The Florida Senate

197.448  Cancellation of certificates on riparian rights separate from land.--

(1)  All tax certificates in the hands of any governmental taxing agency that separately describe only riparian rights, as defined in s. 253.141, are hereby declared invalid and are hereby canceled.

(2)  Any title presumed to have vested in the state under chapter 18296, Laws of Florida, 1937, known as the Murphy Act, by virtue of such certificates is hereby declared invalid, and the riparian rights affected thereby are hereby restored to their original status and become appurtenant to the adjoining upland.

(3)  The tax collector of each county and the proper tax officer of any governmental taxing agency are hereby authorized and directed to withhold all such tax certificates in their hands from redemptions or sale and to enter such cancellation upon the face of any such tax certificates and upon the tax sale record of the county or other taxing agency.

History.--s. 181, ch. 85-342.