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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 697
Instruments Deemed Mortgages And The Nature Of A Mortgage
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Chapter 697, Florida Statutes 2000

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.

697.20  Florida Home Equity Conversion Act; short title.

697.201  Home equity conversion mortgagee consortium.

697.202  Definitions of terms used in ss. 697.20-697.206.

697.204  Home equity conversion mortgage insurance.

697.205  Recoveries from the trust fund.

697.206  Department of Insurance; powers and duties.