The Florida Senate

177.141  Affidavit confirming error on a recorded plat.--In the event an appreciable error or omission in the data shown on any plat duly recorded under the provisions of this chapter is detected by subsequent examination or revealed by a retracement of the lines run during the original survey of the lands shown on such recorded plat, the surveyor and mapper who was responsible for the survey and the preparation of the plat as recorded may file an affidavit confirming that such error or omission was made. However, the affidavit must state that the surveyor and mapper has made a resurvey of the subject property in the recorded subdivision within the last 10 days and that no evidence existed on the ground that would conflict with the corrections as stated in the affidavit. The affidavit shall describe the nature and extent of such error or omission and the appropriate correction that in the surveyor and mapper's opinion should be substituted for the erroneous data shown on the plat or added to the data on the plat. When such an affidavit is filed, it is the duty of the circuit court clerk to record the affidavit, and he or she shall place in the margin of the recorded plat a notation that the affidavit has been filed, the date of filing, and the book and page where it is recorded. The affidavit shall have no effect upon the validity of the plat or on the information shown thereon.

History.--s. 1, ch. 71-339; s. 7, ch. 82-179; s. 105, ch. 94-119; s. 1455, ch. 95-147.