§286.23 FS | Real Property Conveyed to Public Agency; Disclosure of Beneficial Interests; Notice; Exemptions
(1) Any person or entityholding real property in the form of a partnership, limited partnership, corporation, trust, or any form of representativecapacity whatsoever for others, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall, before entering into any contract whereby such real property held in representativecapacity is sold, leased, taken by eminent domain, or otherwise conveyed to the state or any local governmental unit, or an agency of either, make a public disclosure in writing, under oath and subject to the penalties prescribed for perjury, which shall state his or her name and address and the name and address of every person having a beneficial interest in the real property, however small or minimal. This written disclosure shall be made to the chief officer, or to his or her officially designated representative, of the state, local governmental unit, or agency of either, with which the transaction is made at least 10 days prior to the time of closing or, in the case of an eminent domain taking, within 48 hours after the time when the required sum is deposited in the registry of the court. Notice of the deposit shall be made to the person or entity by registered or certified mail before the 48-hour period begins.
(2) The state or local governmental unit, or an agency of either, shall send written notice by registered mail to the person required to make disclosures under this section, prior to the time when such disclosures are required to be made, which written request shall also inform the person required to make such disclosure that such disclosure must be made under oath, subject to the penalties prescribed for perjury.
(b) In the case of an eminent domain taking, any entity or person other than a public officer or public employee, holding real property in the form of a trust which was created more than 3 years prior to the deposit of the required sum in the registry of the court, is hereby exempt from the provisions of this section. However, in order to qualify for the exemption set forth in this section, the trustee of such trustshall be required to certify within 48 hours after such deposit, under penalty of perjury, that no public officer or public employee has any beneficial interest whatsoever in such trust. Disclosure of any changes in the trustinstrument or of persons having beneficial interest in the trustshall be made if such changes occurred during the 3 years prior to the deposit of said sum in the registry of the court.
(4) This section shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purpose of requiring the identification of the actual partiesbenefiting from any transaction with a governmental unit or agency involving the procurement of the ownership or use of property by such governmental unit or agency.
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