The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 695
RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE

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F.S. 695.09

695.09 Identity of grantor.—No acknowledgment or proof shall be taken, except as set forth in s. 695.03(3), by any officer within or without the United States unless the officer knows, or has satisfactory proof, that the person making the acknowledgment is the individual described in, and who executed, such instrument or that the person offering to make proof is one of the subscribing witnesses to such instrument.

History.—RS 1975; GS 2486; RGS 3828; CGL 5706; s. 3, ch. 84-97; s. 765, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 695.09

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 695.09

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 695.09.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In HENRY, a k a HENRY, a k a v. FIRST INDIANA BANK,, 200 B.R. 59 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1996)

. . . Florida Statutes Ch. 695.09 provides statutory guidelines for notarization: No acknowledgement or proof . . .

M. WALKER v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, C., 360 So. 2d 52 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . (See F.S. 695.09) The mere existence of an acknowledgment on an instrument can therefore raise no presumption . . .

E. B. EDENFIELD, v. J. D. WINGARD W. E., 89 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1956)

. . . However, another material portion of the statute, Sec. 695.09, requires that: “No acknowledgment * * . . . such instrument, * * * ” We cannot assume the notary failed to obey his official duty set out in Sec. 695.09 . . .