Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1668
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       18-01492-12                                           20121668__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to certified copies of deeds of
    3         conveyance of real property; amending s. 695.19, F.S.;
    4         providing a limitation on the amount that a business
    5         entity may charge for furnishing a certified copy of a
    6         deed of conveyance of real property unless the
    7         business entity makes certain disclosures in a
    8         solicitation offering to furnish a certified copy of a
    9         deed of conveyance of real property; providing an
   10         effective date.
   11  
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 695.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   15  read:
   16         695.19 Certified copies of recorded instruments may be
   17  recorded.—
   18         (1) Certified copies of deeds, mortgages, powers of
   19  attorney, and all other instruments of any kind which have been
   20  or may hereafter be duly recorded or filed among the public
   21  records of any county in this state may be recorded or
   22  rerecorded among the public records of any other county in this
   23  state as fully and in the same manner and with like effect as if
   24  such certified copy were the original instrument.
   25         (2) Any business entity that furnishes a certified copy of
   26  a deed of conveyance of real property to a grantor or grantee
   27  named in the deed:
   28         (a) May charge no more than four times the actual amount
   29  charged by the clerk of court for issuance of the certified copy
   30  or $12 more than the actual amount charged by the clerk of
   31  court, whichever is greater; or
   32         (b) Must disclose in any solicitation offering to furnish a
   33  certified copy of a deed of conveyance of real property the
   34  actual amount that the clerk of court charges for issuing a
   35  certified copy, the actual amount that the business charges for
   36  furnishing a certified copy, and the website address and
   37  telephone number that may be used by an individual to order a
   38  certified copy of a deed of conveyance directly from the clerk
   39  of court.
   40         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.