

CHATTEL MORTGAGE IS NOT RECORDED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 698.01, FLORIDA STATUTES, 1965? The answer to each

Austin v. Harden

152 So. 2d 751, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3646

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 19, 1963 | Docket: 60211852

Published

Fla.App. 1962, 143 So.2d 551. Under Fla.Stat. § 698.01, F.S.A.,2 no chattel mortgage is valid as against

Donoghue v. Beeler

127 So. 2d 125

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 27, 1961 | Docket: 60196779

Published

appellants’ mortgage. The appeal is from that decree. Section 698.01, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., provides as follows: "No