The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 720
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS

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F.S. 720.312

720.312 Declaration of covenants; survival after tax deed or foreclosure.—All provisions of a declaration of covenants relating to a parcel that has been sold for taxes or special assessments survive and are enforceable after the issuance of a tax deed or master’s deed, or upon the foreclosure of an assessment, a certificate or lien, a tax deed, tax certificate, or tax lien, to the same extent that they would be enforceable against a voluntary grantee of title to the parcel immediately before the delivery of the tax deed or master’s deed or immediately before the foreclosure.

History.—s. 62, ch. 95-274; s. 51, ch. 2000-258.

Note.—Former s. 617.312.

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Amendments to 720.312

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 720.312

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 720.312.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CRICKET PROPERTIES, LLC, a v. NASSAU POINTE AT HERITAGE ISLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., 124 So. 3d 302 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Section 720.312, which was enacted in 1995, provides for the survival of all restrictions and covenants . . . Section 720.312 acts as a “safeguard” for covenants governing assessments which would otherwise have . . . However, section 720.312 omits any mention of hens and therefore does not safeguard liens for unpaid . . . Consistent with section 720.312, section 720.3085(2)(a) imposes liability for future assessments on a . . . (enacting section 617.312, which was subsequently renumbered as section 720.312 by ch.2000-258, § 51, . . .