Under Florida law, a deed is a written instrument that creates, makes, grants, transfers, or releases an estate, a freehold interest, or an interest for a term of more than one year in, of, or out of any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments.[1] Deeds must be signed by the vendor, or their agent, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.[2]A deed that follows the form for warranty deeds as prescribed in the Florida Statutes is “held to be a warranty deed with full common-law convenants . . . .”[3] This refers, among others, to the covenant of seisin, the covenan...
Under Florida law, a deed is a written instrument that creates, makes, grants, transfers, or releases an estate, a freehold interest, or an interest for a term of more than one year in, of, or out of any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments.[1] Deeds ...