Chancery courts have jurisdiction of actions brought by any person or corporation, whether in actual possession or not, claiming legal or equitable title to land against any person or corporation not in actual possession, who has, appears to have or claims an adverse legal or equitable estate, interest, or claim therein to determine such estate, interest, or claim and quiet or remove clouds from the title to the land. It is no bar to relief that the title has not been litigated at law or that there is only one litigant to each side of the controversy or that the adverse claim, estate, or interest is void upon its face, or though not void on its face, requires extrinsic evidence to establish its validity.
Fla. Stat. § 65.021
Real estate; removing clouds
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 903 F. Supp. 2d 1317 - Fidelity Land Trust Co. v. Centex Home Equity Co. (2012)
Most recently applied in 903 F. Supp. 2d 1317 - Fidelity Land Trust Co. v. Centex Home Equity Co. (November 2012)
History.--s. 1, ch. 4739, 1899; GS 1950; RGS 3213; s. 1, ch. 10223, 1925; CGL 5005; s. 2, ch. 29737, 1955; s. 20, ch. 67-254
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