Fla. Stat. 92.28
Records destroyed by fire; land title suits; what may be received in evidence

In all suits or proceedings concerning any land, or any estate, interest or right in, or any lien or encumbrance upon the same, when it shall be made to appear that the original of any deed, conveyance, map, plat or other written or record evidence has been lost or destroyed, or is not in the power, custody or control of the party wishing to use it on the trial to produce same, and the record thereof has been heretofore destroyed by fire, the court shall receive all such evidence as may have a bearing on the case to establish the execution or contents of any deed, conveyance, map, plat record, or other written evidence so lost or destroyed; provided, that the testimony of the parties themselves shall be received only in such cases, and subject to all the qualifications in respect to such testimony as now provided by law; and provided further, that any writing in the hands of any person or persons, which may become admissible in evidence under the provisions of this section, or any part of this law, shall be rejected and not admitted as evidence, unless the same appear upon the face thereof without erasure, blemish, alteration, interlineation or interpolation in any material part, unless the same shall be explained to the satisfaction of the court, and appear fairly and honestly made in the ordinary course of business.

Source: Section 92.28 — Records destroyed by fire; land title suits; what may be received in evidence, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0092.­28 (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

§ 92.28. Records destroyed by fire; land title suits; what may be received in evidence's source at flsenate​.gov