Florida Statute 720.312 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 720
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS

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F.S. 720.312

720.312 Declaration of covenants; survival after tax deed or foreclosure.—All provisions of a declaration of covenants relating to a parcel that has been sold for taxes or special assessments survive and are enforceable after the issuance of a tax deed or master’s deed, or upon the foreclosure of an assessment, a certificate or lien, a tax deed, tax certificate, or tax lien, to the same extent that they would be enforceable against a voluntary grantee of title to the parcel immediately before the delivery of the tax deed or master’s deed or immediately before the foreclosure.

History.—s. 62, ch. 95-274; s. 51, ch. 2000-258.

Note.—Former s. 617.312.

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Cases Citing Statute 720.312

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Cricket Properties, LLC v. Nassau Pointe at Heritage Isles Homeowners Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-09-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 124 So. 3d 302, 2013 WL 5288863, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 14968

Snippet: homeowners associations. See § 720.302(1). Section 720.312, which was enacted in 1995,2 provides for the survival…before the foreclosure. (Emphasis added.) Section 720.312 acts as a “safeguard” for covenants governing assessments…at 489 (construing the prior version of section 720.312, which was section 617.312, and noting that the…pursuant to a tax deed, in futuro”). However, section 720.312 omits any mention of hens and therefore does not…owner. (Emphasis added.) Consistent with section 720.312, section 720.3085(2)(a) imposes liability for future

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2001-01-11T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: date of this act and that ss. 720.301 — 720.312 are not intended to impair such contract rights…720.302(3), Fla. Stat., providing that ss. 720.301-720.312, Fla. Stat., do not apply to: "(a) A community