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177.107 – Closing and abandonment of roads; optional conveyance to a community development district; traffic control jurisdiction.

177.107 Closing and abandonment of roads; optional conveyance to a community development district; traffic control jurisdiction.— (1) The governing body of a municipality or county may abandon the roads and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded residential subdivision plat and simultaneously convey the municipality’s or county’s interest in such roads, rights-of-way, and appurtenant drainage facilities to a community […]

177.111 – Instructions for filing plat.

177.111 Instructions for filing plat.—After the approval by the appropriate governing body required by s. 177.071, the plat shall be recorded by the circuit court clerk or other recording officer upon submission thereto of such approved plat. The circuit court clerk or other recording officer shall maintain in his or her office a book of the […]

177.121 – Misdemeanor to molest monument or deface or destroy map or plat.

177.121 Misdemeanor to molest monument or deface or destroy map or plat.—It is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person to molest any monuments established according to this part or to deface or destroy any map or plat placed on public record. History.—s. 1A, ch. […]

177.131 – Recordation of the Department of Transportation official right-of-way maps and other governmental right-of-way maps.

177.131 Recordation of the Department of Transportation official right-of-way maps and other governmental right-of-way maps.— (1) The circuit court clerk of a county shall record in the public land records of the county any map prepared and adopted by the Department of Transportation or any other governmental entity as its official right-of-way map after the same has […]

177.011 – Purpose and scope of part I.

177.011 Purpose and scope of part I.—This part shall be deemed to establish consistent minimum requirements, and to create such additional powers in local governing bodies, as herein provided to regulate and control the platting of lands. This part establishes minimum requirements and does not exclude additional provisions or regulations by local ordinance, laws, or regulations. […]

177.132 – Preservation of unrecorded maps.

177.132 Preservation of unrecorded maps.— (1) The clerk of the circuit court of a county may receive and copy, as unrecorded maps, otherwise unrecorded plats and maps, including sales maps, which describe or illustrate the boundaries and subdivision of parcels of land, but which do not necessarily indicate proper metes and bounds or otherwise comply with the […]

177.021 – Legal status of recorded plats.

177.021 Legal status of recorded plats.—The recording of any plats made in compliance with the provisions of this part shall serve to establish the identity of all lands shown on and being a part of such plats, and lands may thenceforth be conveyed by reference to such plat. History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 1, ch. 98-20.

177.141 – Affidavit confirming error on a recorded plat.

177.141 Affidavit confirming error on a recorded plat.—In the event an error or omission in the data shown on any plat duly recorded under the provisions of this part is detected by subsequent examination or revealed by a retracement of the original survey of the lands shown on such recorded plat, the professional surveyor and mapper […]

177.031 – Definitions.

177.031 Definitions.—As used in this part: (1) “Alley” means a right-of-way providing a secondary means of access and service to abutting property. (2) “Block” includes “tier” or “group” and means a group of lots existing within well-defined and fixed boundaries, usually being an area surrounded by streets or other physical barriers and having an assigned number, letter, or […]

177.142 – Renaming of subdivisions and streets on plats and maps.

177.142 Renaming of subdivisions and streets on plats and maps.—If the local governing body determines that a subdivision, street, or other name appearing on a recorded plat or map or an unrecorded map maintained by the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to s. 177.132 constitutes an ethnic or racial slur, the local governing body is […]