Florida § 694.04 - Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated.

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§ 694.04. Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated.

All conveyances, contracts, transfers, or mortgages of real property or of any interest in it, including relinquishments of dower, executed by a married woman before May 13, 1943, that were not acknowledged separate from her husband or in which the separate acknowledgment was defective for any other reason are as valid and effective as though the acknowledgment had been properly made.

Source: official Florida text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 694.04 ("Conveyances by married women; defective acknowledgments validated.") is part of the Florida Statutes, the codified statutory law of Florida. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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