The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 197
TAX COLLECTIONS, SALES, AND LIENS

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F.S. 197.512

197.512 Notice, form of publication for obtaining tax deed by holder.—

(1) Upon the receipt of the application as provided by s. 197.502, and after the proper charges have been paid, the clerk shall publish a notice once each week for 4 consecutive weeks at weekly intervals in a newspaper selected as provided in s. 197.402. The form of notice of the application for a tax deed shall be as prescribed by the department. No tax deed sale shall be held until 30 days after the first publication of the notice.

(2) Proof of the publication or posting of the notice provided for in this section shall be filed by the clerk of the circuit court in the clerk’s office on or before the date fixed for the making of the sale. When there is no newspaper, the clerk shall execute and file in his or her office a certificate of the posting of the notices, stating where and on what dates the notices were posted.

(3) Except when the land is redeemed according to law, the clerk shall record his or her certificate of notice and his or her certificate of advertising in the public records of the county with such other relevant documents as may be required by the department.

History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 17457, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 999(137, 138); ss. 25, 27, ch. 20722, 1941; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55; s. 1, ch. 72-268; ss. 18, 30, ch. 73-332; s. 188, ch. 85-342; s. 1025, ch. 95-147; s. 10, ch. 2001-252.

Note.—Former ss. 194.16, 197.495, 194.17, 197.500, 197.251, 197.246.

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Amendments to 197.512

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 197.512

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 197.512.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HORNE, v. MIAMI- DADE COUNTY, LLC,, 89 So. 3d 987 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . The Clerk’s office also published the four weekly notices of tax deed sale as specified in section 197.512 . . .

D. SRYGLEY Z. v. CAPITAL PLAZA, INC. a, 82 So. 3d 1211 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . the unit pursuant to a tax deed it obtained through the tax deed sale process set forth in sections 197.512 . . . Additionally, section 197.512(1), Florida Statutes (2009), mandates that after a tax certificate has . . .

SOUTH INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, INC. v. ICON INVESTMENTS, LLC,, 988 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . notice of the pending tax deed sale in the Orlando Sentinel newspaper for 30 days, pursuant to section 197.512 . . .

HUTCHINSON ISLAND REALTY, INC. v. BABCOCK VENTURES, INC., 867 So. 2d 528 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . (2), Florida Statutes (2000), and publication of notice in a general circulation newspaper, section 197.512 . . .

D. CRANE v. MARTIN,, 741 So. 2d 1251 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . We affirm, because the statute requiring notice by publication, section 197.512(1), Florida Statutes . . . The court observed that section 194.16, Florida Statutes, a predecessor to section 197.512(1), contained . . . Florida Administrative Code Rule 12D-13.062(c) provides the form for the published notice under section 197.512 . . .

C. SKELTON, v. MARTIN, C. K., 673 So. 2d 877 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . . § 197.512, Fla.Stat. (1991). Mr. . . .

M. FERNANDEZ M. v. W. ERNST, TCPA, 646 So. 2d 300 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . See §§ 197.542(2), 197.512(1), Fla.Stats. (1993). . . .

CAPE ATLANTIC LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. COUNTY OF VOLUSIA,, 581 So. 2d 1384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . tax deed sale was published only once rather than on four consecutive weeks as prescribed by section 197.512 . . . shall be issued pursuant to s. 197.-552, for each parcel of property shown on the tax certificate. 197.512 . . .