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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 697
INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE
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F.S. 697.05
697.05 Balloon mortgages; scope of law; definition; requirements as to contents; penalties for violations; exemptions.
(1) Any conveyance, obligation conditioned or defeasible, bill of sale, or other instrument of writing conveying or selling real property for the purpose or with the intention of securing the payment of money, whether such instrument is from the debtor to the creditor or from the debtor to some third person in trust for the creditor, shall be deemed and held to be a mortgage and shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
(2)(a)1. Every mortgage in which the final payment or the principal balance due and payable upon maturity is greater than twice the amount of the regular monthly or periodic payment of the mortgage shall be deemed a balloon mortgage; and, except as provided in subparagraph 2., there shall be printed or clearly stamped on such mortgage a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS IS A BALLOON MORTGAGE AND THE FINAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENT OR THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE DUE UPON MATURITY IS $ , TOGETHER WITH ACCRUED INTEREST, IF ANY, AND ALL ADVANCEMENTS MADE BY THE MORTGAGEE UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS MORTGAGE.

2. In the case of any balloon mortgage securing the payment of an obligation the rate of interest on which is variable or is to be adjusted or renegotiated periodically, where the principal balance due on maturity cannot be calculated with any certainty:
a. The principal balance due upon maturity shall be calculated on the assumption that the initial rate of interest will apply for the entire term of the mortgage;
b. The legend shall disclose that the stated principal balance due upon maturity is an approximate amount based on such assumption; and
c. A legend in substantially the following form suffices to comply with the requirements of this section:

THIS IS A BALLOON MORTGAGE SECURING A VARIABLE (adjustable; renegotiable) RATE OBLIGATION. ASSUMING THAT THE INITIAL RATE OF INTEREST WERE TO APPLY FOR THE ENTIRE TERM OF THE MORTGAGE, THE FINAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENT OR THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE DUE UPON MATURITY WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $ , TOGETHER WITH ACCRUED INTEREST, IF ANY, AND ALL ADVANCEMENTS MADE BY THE MORTGAGEE UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS MORTGAGE. THE ACTUAL BALANCE DUE UPON MATURITY MAY VARY DEPENDING ON CHANGES IN THE RATE OF INTEREST.

(b) This legend, including the principal balance due upon maturity, shall appear at the top of the first page or face sheet of the mortgage and also shall appear immediately above the place for signature of the mortgagor. The legend shall be conspicuously printed or stamped.
(3) Failure of a mortgagee or creditor or a third party in trust for a mortgagee or creditor to comply with the provisions of this section shall automatically extend the maturity date of such mortgage in the following manner: The mortgagor shall continue to make monthly or periodic payments until the principal and interest which has accrued prior to the time of the balloon payment of the mortgage is paid in full, and the maturity date shall be automatically extended to the date upon which said payments would cause the mortgage debt to be paid in full assuming such payments are made when due upon such monthly or periodic schedule. The mortgagor shall be entitled to prepay the mortgage without penalty during the extension period.
(4) This section does not apply to the following:
(a) Any mortgage in effect prior to January 1, 1960;
(b) Any first mortgage, excluding a mortgage in favor of a home improvement contractor defined in s. 520.61(13) the execution of which is required solely by the terms of a home improvement contract which is governed by the provisions of ss. 520.60-520.98;
(c) Any mortgage created for a term of 5 years or more, excluding a mortgage in favor of a home improvement contractor defined in s. 520.61(13) the execution of which is required solely by the terms of a home improvement contract which is governed by the provisions of ss. 520.60-520.98;
(d) Any mortgage, the periodic payments on which are to consist of interest payments only, with the entire original principal sum to be payable upon maturity;
(e) Any mortgage securing an extension of credit in excess of $500,000;
(f) Any mortgage granted in a transaction covered by the federal Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. ss. 1601 et seq., in which each mortgagor thereunder is furnished a Truth in Lending Disclosure Statement that satisfies the requirements of the federal Truth in Lending Act; or
(g) Any mortgage granted by a purchaser to a seller pursuant to a written agreement to buy and sell real property which provides that the final payment of said mortgage debt will exceed the periodic payments thereon.
History.ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ch. 59-356; s. 1, ch. 61-472; ss. 12, 13, ch. 83-267; ss. 11, 12, ch. 83-311; s. 1, ch. 86-39; s. 69, ch. 99-3; s. 22, ch. 99-164; s. 1879, ch. 2003-261.

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M. ZANDER, v. CIMA,, 197 So. 3d 1082 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . improperly seeking to collect on the note where the mortgage failed to meet the requirements of section 697.05 . . . asserted that the trial court determined that the mortgage failed to meet the requirements of section 697.05 . . . mortgage' securing the note failed to meet the requirements of a balloon mortgage as prescribed by section 697.05 . . . See § 697.05(4)(b) ("This section does not apply to ... . . . Further, section 697.05(4)(g) also exempts “[a]ny mortgage granted by a purchaser to a seller pursuant . . .

