The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 689
CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST

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F.S. 689.10

689.10 Words of limitation and the words “fee simple” dispensed with.—Where any real estate has heretofore been conveyed or granted or shall hereafter be conveyed or granted without there being used in the said deed or conveyance or grant any words of limitation, such as heirs or successors, or similar words, such conveyance or grant, whether heretofore made or hereafter made, shall be construed to vest the fee simple title or other whole estate or interest which the grantor had power to dispose of at that time in the real estate conveyed or granted, unless a contrary intention shall appear in the deed, conveyance or grant.

History.—s. 1, ch. 5145, 1903; GS 2456; RGS 3796; s. 1, ch. 10170, 1925; CGL 5669.

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Amendments to 689.10

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 689.10

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 689.10.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

J. ROGERS, v. UNITED STATES, 184 So. 3d 1087 (Fla. 2015)

. . . Section 689.10, Florida Statutes (2014), provides; Where any real estate has heretofore been conveyed . . .

In MERRY- GO- ROUND ENTERPRISES, INC. H. v. PHOENIX AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,, 400 F.3d 219 (4th Cir. 2005)

. . . The court determined the amount of the judgment by aggregating Interest Payment I ($135,-689.10) with . . .

THRASHER, v. A. ARIDA,, 858 So. 2d 1173 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . Section 689.10, Florida Statutes (1969), provides that words of limitation in the conveyance of real . . . if one construes it to have conveyed fee title, appear to create a contrary intention under section 689.10 . . .

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, v. AEROVIAS MEXICO, S. A. C. V., 893 F. Supp. 215 (S.D.N.Y. 1995)

. . . Cash Collateral Account ($1,789,699.75) and iv) a payment made by Aeromexieo on December 1, 1994 ($17,-689.10 . . .

V. COOK, v. TRADEWINDS WEST CONDOMINIUM, INC., 636 So. 2d 591 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . urge the “subject to” language rendered the deed susceptible to clarification by parol evidence, § 689.10 . . .

J. HOLLAND v. STATE, 388 So. 2d 1080 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . Section 689.10, Florida Statutes (1969), (1979); Bronstein v. Bronstein, 83 So.2d 699 (Fla.1955). . . . Section 689.10. . . .

WILLIAMS v. CHESSER, 314 So. 2d 594 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . Janes, 153 Fla. 716, 15 So.2d 677 (1943); Section 689.10, Florida Statutes; and Chasteen v. . . . Janes, 153 Fla. 716, 15 So.2d 677 (1943); Section 689.10, Florida Statutes; and Chasteen v. . . .

SALTZMAN P. v. N. AHERN,, 306 So. 2d 537 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . principles, particularly in view of the statutory mandates contained in F.S. 689.02, 689.03, 689.09, and 689.10 . . .

BRONSTEIN a BRONSTEIN, BRONSTEIN, a v. BRONSTEIN S. Ad, 83 So. 2d 699 (Fla. 1955)

. . . . §• 689.10, F.S.A., our Legislature eliminated the necessity for the use of the word “heirs” as an indispensable . . .

FARREL- BIRMINGHAM COMPANY, v. UNITED STATES, 125 F. Supp. 297 (Ct. Cl. 1954)

. . . The resulting addition ■to the tax on this account was $1,135,-689.10. . . .