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2012 Florida Statutes
TITLE XL — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 697 — INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE
697.02 — Nature of a mortgage.


FL Stat § 697.02 (2012 through 2nd Reg Sess) What's This?

697.02 Nature of a mortgage.—A mortgage shall be held to be a specific lien on the property therein described, and not a conveyance of the legal title or of the right of possession.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 525, 1853; RS 1982; GS 2495; RGS 3837; CGL 5725.

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