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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY Chapter 697 INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE View Entire Chapter CHAPTER 697 INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE 697.01 Instruments deemed mortgages. 697.02 Nature of a mortgage. 697.03 Cooperative association mortgages. 697.04 Future advances may be secured. 697.05 Balloon mortgages; scope of law; definition; requirements as to contents; penalties for violations; exemptions. 697.06 Prepayment of note. 697.07 Assignment of rents. 697.08 Equity skimming. 697.10 Liability for error in mortgage deed or note.