How to Make Invalid Deeds Valid in Florida
If you’re a homeowner, you’re presumed to own your home … but how do you know? Is your name on the home? Maybe it’s on the mailbox … but that’s far from official. What if someone spray-painted over your name on the mailbox? Is it no longer home? Of course not? Ownership of real estate arises not from names on mailboxes, but names on deeds. A deed is a legal document that acts as the instrument of “ownership” of a piece of real property. It is recorded with the county for official recognition; anyone can look it up; and if someone challenges your ownership of that property, claiming it’s not actually yours and you have to leave, you can point to that deed to say “Yes I do own that property! Here’s the official record!”