Fla. Stat. 703.17
Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public

Any person or persons making any erasure, alteration, interlineation, or interpolation in any abstracts, copies, minutes, extracts, maps, or plats, or in any copies thereof filed in the clerk’s office under the provisions of ss. 703.09-703.11 and 703.13-703.15 shall be guilty of the crime of forgery.

Source: Section 703.17 — Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0703.17 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

703.01
County commissioners authorized to require clerk to make abstracts 703.02
Abstracts of real estate upon petition 703.03
What abstract to show 703.04
Abstracting tax sales 703.05
Service charge of clerk for furnishing abstract 703.06
Board may purchase abstract books 703.07
Abstracts of records destroyed by fire 703.08
Copies of abstracts as evidence 703.09
Condemnation of abstracts by county when records have been destroyed 703.10
Order to show cause 703.11
Order granting petition 703.13
Payment of compensation and delivery of abstracts 703.14
Penalty for failure to deliver abstracts 703.15
Abstracts acquired by condemnation 703.17
Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public 703.18
Refusing to make abstract 703.19
Filing untrue copies of abstracts ordered filed for use of public

Current through Fall 2025

§ 703.17. Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public's source at flsenate.gov

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Location: https://florida.public.law/statutes/fla._stat._703.17

Original Source: Section 703.17 — Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public, https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0703.17 (last accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

Fla. Stat. 703.17 Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public

Fla. Stat. 703.17
Alteration of abstracts condemned by county for use of the public