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Fla. Stat. § 697.01 Instruments deemed mortgages
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(1) All conveyances, obligations conditioned or defeasible, bills of sale or other instruments of writing conveying or selling property, either real or personal, for the purpose or with the intention of securing the payment of money, whether such instrument be from the debtor to …
Fla. Stat. § 697.02 Nature of a mortgage
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A mortgage shall be held to be a specific lien on the property therein described, and not a conveyance of the legal title or of the right of possession.History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 525, 1853; RS 1982; GS 2495; RGS 3837; CGL 5725.
Fla. Stat. § 697.03 Cooperative association mortgages
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(1) Hereafter, any mortgage or other instrument given by a cooperative association for the purpose of creating a lien on real or personal property, or both, may secure not only existing indebtedness, but also such future advances, whether obligatory or otherwise, as are made with…
Fla. Stat. § 697.04 Future advances may be secured
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(1)(a) Any mortgage or other instrument given for the purpose of creating a lien on real property, or on any interest in a leasehold upon real property, may, and when so expressed therein shall, secure not only existing indebtedness, but also such future advances, whether such ad…