# Fla. Stat. § 694.08: 694.08 Certain instruments validated, notwithstanding lack of seals or witnesses, or defect in acknowledgment

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXL_C694_S694.08

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 694.08
- **Heading:** 694.08 Certain instruments validated, notwithstanding lack of seals or witnesses, or defect in acknowledgment
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 694 / Section 694.08

## Text

(1) Whenever any power of attorney has been executed and delivered, or any conveyance has been executed and delivered to any grantee by the person owning the land therein described, or conveying the same in an official or representative capacity, and has, for a period of 7 years or more been spread upon the records of the county wherein the land therein described has been or was at the time situated, and one or more subsequent conveyances of said land or parts thereof have been made, executed, delivered and recorded by parties claiming under such instrument or instruments, and such power of attorney or conveyance, or the public record thereof, shows upon its face a clear purpose and intent of the person executing the same to authorize the conveyance of said land or to convey the said land, the same shall be taken and held by all the courts of this state, in the absence of any showing of fraud, adverse possession, or pending litigation, to have authorized the conveyance of, or to have conveyed, the fee simple title, or any interest therein, of the person signing such instruments, or the person in behalf of whom the same was conveyed by a person in an official or representative capacity, to the land therein described as effectively as if there had been no defect in, failure of, or absence of the acknowledgment or the certificate of acknowledgment, if acknowledged, or the relinquishment of dower, and as if there had been no lack of the word “as” preceding the title of the person conveying in an official or representative capacity, of any seal or seals, or of any witness or witnesses, and shall likewise be taken and held by all the courts of this state to have been duly recorded so as to be admissible in evidence;

(2) Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any conveyance the validity of which shall be contested or have been contested by suit commenced heretofore or within 1 year of the effective date of this law.

History: s. 1, ch. 10169, 1925; CGL 5695; s. 15, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 1, ch. 25277, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26957, 1951; s. 35, ch. 69-216; s. 22, ch. 2019-71.

## 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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