Terms Used In Florida Statutes 723.073

  • Mobile home: means a residential structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is 8 body feet or more in width, over 35 body feet in length with the hitch, built on an integral chassis, designed to be used as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities, and not originally sold as a recreational vehicle, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. See Florida Statutes 723.003
  • park: means a use of land in which lots or spaces are offered for rent or lease for the placement of mobile homes and in which the primary use of the park is residential. See Florida Statutes 723.003

(1) In the event that an association acquires a mobile home park and intends to reconvey a portion or portions of the property acquired to members of the association, the association shall record copies of its articles and bylaws and any additional covenants, restrictions, or declarations of servitude affecting the property with the clerk of the circuit court prior to the conveyance of any portion of the property to an individual member of the association. To create a mobile home cooperative after acquisition of the property, the association shall record the cooperative documents, as required by chapter 719, in the county where the property is located. The effective date of the cooperative shall be the date of the recording.
(2) An association that acquires a mobile home park pursuant to s. 723.071 is exempt from s. 719.1035 and the requirements of part VI of chapter 718 and part VI of chapter 719.