Fla. Stat. 689.261
Sale of residential property; disclosure of ad valorem taxes to prospective purchaser

(1)

A prospective purchaser of residential property must be presented a disclosure summary at or before execution of the contract for sale. Unless a substantially similar disclosure summary is included in the contract for sale, a separate disclosure summary must be attached to the contract for sale. The disclosure summary, whether separate or included in the contract, must be in a form substantially similar to the following:

PROPERTY TAXDISCLOSURE SUMMARY

BUYER SHOULD NOT RELY ON THE SELLER’S CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES AS THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT THE BUYER MAY BE OBLIGATED TO PAY IN THE YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO PURCHASE. A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OR PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS TRIGGERS REASSESSMENTS OF THE PROPERTY THAT COULD RESULT IN HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING VALUATION, CONTACT THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER’S OFFICE FOR INFORMATION.

(2)

Unless included in the contract, the disclosure summary must be provided by the seller. If the disclosure summary is not included in the contract for sale, the contract for sale must refer to and incorporate by reference the disclosure summary and include, in prominent language, a statement that the potential purchaser should not execute the contract until he or she has read the disclosure summary required by this section.

Source: Section 689.261 — Sale of residential property; disclosure of ad valorem taxes to prospective purchaser, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0689.­261 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

689.01
How real estate conveyed 689.02
Form of warranty deed prescribed 689.03
Effect of such deed 689.04
How executed 689.05
How declarations of trust proved 689.06
How trust estate conveyed 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 689.08
Fines and common recoveries 689.09
Deeds under statute of uses 689.10
Words of limitation and the words “fee simple” dispensed with 689.11
Conveyances between husband and wife direct 689.12
How state lands conveyed for educational purposes 689.13
Rule against perpetuities not applicable to dispositions of property for private cemeteries, etc 689.14
Entailed estates 689.15
Estates by survivorship 689.17
Rule in Shelley’s Case abolished 689.18
Reverter or forfeiture provisions, limitations 689.19
Variances of names in recorded instruments 689.20
Limitation on use of word “minerals.” 689.25
Failure to disclose homicide, suicide, deaths, or diagnosis of HIV or AIDS infection in an occupant of real property 689.025
Form of quitclaim deed prescribed 689.27
Termination by servicemember of agreement to purchase real property 689.28
Prohibition against transfer fee covenants 689.29
Disclosure of subsurface rights to prospective purchaser 689.041
Curative procedure for scrivener’s errors in deeds 689.045
Conveyances to or by partnership 689.071
Florida Land Trust Act 689.072
Real estate interests transferred to or by a custodian or trustee of an individual retirement account or qualified plan 689.073
Powers conferred on trustee in recorded instrument 689.075
Inter vivos trusts 689.111
Conveyances of homestead 689.115
Estate by the entirety in mortgage made or assigned to husband and wife 689.175
Worthier title doctrine abolished 689.225
Statutory rule against perpetuities 689.261
Sale of residential property 689.301
Disclosure of known defects in sanitary sewer laterals to prospective purchaser 689.302
Disclosure of flood risks to prospective purchaser

Current through Fall 2025

§ 689.261. Sale of residential property; disclosure of ad valorem taxes to prospective purchaser's source at flsenate​.gov