# Fla. Stat. § 694.04: 694.04 Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.04

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 694.04
- **Heading:** 694.04 Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 694 / Section 694.04

## Text

All conveyances, contracts, transfers, or mortgages of real property or of any interest in it, including relinquishments of dower, executed by a married woman before May 13, 1943, that were not acknowledged separate from her husband or in which the separate acknowledgment was defective for any other reason are as valid and effective as though the acknowledgment had been properly made.

History: Ch. 5412, 1905; s. 1, ch. 6217, 1911; RGS 3818; CGL 5691; s. 9, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 70-4.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 694.01 694.01 Conveyances executed between 1817 and 1822.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.01.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.02 694.02 Married women’s conveyances validated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.02.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.03 694.03 Married women’s conveyances by attorney validated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.03.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.04 694.04 Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.04.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.05 694.05 Certain other conveyances validated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.05.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.06 694.06 Deeds executed by State Board of Education.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.06.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.07 694.07 Certain grant of lands confirmed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.07.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.08 694.08 Certain instruments validated, notwithstanding lack of seals or witnesses, or defect in acknowledgment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.08.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.09 694.09 Certified copies admissible in evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.09.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.10 694.10 Certain titles not affected.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.10.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.11 694.11 Certain deeds of county commissioners validated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.11.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.12 694.12 Validation of instruments in which name of corporation is incorrectly set out.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.12.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.13 694.13 Ratifying, validating, and confirming conveyances of real estate by county commissioners, district school boards, or boards of bond trustees or commissioners of drainage or other special improvement districts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.13.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 694.14 694.14 Validation of deeds executed by guardians appointed under Veterans’ Guardianship Law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.14.md)

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