MEJIA v. CONAMARIS INVESTMENT CORP. a, 671 So. 2d 204 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . . § 697.05(2)(b), Fla.Stat. (1993). . . .

G. STEVENS, v. ALLEGRO LEASING, INC. a, 562 So. 2d 380 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . the purchaser/mortgagor, contended that the note and mortgage involved did not comply with section 697.05 . . . concluded that the term of the note in question was five years and, thus, it was controlled by section 697.05 . . .

R. LAGE, v. PAN AMERICAN BANK n k a NCNB, 529 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Judgment in a mortgage foreclosure action is whether the provisions of the balloon mortgage statute, § 697.05 . . . We hold that the mortgage before us is a balloon mortgage subject to the provisions of section 697.05 . . . and counter cross-claim against NCNB asserting the affirmative defense of noncompliance with section 697.05 . . . Section 697.05(2)(a)l, Florida Statutes (1987), defines “balloon mortgage” as “[e]very mortgage in which . . . See § 697.05(3), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . .

F. CADEN, M. L. A. v. SAFECO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY,, 475 So. 2d 275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . In doing so, Safeco failed to include in the mortgage the statutory legend mandated by section 697.05 . . . Pursuant to section 697.05(4), the Hudsons counterclaimed, seeking the return of all the interest they . . . See § 697.05(4), Fla.Stat. (1979). . . . Further, neither section 697.05 nor the final judgment provide for or allow acceleration of future interest . . . Whether section 697.05 or the facts and circumstances of this case affords the Cadens an independent . . .

E. C. FOGG, III, v. SOUTHEAST BANK, N. A. a, 473 So. 2d 1352 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . In 1983 the balloon mortgage statute, section 697.05(2)(a), Florida Statutes, was amended to exempt from . . . The act in question did no more than exempt this mortgage from the penalty provision of section 697.05 . . . If the mortgage had been found to be in violation of section 697.05(2), Florida Statutes, then the court . . . The trial court therefore correctly applied the 1983 amendment to section 697.05, Florida Statutes, to . . .

In SHELL MATERIALS, INC. SHELL MATERIALS, INC. v. FIRST BANK OF PINELLAS COUNTY,, 51 B.R. 744 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1985)

. . . In Count I of the Complaint, the Debtor alleges that the Bank, a secured creditor, violated § 697.05 . . . Section 697.05 Fla.Stat. (1983) provides as follows: .697.05 Balloon mortgages; scope of law; definition . . . complied with the statute and substantial compliance is sufficient; (2) that the mortgage is excepted by § 697.05 . . . arguments and finds each without merit for the following reasons: First, the constitutionality of § 697.05 . . .

H. SNAITH G. v. G. HARALDSON, F. A. W., 466 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . The legend required by section 697.05(2)(a), Florida Statutes (1981), appears on the mortgage, but it . . . does not appear at both points that section 697.05(2)(b) directs it should. . . . apparently feeling that the mortgage as prepared did not meet the statutory requirements of section 697.05 . . . purview of the statutory exception regarding “[a]ny mortgage created for a term of more than 5 years.” § 697.05 . . . furnish, except that the mortgage does not set forth the legend in the exact manner required by section 697.05 . . .

R. SPIELVOGEL, v. CROWN REALTY ASSOCIATES, A, 465 So. 2d 532 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . well-pled allegation that the mortgage was a balloon mortgage, subject to the provisions of section 697.05 . . . involved in the parties’ dispute was determined not to be a balloon mortgage as defined by Section 697.05 . . . the most reasonable interpretation of the phrase ‘term’ of the mortgage as used in Florida Statutes § 697.05 . . .

FOGG v. SOUTHEAST BANK, N. A., 7 Fla. Supp. 2d 1 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1984)

. . . Both parties agree that the primary legal issue for determination by the Court is whether Section 697.05 . . . A new provision, Section 697.05(5)(e), Florida Statutes, specifically exempted from the scope and operation . . . Based upon the foregoing, Section 697.05, Florida Statutes is inapplicable to the mortgage loan held . . .

R. O NEIL, v. LORAIN NATIONAL BANK, a, 369 So. 2d 378 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . . § 697.05 Fla.Stat. (1977). . . . Appellee also alleges that Section 697.05(4) Florida Statutes (1977) predicates liability upon persons . . . note and mortgage, it is not liable for having failed to place the proper legend on the mortgage. § 697.05 . . . The mortgage did not contain the legend required by Section 697.05(2) and was not a first mortgage. . . . Section 697.05(4) states in part: Any mortgagee, creditor, bonafide holder, assignee, transferee, endorsee . . .

