# Fla. Stat. § 689.09: 689.09 Deeds under statute of uses

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.09

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 689.09
- **Heading:** 689.09 Deeds under statute of uses
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 689 / Section 689.09

## Text

By deed of bargain and sale, or by deed of lease and release, or of covenant to stand seized to the use of any other person, or by deed operating by way of covenant to stand seized to the use of another person, of or in any lands or tenements in this state, the possession of the bargainor, releasor or covenantor shall be deemed and adjudged to be transferred to the bargainee, releasee or person entitled to the use as perfectly as if such bargainee, releasee or person entitled to the use had been enfeoffed by livery of seizin of the land conveyed by such deed of bargain and sale, release or covenant to stand seized; provided, that livery of seizin can be lawfully made of the lands or tenements at the time of the execution of the said deeds or any of them.

History: s. 12, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1954; GS 2455; RGS 3795; CGL 5668.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 689.01 689.01 How real estate conveyed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.01.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.02 689.02 Form of warranty deed prescribed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.02.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.03 689.03 Effect of such deed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.03.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.04 689.04 How executed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.04.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.05 689.05 How declarations of trust proved.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.05.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.06 689.06 How trust estate conveyed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.06.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.07 689.07 “Trustee” or “as trustee” added to name of grantee, transferee, assignee, or mortgagee transfers interest or creates lien as if additional word or words not used.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.07.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.08 689.08 Fines and common recoveries.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.08.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.09 689.09 Deeds under statute of uses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.09.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.10 689.10 Words of limitation and the words “fee simple” dispensed with.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.10.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.11 689.11 Conveyances between husband and wife direct; homestead.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.11.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.12 689.12 How state lands conveyed for educational purposes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.12.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.13 689.13 Rule against perpetuities not applicable to dispositions of property for private cemeteries, etc.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.13.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 689.14 689.14 Entailed estates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C689_S689.14.md)

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