Here’s a question I’ve had come up before and again just today. What is an unrecorded plat?
OK, so if one goes to the Palm Beach County site then there is a list of “unrecorded plats.” What are these? First, they are typically NOT enforceable by anyone but there is case law that MAY support easements shown on them in certain circumstances. These are simply drawings that wound up in the public domain at some point in their life.
Florida Statute has this to say:
177.132 Preservation of unrecorded maps.—
(1) The clerk of the circuit court of a county may receive and copy, as unrecorded maps, otherwise unrecorded plats and maps, including sales maps, which describe or illustrate the boundaries and subdivision of parcels of land, but which do not necessarily indicate proper metes and bounds or otherwise comply with the recording requirements of this part. The receipt and copying of such documents shall not affect or impair the title to the property in any manner, nor shall it be construed as actual or constructive notice, but shall be for informational purposes only and shall not be referred to for the purpose of conveying property or for circumventing the lawful regulation and control of subdividing lands by local governing bodies. The clerk may maintain a separate book or other filing process provided by the county for this purpose. The clerk shall make reproductions of these copies available to the public at a reasonable fee.
