§ 712.08, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 712. MARKETABLE RECORD TITLES TO REAL PROPERTY
Filing false claim.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
No person shall use the privilege of filing notices hereunder for the purpose of asserting false or fictitious claims to land; and in any action relating thereto if the court shall find that any person has filed a false or fictitious claim, the court may award to the prevailing party all costs incurred by her or him in such action, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, and in addition thereto may award to the prevailing party all damages that she or he may have sustained as a result of the filing of such notice of claim.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 8, ch. 63-133; s. 799, ch. 97-102.
Source of truth
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- 2026 Florida Statutes
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- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0712/0712.html
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