Fla. Stat. 336.12
Closing and abandonment of roads; termination of easement; conveyance of fee

The act of any commissioners in closing or abandoning any such road, or in renouncing or disclaiming any rights in any land delineated on any recorded map as a road, shall abrogate the easement theretofore owned, held, claimed or used by or on behalf of the public and the title of fee owners shall be freed and released therefrom; and if the fee of road space has been vested in the county, same will be thereby surrendered and will vest in the abutting fee owners to the extent and in the same manner as in case of termination of an easement for road purposes.

Source: Section 336.12 — Closing and abandonment of roads; termination of easement; conveyance of fee, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0336.12 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

336.01
Designation of county road system 336.02
Responsibility for county road system 336.03
County engineer 336.05
Naming of county roads 336.08
Relocation or change of roads 336.09
Closing and abandonment of roads 336.10
Closing and abandonment of roads 336.12
Closing and abandonment of roads 336.021
County transportation system 336.022
County transportation trust fund 336.023
Use by counties of the surplus from the constitutional gas tax 336.024
Distribution of constitutional gas tax 336.025
County transportation system 336.41
Counties 336.044
Use of recyclable materials in construction 336.44
Counties 336.045
Uniform minimum standards for design, construction, and maintenance 336.046
Regulation of bus benches and transit shelters within rights-of-way 336.048
Temporary closing traveling lane of road 336.66
Method of abolition of district 336.68
Special road and bridge district boundaries 336.71
Public-private cooperation in construction of county roads 336.125
Closing and abandonment of roads 336.0255
Distribution of additional local option tax 336.467
County-state right-of-way acquisition agreements 336.505
Default in bonds or interest coupons issued by special road and bridge district

Current through Fall 2025

§ 336.12. Closing & abandonment of roads; termination of easement; conveyance of fee's source at flsenate.gov

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Location: https://florida.public.law/statutes/fla._stat._336.12

Original Source: Section 336.12 — Closing and abandonment of roads; termination of easement; conveyance of fee, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0336.12 (last accessed Aug. 7, 2025).