Luxury Homes and Estates of Florida Magazine
by Houston E. Short

Real property in Florida is subject to the Marketable Record Title Act*. This Act is designed to remove encumbrances against property in order to promote free and clear alienability of property. The Act generally applies to remove clouds from title which have not been re-recorded for thirty years.

In other words, if a document was recorded effecting the property over thirty years ago the Act may remove the claim from your title completely. More.....