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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVIII
BANKS AND BANKING
Chapter 655
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY
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F.S. 655.935
655.935 Search procedure on death of lessee.If satisfactory proof of the death of the lessee is presented, a lessor shall permit the person named in a court order for that purpose, or if no order has been served upon the lessor, the spouse, a parent, an adult descendant, or a person named as a personal representative in a copy of a purported will produced by such person, to open and examine the contents of a safe-deposit box leased or coleased by a decedent, or any documents delivered by a decedent for safekeeping, in the presence of an officer of the lessor.
(1) If requested by such person, the lessor shall remove and deliver only:
(a) Any writing purporting to be a will of the decedent, to the court having probate jurisdiction in the county in which the financial institution is located.
(b) Any writing purporting to be a deed to a burial plot or to give burial instructions, to the person making the request for a search.
(c) Any document purporting to be an insurance policy on the life of the decedent, to the beneficiary named therein.
(2) The officer of the lessor shall make a complete copy of any document removed and delivered pursuant to this section and place that copy, together with a memorandum of delivery identifying the name of the officer, the person to whom the document was delivered, the purported relationship of the person to whom the document was delivered, and the date of delivery, in the safe-deposit box leased or coleased by the decedent.
(3) The lessor may charge reasonable fees to cover costs incurred pursuant to this section.
(4) Access granted pursuant to this section is not considered the initial opening of the safe-deposit box pursuant to s. 733.6065.
History.s. 65, ch. 92-303; s. 1, ch. 2006-134; s. 67, ch. 2006-213; s. 2, ch. 2010-132.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 655.935
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 655.935.



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In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA PROBATE RULES, 51 So. 3d 1146 (Fla. 2010)

. . . (amending §§ 655.935, 731.110, 732.2125, 733.2123 Fla. Stat.; providing effective date). . . . Statutory References § 655.935, Fla. Stat. Search procedure on death of lessee. RULE 5.360. . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA PROBATE RULES, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003)

. . . If a safe-deposit box is opened pursuant to section 655.935 of the Florida Statutes, no written inventory . . . Statutory References § 655.935, Fla. Stat. Search procedure on death of lessee. § 655.936, Fla. . . .