The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 177
LAND BOUNDARIES

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F.S. 177.081

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 evidence of such review must be placed on such plat.

(2) Every plat of a subdivision filed for record must contain a dedication by the owner or owners of record. The dedication must be executed by all persons, corporations, or entities whose signature would be required to convey record fee simple title to the lands being dedicated in the same manner in which deeds are required to be executed. All mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided shall execute, in the same manner in which deeds are required to be executed, either the dedication contained on the plat or a separate instrument joining in and ratifying the plat and all dedications and reservations thereon.

(3) When a tract or parcel of land has been subdivided and a plat thereof bearing the dedication executed by the owners of record and mortgagees having a record interest in the lands subdivided, and when the approval of the governing body has been secured and recorded in compliance with this part, all streets, alleys, easements, rights-of-way, and public areas shown on such plat, unless otherwise stated, shall be deemed to have been dedicated to the public for the uses and purposes thereon stated. However, nothing herein shall be construed as creating an obligation upon any governing body to perform any act of construction or maintenance within such dedicated areas except when the obligation is voluntarily assumed by the governing body.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 2, ch. 79-86; s. 7, ch. 98-20; s. 2, ch. 99-288.

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Amendments to 177.081

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 177.081

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 177.081.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

LEE COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. a v. CITY OF CAPE CORAL, a, 159 So. 3d 126 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . Provisions similar to those in former section 177.10 are now found in section 177.081. . . . .

T. BLACK, D. v. ORANGE COUNTY,, 888 So. 2d 156 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . At the time the plat was approved, Section 177.081(2), Florida Statutes 1975, stated that easements shown . . .

COMCAST SCH HOLDINGS, INC. v. VILLAGES OF LAKE- SUMTER, INC., 168 F. Supp. 2d 1338 (M.D. Fla. 2001)

. . . Villages has not yet “dedicated” the plats by recording them in the manner prescribed by Florida Statute 177.081 . . . (2) and (3) (2000): 177.081 Dedication and approval.— if: # # # # (2) Every plat of a subdivision filed . . .

LOVE PGI PARTNERS, LP, v. SCHULTZ,, 706 So. 2d 887 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Section 177.081(2) provides: When a tract or parcel of land has been subdivided and a plat thereof bearing . . . stated, shall be deemed to have been dedicated to the public for the uses and purposes thereon stated. § 177.081 . . . Schultz relies on section 177.081(2), but if it has the effect he argues for, it also would be unconstitutional . . .

CABLE HOLDINGS OF GEORGIA, INC. v. McNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND VI, LTD. d b a A. ODC, 988 F.2d 1071 (11th Cir. 1993)

. . . . §§ 177.081 & 177.091(29) (1991)). . . . The panel relied on Florida Statutes sections 177.081 and 177.091(29). . . . Fla.Stat. § 177.081(2) (emphasis added). . . . From sections 177.081 and 177.091(29), the panel inferred that both Thos. J. . . . Section 177.091(29) modifies the operation of § 177.081 by authorizing cable systems to piggyback on . . .

SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC. v. W. A. ADKINS,, 604 So. 2d 523 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . The reference is to a common law dedication (as opposed to a statutory dedication, see §§ 95.361, 177.081 . . .

CABLE HOLDINGS OF GEORGIA, INC. v. McNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND VI, LTD. d b a A. ODC, 953 F.2d 600 (11th Cir. 1992)

. . . See Fla.Stat. ch. 177.081 (1991); id. ch. 177.091(29). . . .

ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, INC. a v. WALTON COUNTY, a, 558 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . We are not persuaded that the language of section 177.081(2), Florida Statutes (1979), changes this long-standing . . . Section 177.081(2) provides, in part, that when a plat containing dedicated streets or rights-of-way . . .

L. HUGHES, v. TOWN OF MEXICO BEACH,, 455 So. 2d 566 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . neither was nor could be a formal acceptance of the dedication of the disputed strip under Section 177.081 . . .

D. v., 51 T.C. 475 (T.C. 1968)

. . . , the County Court handed down a judgment which held that the condemnation was proper under section 177.081 . . . The condemnation was carried out under sections 177.081 through 177.089 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes . . . All money paid into Court or paid or transferred to the Clerk of a Court under the provisions of KR.S 177.081 . . .