FL S0886

Creates s. 689.041, F.S., establishing a curative procedure to correct scrivener's errors in deed legal descriptions without requiring court action

Defines "scrivener's error" as a single error or omission limited to: lot/block identification in platted lots, unit/building/phase identification in condominiums or cooperatives, or directional designation/numerical fraction in section-township-range descriptions

Allows deeds with scrivener's errors to convey title to intended property if: the grantor held record title at execution, the grantor owned no other property in the same subdivision/section within 5 years prior, and the property is not described solely by metes and bounds

Requires recording a sworn curative notice in the county where the property is located, using a specific statutory form that identifies the erroneous and intended legal descriptions

Recorded curative notice operates as a correction relating back to the original deed's record date and releases any cloud on title to property other than the intended property

Effective date: July 1, 2020