CHAPTER 694

694.01 Conveyances executed between 1817 and 1822.

History. — June 24, 1823; RS 1968; GS 2474; RGS 3815; CGL 5688.

694.02 Married women’s conveyances validated.

History. — s. 2, Feb. 4, 1835; RS 1969; GS 2475; RGS 3816; CGL 5689.

694.03 Married women’s conveyances by attorney validated.

History. — RS 1970; GS 2476; RGS 3817; CGL 5690.

694.04 Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated.

History. — Ch. 5412, 1905; s. 1, ch. 6217, 1911; RGS 3818; CGL 5691; s. 9, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 70-4.

694.05 Certain other conveyances validated.

History. — s. 2, ch. 2069, 1875; RS 1971; GS 2477; RGS 3819; CGL 5692.

694.06 Deeds executed by State Board of Education.

History. — s. 2, ch. 4999, 1901; GS 2478; RGS 3820; CGL 5693.

694.07 Certain grant of lands confirmed.

History. — s. 1, ch. 4707, 1899; GS 2479; RGS 3821; CGL 5694.

694.08 Certain instruments validated, notwithstanding lack of seals or witnesses, or defect in acknowledgment.

(1) Whenever any power of attorney has been executed and delivered, or any conveyance has been executed and delivered to any grantee by the person owning the land therein described, or conveying the same in an official or representative capacity, and has, for a period of 7 years or more been spread upon the records of the county wherein the land therein described has been or was at the time situated, and one or more subsequent conveyances of said land or parts thereof have been made, executed, delivered and recorded by parties claiming under such instrument or instruments, and such power of attorney or conveyance, or the public record thereof, shows upon its face a clear purpose and intent of the person executing the same to authorize the conveyance of said land or to convey the said land, the same shall be taken and held by all the courts of this state, in the absence of any showing of fraud, adverse possession, or pending litigation, to have authorized the conveyance of, or to have conveyed, the fee simple title, or any interest therein, of the person signing such instruments, or the person in behalf of whom the same was conveyed by a person in an official or representative capacity, to the land therein described as effectively as if there had been no defect in, failure of, or absence of the acknowledgment or the certificate of acknowledgment, if acknowledged, or the relinquishment of dower, and as if there had been no lack of the word “as” preceding the title of the person conveying in an official or representative capacity, of any seal or seals, or of any witness or witnesses, and shall likewise be taken and held by all the courts of this state to have been duly recorded so as to be admissible in evidence;

(2) Provided, however, that this

section shall not apply to any conveyance the validity of which shall be contested or have been contested by suit commenced heretofore or within 1 year of the effective date of this law.

History. — s. 1, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5695; s. 15, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 25277, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26957, 1951; s. 35, ch. 69-216; s. 22, ch. 2019-71.

694.09 Certified copies admissible in evidence.

History. — s. 2, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5696; s. 760, ch. 97-102.

694.10 Certain titles not affected.

History. — s. 3, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5697.

694.11 Certain deeds of county commissioners validated.

History. — s. 1, ch. 13622, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 5697(1).

694.12 Validation of instruments in which name of corporation is incorrectly set out.

History. — s. 1, ch. 14838, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 5673(1); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945.

694.13 Ratifying, validating, and confirming conveyances of real estate by county commissioners, district school boards, or boards of bond trustees or commissioners of drainage or other special improvement districts.

(1) All conveyances of real estate heretofore made by any of the several counties of the state or the county commissioners thereof, or any district school board, or any board of bond trustees or commissioners or supervisors of a drainage or other special improvement district, be and the same are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed; provided, however, that this

section shall not ratify, validate, or confirm any such conveyances which are the subject of litigation on June 16, 1947, or any tax deed, or title acquired by failure of the owner of lands to pay taxes or assessments.

(2) The several counties of the state by a majority of the county commissioners thereof or any school board or any board of bond trustees or commissioners or supervisors of a drainage or other special improvement district or a majority of the members thereof, are hereby authorized to execute and deliver deed to real property in which any such county, school board, board of bond trustees or commissioners or supervisors of a drainage or other special improvement district may have been interested.

History. — ss. 1, 2, ch. 24307, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 1, ch. 69-300.

694.14 Validation of deeds executed by guardians appointed under Veterans’ Guardianship Law.

History. — ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-341; s. 1, ch. 73-304; s. 170, ch. 73-333; s. 19, ch. 84-62; s. 761, ch. 97-102; s. 68, ch. 99-3.

694.15 Validation of conveyances by board of trustees.

History. — s. 1, ch. 77-385.

694.16 Conveyances by merger or conversion of business entities.

History. — ss. 7, 8, ch. 2000-298; s. 100, ch. 2006-1; s. 36, ch. 2015-148; s. 293, ch. 2019-90.

694.17 Validation of conveyances to custodian or trustee of an individual retirement account or qualified plan.

History. — s. 2, ch. 2006-147.