FL S1520

Creates section 704.09, Florida Statutes, defining "utility easements" as written grants for water, wastewater, natural gas, electricity, drainage, and other utility services that can be alienated, assigned, divided, or transferred unless the creating instrument provides otherwise.

Amends section 712.03 to clarify that estates, interests, easements, or use restrictions created before the root of title are preserved only when specifically identified by official records reference (book and page, instrument number, or plat name) rather than by general reference.

Amends section 712.04 to specify that marketable record titles are not affected by zoning requirements, building or development permits, and to preserve recorded covenants or restrictions that were accepted by governmental entities as conditions of development approval.

Amends section 712.12 to remove the requirement that covenants or restrictions be "imposed by a private party and not required by a governmental agency" from the definition of covenant or restriction.

Requires persons with interests in land potentially extinguished by this act to file a notice under section 712.06, Florida Statutes, by July 1, 2022, to preserve such interests.