Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 270 · 18 active provisions
The lands, rights and privileges granted to, and conferred upon, the state by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act granting public lands in alternate sections to the States of Florida and Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said states,” approved May 17, 1856, are accepted upon the terms, condit…
To remove all doubt as to the title of the purchasers and transferees, and their assigns, from the several railroad companies, of the land granted by the United States to the state, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in this state, by Act of Congress, approved May 17, 1856, the state has granted and confir…
Any lands in the state that are now, or may hereafter be, vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state may not be sold, conveyed, or disposed of by the board of trustees until notice as provided in s. 253.115 has been given; however, this section does not apply to homestead, railr…
When the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund considers it expedient to sell any of the lands that are vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state, it must give notice of the sale as provided in s. 253.115. This section does not limit the applicability of s. 2…
Sections 270.07 and 270.08 shall in nowise impair the law of the state relative to homesteads or preemptions, or the law relative to the granting of lands for the construction of highways, public roads and canals.
(1) Unless the applicable agency chooses not to reserve such interest and except as otherwise provided by law, in all contracts and deeds for the sale of land executed by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or by any local government, water management district, or other agency of the state, the…
In the sale of state lands or other state property, whether made in the name of the state or in the name of any state agency, when such sale is or has been made upon the basis of partial payment or payments upon said lands or other property and the remainder or balance of payment or payments is or was secured by note o…
The state, or any agency of the state in which was vested the primary title to said land or other property, may in case of nonpayment of the full purchase price upon said lands or other property sold by the state or its agency and subject to mortgage or other instrument of indebtedness held by the state or its agency,…
Reinstatement of title in the state or its agency shall, by foreclosure or otherwise, operate to extinguish all liens for all taxes or assessments to which the lands would not have been subject had the title been in the state or its agency; provided, however, that any tax certificate or tax deed issued upon such lands…
Reinstatement of title by reconveyance or by forfeiture covering land or other property for which the state or its agency holds mortgage, or other instrument of indebtedness, or the vesting of title to lands or other property in the state or in its agency in any other manner, shall have the same effect as to tax or ass…
When title to lands or other property becomes vested in the state or its agency under ss. 270.16-270.19, such lands or other property shall be covered into that state fund or state department from which they originated or to which they may be conveyed. When title to lands or other property becomes so vested in the stat…
The provisions of ss. 270.16-270.18 shall apply to all transactions of the state, or any agency thereof, of the kind described in said sections in which the state or its agency has an equity.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the proceeds of state land, whether from sale, lease, rental, or the sale, lease, or rental of products in, on, or under such land, title to which has been or may be vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund by the Legislature of this state, or of l…
After payments have been made to the State School Trust Fund, as provided by the constitution and by law, any balance shall be and remain a part of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to be applied by the board of trustees of that fund to the payment of the expenses and the administration of that fund, including the la…
Where the lands of the state, title to which is vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, are subject to special assessments or special levies of taxes imposed by authority of the Legislature, the board of trustees may pay such special assessments or special levies out of moneys received f…
Special assessments or special levies heretofore imposed by legislative authority, which are now a lien upon the lands, title to which is in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, shall continue as a lien subject to payment as provided for in s. 270.24; provided, however, that the provisions of t…
The provisions of ss. 270.22-270.25 shall not apply to any lands, title to which has vested or which may vest in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund through any law foreclosing the lien for taxes until all such liens shall have been satisfied as provided by law.
(1) The Department of Management Services is hereby authorized to sell, to the best possible advantage, any or all detached pieces or parcels of land held by the state for the use of any institution under the supervision and control of the department, whenever, in the judgment of the department, such detached pieces or…