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2000 Florida Statutes

SECTION 221
Perfection of title of personal representative, heir, or devisee.
Section 732.221, Florida Statutes 2000

732.221  Perfection of title of personal representative, heir, or devisee.--If the title to any property to which ss. 732.216-732.228 apply is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which these sections apply, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent within 6 months after the first publication of the notice of administration.

History.--s. 8, ch. 92-200.