The Florida Legislature has provided a way to cure scrivener\u2019s errors in legal descriptions in certain deeds without the need for filing a separate law suit to reform the document containing the error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Florida Statute 689.041 allows for the filing and recording of a \u201cCurative Notice\u201d with the Clerk of the Court to correct a legal description containing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(a) an error or omission in no more than one of the lot or block identifications of a recorded platted lot (The transposition of the lot and block identifications is considered one error);<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) an error or omission in no more than one of the unit, building, or phase identifications of a condominium or cooperative trust; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(c) an error or omission in no more than one directional designation or numerical fraction of a tract of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Curative Notice must be substantially in the form provided in such statute. The recording of the Curative Notice operates as a correction of the first erroneous deed and all subsequent erroneous deeds containing the same error. This statute provides a relatively easy way for attorneys to fix simple legal description errors caused by a mistake in drafting and avoid the filing of a legal action to cure such error.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Florida Legislature has provided a way to cure scrivener\u2019s errors in legal descriptions in certain deeds without the need for filing a separate law suit to reform the document containing the error. Florida Statute 689.041 allows for the filing and recording of a \u201cCurative Notice\u201d with the Clerk of the Court to correct a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-is"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t