Florida Statute 715.06 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 715
PROPERTY: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 715.06

715.06 Real estate; exploration for minerals.—Where title to the surface of real property and title to the subsurface and minerals on or under such real property is divided into different ownerships, then the surface owner and her or his heirs, successors, and assigns shall be entitled to explore, drill, and prospect such real property, including the subsurface thereof, for all minerals except oil, gas, and sulphur without being liable to the owners of the minerals, or any party or parties claiming under such owners, for any damages or for the value of such minerals, as it is usual by customary prospecting methods and procedures to take from such land for the purpose of analyzing and determining the kind and extent thereof.

History.—s. 1, ch. 67-120; s. 838, ch. 97-102.

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Hill v. Bridgers

397 So. 2d 1212, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 19689

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 8, 1981 | Docket: 64582464

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Inc., 220 So.2d 451 (Fla. 1st DCA 1969). Cf. § 715.06, Fla.Stat. (1979). Moreover, a prospective purchaser