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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) If an assignee sells real property of the estate, the deed shall be in substantially the following form:
ASSIGNEE'S DEED
This Assignee's Deed is made and executed this ____ day of ____, (year) , by ____, as Assignee for the Estate of ____, Case No.____ in the Circuit Court of ____ County, Florida, whose post office address is ____ (hereinafter “Grantor”), to ____, whose post office address is ____ (hereinafter “Grantee”).
Wherever used herein, the terms “Grantor” and “Grantee” include all the parties to this instrument, singular and plural, and the heirs, legal representatives, and assigns of these individuals, and the successors and assigns of corporations, wherever the context so admits or requires.
WITNESSETH:
That Grantor, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration in hand paid to said Grantor by Grantee, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby grants, bargains, sells, aliens, remises, releases, conveys, and confirms unto Grantee, all of that certain real property lying and being in the County of _____, State of Florida, more particularly described as follows:
SEE ATTACHED “EXHIBIT A,” which is incorporated herein by the term “Property.”
This conveyance is subject to taxes accruing for the year of conveyance and subsequent years, and all encumbrances, covenants, conditions, and restrictions of record, except nothing herein operates to reimpose same.
TOGETHER with all the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same in fee simple forever.
AND the Grantor hereby covenants with said Grantee that Grantor has good right and lawful authority to sell and convey said Property.
Grantor executed this instrument only in Grantor's capacity as Assignee of the above referenced Assignment estate and no personal judgment shall ever be sought or obtained against Grantor individually by reason of this instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Grantor has caused these presents to be executed the day and year first written above.
GRANTOR:
(Grantor's Signature)
Print Name: ________
As Assignee for the Estate of (Assignor's Name)
Case No. ____
Circuit Court of ____ County, Florida
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of:
(Witness's Signature)
Witness
(Witness's Name Printed)
Print Name
Witness's Signature
Witness
(Witness's Name Printed)
Print Name
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ___
Sworn to and subscribed before me this ____ day of ____, (year) , by (Assignee's Name) , as Assignee for the Estate of (Assignor's Name) , Case No. ____, Circuit Court of ____ County, Florida, on behalf of said estate.
(Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public) Personally Known ____ OR Produced Identification ____ Type of Identification Produced: ____
(2) The form for an assignee's deed shall include a blank space for the property appraiser's parcel identification number describing the property conveyed, which number, if available, shall be entered on the deed before it is presented for recording. The failure to include such blank space or the parcel identification number, or the inclusion of an incorrect parcel identification number, does not affect the validity of the conveyance or the recordability of the deed. Such parcel identification number is not a part of the legal description of the property otherwise set forth in the deed and may not be used as a substitute for the legal description of the property being conveyed.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Florida Statutes Title XLI. Statute of Frauds, Fraudulent Transfers, and General Assignments § 727.117. Assignee's deed form - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/fl/title-xli-statute-of-frauds-fraudulent-transfers-and-general-assignments/fl-st-sect-727-117/
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