Fla. Stat. 92.08
Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more

The recitals in any deed of conveyance or power of attorney shall be admissible in evidence when offered in evidence by either party to any suit at law or in equity as prima facie proof of the truth of the facts therein recited, provided such deed of conveyance or power of attorney appears regular on its face and is a muniment in the chain of title under which the party offering the deed claims, and has been recorded as provided by law for more than 20 years prior to the institution of the suit in which it is offered; and provided further, that the party offering the deed of conveyance or power of attorney for such purposes shall at least 10 days before the trial of the suit in which the said copy is offered in evidence give notice to the opposite side of the intention to offer such copy in evidence and the purpose for which the same will be offered, and deliver with such notice a copy of the deed or power of attorney. The original deed or power of attorney shall be offered unless the party offering the certified copy shall show that the original is not within the custody or control of the party offering the copy.

Source: Section 92.08 — Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0092.­08 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

92.05
Final judgments and decrees of courts of record 92.06
Judgments and decrees of United States District Courts 92.07
Judgments and decrees of this state 92.08
Deeds and powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more 92.09
Effect of reversal, etc., of judgment or successful attack on deed 92.13
Certified copies of records of certified copies 92.14
United States deeds and patents and copies thereof 92.16
Certificates of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund respecting the ownership, conveyance of, and other facts in connection with public lands 92.17
Effect of seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund 92.18
Certificate of state officer 92.19
Portions of records 92.20
Certificates issued under authority of Congress 92.21
Certificate as to sanitary condition of buildings 92.23
Rule of evidence in suits on fire policies for loss or damage to building 92.24
Certain tax deeds prima facie evidence of title 92.25
Records destroyed by fire 92.26
Records destroyed by fire 92.27
Records destroyed by fire 92.28
Records destroyed by fire 92.29
Photographic or electronic copies 92.30
Presumption of death 92.31
Missing persons and persons imprisoned or interned in foreign countries 92.32
Official findings and reports 92.33
Written statement concerning injury to person or property 92.38
Comparison of disputed writings 92.39
Evidence of individual’s claim against the state in suits between them 92.40
Reports of building, housing, or health code violations 92.50
Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments 92.51
Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments 92.52
Affirmation equivalent to oath 92.53
Videotaping the testimony of a victim or witness under age 18 or who has an intellectual disability 92.54
Use of closed-circuit television and audio-video communication technology in proceedings involving a victim or witness under the age of 18 or who has an intellectual disability 92.55
Special protections in proceedings involving victim or witness under 18, person with intellectual disability, or sexual offense victim 92.56
Judicial proceedings and court records involving sexual offenses and human trafficking 92.57
Termination of employment of witness prohibited 92.60
Foreign records of regularly conducted business activity 92.70
Eyewitness identification 92.141
Law enforcement employees 92.142
Witnesses 92.143
Compensation to traffic court witnesses 92.151
Witness compensation 92.153
Production of documents by witnesses 92.231
Expert witnesses 92.233
Compensation of witness summoned in two or more criminal cases 92.251
Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act 92.295
Copies of voter registration records 92.351
Prohibition against prisoners submitting nondocumentary physical evidence without authorization of court 92.525
Verification of documents 92.561
Prohibition on reproduction of child pornography 92.565
Admissibility of confession in sexual abuse cases 92.605
Production of certain records by Florida businesses and out-of-state corporations

Current through Fall 2025

§ 92.08. Deeds & powers of attorney of record for 20 years or more's source at flsenate​.gov