No action to recover real property or its possession shall be maintained unless the person seeking recovery or the person’s ancestor, predecessor, or grantor was seized or possessed of the property within 7 years before the commencement of the action.
Fla. Stat. § 95.12
Real property actions
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case New Port Largo, Inc. v. Monroe County (1993)
Most recently applied in 377 F. Supp. 2d 1259 - Padron Warehouse v. Realty Associates Fund III (July 2005)
History.--s. 2, ch. 1869, 1872; RS 1287; GS 1718; RGS 2932; CGL 4652; s. 8, ch. 74-382; s. 521, ch. 95-147.
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Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.