Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 712.10 (2025)

Law to be liberally construed.

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712.10 Law to be liberally construed.This law shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose of simplifying and facilitating land title transactions by allowing persons to rely on a record title as described in s. 712.02 subject only to such limitations as appear in s. 712.03.
History.s. 10, ch. 63-133.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases, 1969–2019 · leading case: Blanton v. City of Pinellas Park, 887 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. 2004).
Blanton v. City of Pinellas Park, 887 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. 2004). · cites it 2× “See § 712.10, Fla. Stat. (2003). Section 712.”
H & F Land v. Panama City-Bay Co. Airport, 736 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 1999). · cites it 5× “See § 712.10, Fla. Stat. (1995). MRTA was designed to simplify conveyances of real property, stabilize titles, and give certainty to land ownership.”
Florida Dep't of Transp. v. Clipper Bay Investments, LLC, 160 So. 3d 858 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 3× “It states: Any person having the legal capacity to own land in this state, who, alone or together with her or his predecessors in title, has been vested with any estate in land of record for 30 years or more, shall have a marketable record title to such estate in said land,…”
Cirelli v. Ent, 885 So. 2d 423 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). · cites it 2× “" § 712.10, Fla. Stat. (2002). In ITT Rayonier, Inc.”
Clipper Bay Investments, LLC v. State Dep't of Transp., 117 So. 3d 7 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013). · cites it 3× “Further, MRTA states that its provisions should be liberally construed: This law shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose of simplifying and facilitating land title transactions by allowing persons to rely on a record title as described in s.”
Holland v. Hattaway, 438 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). · cites it 2× “Considering that the legislative purpose of MRTA is to simplify and facilitate land title *468 transactions and to permit persons to rely on the record title (section 712.10), it is difficult to believe the legislature intended MRTA to apply to two active competing titles and to…”
Marshall v. Hollywood, Inc., 236 So. 2d 114 (Fla. 1970). · cites it 2× “The clear Legislative *120 intention behind the Act, as expressed in F.S. § 712.10, F.S.A., was to simplify and facilitate land title transactions by allowing persons to rely on a record title as described by F.”
Askew v. Sonson, 409 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1981). · cites it 2× “" § 712.10, Fla. Stat. (1977). Section 712.”
Sunshine Vistas Homeowners Ass'n v. Caruana, 623 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 1993). · cites it 2× “" § 712.10, Fla. Stat. (1989). The act provides that a person "vested with any estate in land of record for 30 years or more" has "a marketable record title .”
Martin v. Town of Palm Beach, 643 So. 2d 112 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). · cites it 2× “02 [4] provides that, when a record owner, alone or with its predecessors in title, has been vested with an estate in land of record for 30 years or more, such owner has marketable title free and clear of all claims except matters preserved by section 712.”
Wilson v. Kelley, 226 So. 2d 123 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969). · cites it 2× “[5] "This law shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose of simplifying and facilitating land title transactions by allowing persons to rely on a record title as described in § 712.”
Sawyer v. Modrall, 286 So. 2d 610 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973). · cites it 2× “The purpose of the Marketable Record Title Act was to simplify and facilitate land transactions by letting interested parties rely on the record title, Section 712.10, F.S. 1971, F.S.A.; Marshall v.”
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