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Bulletin: FL2019002

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Bulletin: FL2019002

Bulletin Document
V 1
Date: February 26, 2019
To: All Florida Issuing Offices
RE: UNDERWRITING - Miami-Dade Ordinance Section 18-20.2 - Disclosure of Special Taxing District to Purchasers Amended

Dear Associates:

We recently issued bulletins (FL2018002 and FL2018003) regarding the Miami-Dade County ordinance which had it ever taken effect would have required the special taxing district be disclosed on deeds and the information provided be acknowledged by the deed's grantees.

Please be advised that the ordinance has been amended and the proposed requirement that the disclosure be in the deed has been abolished. The disclosure must now be contained in the real estate contract or an addendum to the contract and applies not only to developers of residential property but to existing residential property as well. The required disclosure language is contained in the ordinance which is attached to this bulletin. Based on this amendment, the required disclosure is no longer a title matter since it is not required to be on the deed, but rather is a contractual matter for the Seller and their sales representative (i.e. agents, brokers, etc.) to address. 

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