Santa Rosa County Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Last validated August 18, 2026 by our Forms Development Team

Formatted for recording in Santa Rosa County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, Jay, Milton, Navarre.

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Santa Rosa County Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Santa Rosa County Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Fill in the blank Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) form formatted to comply with all Florida recording and content requirements.

Document last validated 8/18/2026
Santa Rosa County Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

Santa Rosa County Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

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Santa Rosa County Completed Example of the Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Santa Rosa County Completed Example of the Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Example of a properly completed Florida Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) document for reference.

Document last validated 7/16/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Santa Rosa County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Clerk of Courts: Official Records - Administration Center

Address:
6495 Caroline St, Suite A / PO Box 472
Milton, Florida 32570 / 32572

Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm M-F

Phone: (850) 983-1966

South End Service Center

Address:
5841 Gulf Breeze Pwky
Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563

Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

Phone: (850) 983-1820

Recording Tips for Santa Rosa County:
  • Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
  • Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
  • Make copies of your documents before recording - keep originals safe
  • Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
  • Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates

Cities and Jurisdictions in Santa Rosa County

Properties in any of these areas use Santa Rosa County forms:

  • Bagdad
  • Gulf Breeze
  • Jay
  • Milton
  • Navarre

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Santa Rosa County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Santa Rosa County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Santa Rosa County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Santa Rosa County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Santa Rosa County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended, and most PDF apps also work. You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Santa Rosa County?

Recording fees in Santa Rosa County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (850) 983-1966 for current fees.

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When Florida real property held in trust changes hands, the deed comes from the trustee, and the warranty a trustee gives ordinarily stops at the edges of the trust's own tenure. This special warranty deed prepares that conveyance: the trustee of an identified trust conveys the property in fee simple and warrants the title only against the lawful claims of persons claiming by, through, or under the grantor.

A warranty measured by the grantor's tenure

Florida writes two deed forms into statute. The warranty deed of section 689.02, Florida Statutes, carries full common-law covenants under section 689.03, reaching the entire history of the title; the quitclaim deed of section 689.025 conveys whatever interest the grantor holds with no covenant at all. The special warranty deed sits between them, and no Florida statute prescribes its form, so the instrument does the work itself: it conveys with ordinary words of conveyance, states an express covenant limited to claims arising by, through, or under the grantor, and states that no other covenant of title arises from the deed. Because section 689.03 attaches the full covenants to any deed substantially in the statutory form, that express limitation is what confines the promise to the grantor's own tenure, the posture that recurs wherever a fiduciary conveys property whose earlier chain of title the fiduciary never controlled.

Title held in trust, and what the record shows

Florida gives a purchaser from a trustee unusual statutory comfort, and one well-known trap. Under section 689.073, a recorded instrument that names the grantee as trustee and confers the power to protect, conserve, sell, lease, encumber, or otherwise manage and dispose of the described property vests the trustee with full power and authority of record, and a person dealing with that trustee takes free of unrecorded trust terms and beneficiary claims, with no duty to inquire. Section 689.07 is the other edge: a deed naming a grantee only as trustee, with no trust identified, can vest a personal fee simple instead. This form answers both statutes on its face. Section 1 identifies the trust by name and date, Section 2 identifies the recorded instrument through which the trustee holds title, and the operative sections recite that the trustee conveys in the stated capacity and not individually, with every covenant confined to that capacity.

Signed and recorded like every Florida deed

The trustee signs before two subscribing witnesses under section 689.01, and since January 1, 2024, each witness's printed name and post-office address on the deed are recording requirements under section 695.26. The acknowledgment tracks the statutory short forms, recording whether the trustee appeared by physical presence or by online notarization, with the representative capacity stated in the certificate. The first page reserves the 3-inch square at the top right for the clerk of the circuit court, and the documentary stamp tax of section 201.02, 70 cents per $100 of consideration in every county but Miami-Dade, is paid at recording.

The package pairs the fillable deed with a completed example, worked through a realistic Orange County fact pattern, and a plain-language guide that walks every numbered section, the witness and notary blocks, and the recording steps, with citations to the governing statutes. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; a Florida attorney can apply these rules to a specific trust and title.

Important: Your property must be located in Santa Rosa County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.

This Special Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantor) meets all recording requirements specific to Santa Rosa County.

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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Santa Rosa County recording format requirements. If there is a rejection caused by our formatting, we will correct the issue or refund your payment. This guarantee applies to document formatting only and does not extend to information entered by the user, the selection of the form, or the legal effect of the completed document.

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