The Florida Senate

732.222  Purchaser for value or lender.--

(1)  If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which ss. 732.216-732.228 apply, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his or her interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent.

(2)  If a personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which ss. 732.216-732.228 apply, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his or her interest in the property free of any rights of the surviving spouse.

(3)  A purchaser for value or a lender need not inquire whether a vendor or borrower acted properly.

(4)  The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest must be treated as the property transferred to the purchaser for value or a lender.

History.--s. 9, ch. 92-200; s. 956, ch. 97-102.