E. OVERLOOK A. v. L. MARSHALL,, 363 So. 2d 131 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . involves a rather harsh application of the forfeiture provisions of the balloon mortgage statute, Section 697.05 . . .

C. DAVIES F. v. L. G. COX, 349 So. 2d 218 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . This is an appeal involving the construction and effect of Section 697.05, Florida Statutes, dealing . . . Davies, were not entitled to invoke the provisions of Section 697.05 to prevent the appellees, L. . . . Section 697.05(2)(a) provides: Every mortgage in which the final payment or the balance due and payable . . . Thereafter, the statute provides that the failure to comply with the requirements of Section 697.05(2 . . . The Cox mortgage does not contain the language set out in Section 697.05(2)(a). . . .

S. FLETCHER C. Co- H. v. LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF LOUISVILLE, A, 349 So. 2d 652 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . American was usurious; and the note and mortgage violated the “Florida Balloon Mortgage Statute”, Section 697.05 . . .

H. OVERSTREET a v. BISHOP,, 343 So. 2d 958 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . Moody discovered that the mortgage was a balloon mortgage and subject to the proscriptions of Section 697.05 . . . the mortgage was a balloon mortgage and was therefore subject to the forfeiture provisions of Section 697.05 . . . involve the unconscionable overreaching of a mortgagor who sought to invoke the provisions of Section 697.05 . . . Following default, a foreclosure action was brought and the mortgagor sought enforcement of Section 697.05 . . .

SLOMOVIC, v. PETRYK,, 341 So. 2d 208 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . She relies upon the provisions of F.S. 697.05 (1975), to sustain her position. . . . Section 697.05, F.S. (1975) provides that any conveyance given for the purpose of securing money is deemed . . . F.S. 697.05(3) (1975). . . . The issue to be decided by us is whether the provisions of F.S. 697.05 (1975) apply to this lawsuit or . . . execution of the note the appellee is bound by the provisions of the Balloon Mortgage Statute (F.S. 697.05 . . .

E. PERRY, v. KEY WEST STATE BANK, a, 339 So. 2d 248 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . Florida Statutes § 697.05(2)(a) requires that “[ejvery mortgage in which the final payment or the balance . . . Florida Statutes § 697.05(3) & (4) provide penalties for failure of the mortgagee to comply with the . . . These provisions do not apply, however, where the mortgage falls within the exemption of Section 697.05 . . . the most reasonable interpretation of the phrase “term” of the mortgage as used in Florida Statutes § 697.05 . . . Affirmed. . § 697.05, Fla.Stat. (1975). . . .

VLOCK v. CAPODILUPO,, 327 So. 2d 787 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . moved to amend the pleadings to conform to the evidence and to apply the Balloon Mortgage Statute [§ 697.05 . . . We cannot agree. § 697.05, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. reads in pertinent part: “697.05 Balloon mortgages; scope . . .

LUPOFF, v. G. HARTOG, a, 237 So. 2d 588 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970)

. . . Section 697.05, F.S.A. . . . facts of this mortgage transaction warrant the application of the forfeiture provisions under Section 697.05 . . . fees because the following language was not printed or clearly stamped on the mortgage pursuant to 697.05 . . . Section 697.05, F.S.A., and that the mortgagee was thus precluded from collecting interest and being . . . Section 697.05, F.S.A. is clear and plain and that since the relationship between the parties is one . . .

L. WINNER, L. v. WESTWOOD, Jr. M., 237 So. 2d 151 (Fla. 1970)

. . . . § 697.05, F.S.A., the “Balloon Mortgage Statute.” . . . . § 697.05, F.S. A., and, therefore, subject to the penalties contained in the statute. . . . contain the required legend, and does not qualify under any of the exceptions provided by Fla.Stat. § 697.05 . . . Exceptions to the application of the penalties are listed in Fla.Stat, § 697.05(5), F.S.A.: “This section . . . Stat. § 697.05(5) (b), F.S.A. above. . . .

BELLMAN v. YARMARK ENTERPRISES, INC. a, 180 So. 2d 663 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965)

. . . and to entel-an amended final decree upon the complaint in accordance with the provisions of section 697.05 . . . and the counter-plaintiff in an action to secure forfeiture of interest payments pursuant to section 697.05 . . . He urges that the chancellor misconstrued section 697.05 Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which is sometimes . . . The section is as follows: “697.05 Balloon mortgages; scope of law; definition; requirements as to-contents . . .

SHERIDAN COAL CO., 4 B.T.A. 563 (B.T.A. 1926)

. . . 1917_ 143. 21 12-31-1917 Depreciation 416. 67 12-22-1917_ 368. 50 Balance_ __ 37,900.97 12-31-1917_ 697.05 . . .