177.061 – Qualification and statement required.
177.061 Qualification and statement required.—Every plat offered for recording pursuant to the provisions of this part must be prepared by a professional surveyor and mapper. The plat must be signed and sealed by that professional surveyor and mapper, who must state on the plat that the plat was prepared under his or her direction and supervision […]
177.071 – Approval of plat by governing bodies.
177.071 Approval of plat by governing bodies.— (1) Before a plat is offered for recording, it must be approved by the appropriate governing body, and evidence of such approval must be placed on the plat. If not approved, the governing body must return the plat to the professional surveyor and mapper or the legal entity offering the […]
177.081 – Dedication and approval.
177.081 Dedication and approval.— (1) Prior to approval by the appropriate governing body, the plat shall be reviewed for conformity to this chapter by a professional surveyor and mapper either employed by or under contract to the local governing body, the costs of which shall be borne by the legal entity offering the plat for recordation, and […]
177.085 – Platted streets; reversionary clauses.
177.085 Platted streets; reversionary clauses.— (1) When any owner of land subdivides the land and dedicates streets, other roadways, alleys or similar strips on the map or plat, and the dedication contains a provision that the reversionary interest in the street, roadway, alley or other similar strip is reserved unto the dedicator or his or her heirs, […]
177.086 – Installation of cul-de-sacs.
177.086 Installation of cul-de-sacs.—In the event a municipality or county installs a cul-de-sac on a street or road under its jurisdiction and thereby discontinues use of any existing street or road right-of-way, such discontinuance shall not operate to abandon or vacate the unused right-of-way unless the governing body of the municipality or county adopts a resolution […]
177.091 – Plats made for recording.
177.091 Plats made for recording.—Every plat of a subdivision offered for recording shall conform to the following: (1) It must be: (a) An original drawing made with black permanent drawing ink; or (b) A nonadhered scaled print on a stable base film made by photographic processes from a film scribing tested for residual hypo testing solution to assure permanency. […]
177.101 – Vacation and annulment of plats subdividing land.
177.101 Vacation and annulment of plats subdividing land.— (1) Whenever it is discovered, after the plat has been recorded in the public records, that the developer has previously caused the lands embraced in the second plat to be differently subdivided under and by virtue of another plat of the same identical lands, and the first plat was […]
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. […]