Florida Statutes Chapter 697 — INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title XL

• § 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.