§ 695.13, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 695. RECORD OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE
Want of certificate of record.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Whenever any instrument authorized or required by law to be recorded shall appear to be recorded in the appropriate record book in the proper office, whether the record shall be in the handwriting of the officer whose duty it was to record such instrument, or in the handwriting of any other person, the record shall be presumed to have been made by the officer whose duty it was to make it, and the absence of a certificate of such officer that such instrument was recorded by her or him shall in no wise affect the validity of the record.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 3894, 1889; RS 1979; GS 2490; RGS 3832; CGL 5710; s. 768, ch. 97-102.
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