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Florida does not publish a single state purchase-contract blank for ordinary home resales. Agent-assisted transactions commonly use current Florida Realtors®/The Florida Bar contracts—the standard or “AS IS” version—or Florida Realtors’ CRSP contract, together with the riders and disclosures required for the property. Choose your situation based on who will prepare the agreement.
Ask which current Florida contract is being used, why it fits the transaction, and which riders and disclosures apply. Confirm whom the licensee represents; Florida transaction brokerage is limited representation, not dual fiduciary agency.
See the agent-guided stepsFlorida does not provide a free FREC residential purchase blank. A Florida real-estate lawyer can prepare or review the agreement before you sign. Use only a current, expressly licensed self-help form source if you go that route—not an old or unauthorized PDF.
See FSBO stepsThe seller’s Florida flood disclosure must be delivered at or before contract execution. Condominium, cooperative, HOA, coastal, pre-1978, and other property facts may require additional documents, contract language, or time-limited cancellation rights.
Check the disclosure timelinePublicLegal does not sell or reproduce Florida Realtors®/The Florida Bar contracts, CRSP, or lookalikes. When a current industry form or Florida lawyer is the better path, we say so.
Reviewed August 2026 · Fla. Stat. §§725.01, 475.278, 689.261, 689.302, 404.056, 720.401, 718.503, 161.57 · Johnson v. Davis · Florida Realtors contract materials · EPA lead
Independent general information for ordinary Florida residential resales. PublicLegal is not affiliated with Florida Realtors, The Florida Bar, FREC, or DBPR. This page is not legal advice.
Editorial summary based on the 2025 Florida Statutes (including flood disclosure §689.302 as currently codified), Johnson v. Davis, Florida Realtors contract-guidance materials and 2025 form updates, FREC/DBPR licensing materials, The Florida Bar’s consumer home-buying pamphlet, and EPA lead-disclosure materials. Re-check official sources before you rely on deadlines or form versions—statutes and association forms change.
A contract for the sale of lands generally must be in writing and signed by the party to be charged (Fla. Stat. §725.01). That writing requirement is not the same thing as a government-issued form number.
The Florida Real Estate Commission and DBPR regulate licensees. Their public forms libraries are oriented to licensing and regulation—not a free statewide residential purchase blank for ordinary resales. In many agent-assisted transactions, private Florida Realtors®/The Florida Bar contracts or Florida Realtors CRSP are used.
The purchase agreement creates the parties’ obligations. The deed conveys title later at closing. There is no general automatic three-day cooling-off period after an ordinary accepted Florida home offer; cancellation rights come from the contract or from specific statutes (for example certain HOA or condominium disclosure failures).
If a Florida real-estate licensee is preparing your offer, that licensee typically selects and supplies the current purchase agreement and riders for the property and deal structure. Florida Realtors identifies three residential contracts: the Florida Realtors®/The Florida Bar Residential Contract for Sale and Purchase, the “AS IS” version of that joint contract, and the Florida Realtors Contract for Residential Sale and Purchase (CRSP). Those are private industry forms—not free public blanks from the Florida Real Estate Commission.
Ask which form and revision is being used and why the standard FR/BAR path, the “AS IS” path, or CRSP fits your transaction. Confirm whom the licensee represents under Florida’s brokerage-relationship rules (Fla. Stat. §475.278). Florida prohibits dual fiduciary agency; a transaction broker provides a limited form of representation, which is not the same thing as a dual agent.
Confirm the riders and disclosures that match the property—HOA, condominium, coastal, lead paint, appraisal contingency, financing, occupancy, qualifying improvements, and others—before anyone signs. Do not assume an appraisal-to-purchase-price exit exists unless the agreement expressly provides one.
Even when an agent supplies the forms, you may still want a Florida lawyer to review the agreement before you sign—especially if terms are unusual, deadlines are aggressive, or the property is a condo, coastal parcel, or complex title situation. The Florida Bar’s consumer guidance emphasizes retaining a lawyer before the purchase contract is signed when you need advice about your interests.
Florida does not publish a free FREC residential purchase-contract blank for ordinary resales. Unrepresented buyers and sellers still need a written agreement that covers more than price and address—deposit, financing, inspections, insurance, title, possession, defaults, disclosures, and closing logistics. A contract for the sale of land generally must be in writing under Florida’s statute of frauds (Fla. Stat. §725.01).
The safer contract path is a Florida real-estate lawyer who prepares or reviews the agreement before anyone signs. Form access is not legal advice about which contingencies, riders, or deadlines to choose.
If you use a self-help form service, use only a current source that is expressly licensed to distribute the forms you need. Do not rely on random internet PDFs labeled “FAR/BAR” or “Florida purchase agreement.” Association contracts and riders are revised during the year; stale copies create real risk.
Selling or buying without an agent does not erase the seller’s duty to disclose known latent material defects under Johnson v. Davis, the statutory flood and property-tax disclosures, radon notification, federal lead duties for most pre-1978 housing, or HOA/condo/coastal rules that apply to the property. Select a title company or closing attorney early, and ask whom that closing agent represents.
PublicLegal does not sell a Florida purchase-contract substitute. Use this page for orientation, primary-source links, and related deed or rental products only when those separate tasks apply.
Florida does not prescribe one universal statutory property-condition questionnaire for every ordinary residential resale the way some states do. Instead, Florida combines a case-law disclosure duty with multiple transaction- and property-specific statutory notices.
Under Johnson v. Davis, 480 So. 2d 625 (Fla. 1985), a residential seller who knows of facts materially affecting the value of the property that are not readily observable and are not known to the buyer must disclose them. That duty applies to new and used homes. An “AS IS” contract does not erase the duty to disclose known latent material defects.
When a real-estate licensee is involved, Fla. Stat. §475.278 also requires disclosure of known facts that materially affect the value of residential real property and are not readily observable—across single-agent, transaction-broker, and no-brokerage-relationship postures. Dual fiduciary agency is prohibited.
Flood disclosure (Fla. Stat. §689.302): A seller must complete and provide a flood disclosure to a purchaser of residential real property at or before the sales contract is executed. The current statutory form includes a flood-insurance warning and asks whether the seller has knowledge of flooding that damaged the property during the seller’s ownership, has filed a flood-damage insurance claim, and has received flood-damage assistance. The statute defines “flooding.” This duty is not limited to homes inside a mapped FEMA flood zone.
Property tax disclosure (Fla. Stat. §689.261): A prospective purchaser of residential property must receive a statutory property-tax disclosure summary at or before contract execution warning that the buyer should not rely on the seller’s current taxes after a change of ownership or improvements.
Radon notification (Fla. Stat. §404.056(5)): Prescribed “RADON GAS …” language must appear on at least one document, form, or application executed at or before the contract for sale and purchase of any building.
Energy-efficiency information (Fla. Stat. §553.996): At or before contract execution, the purchaser must receive information notifying them of the option for a building energy-efficiency rating.
HOA communities (Fla. Stat. §720.401): A prospective parcel owner in a covered community must receive a statutory disclosure summary before executing the contract. The contract must incorporate/reference the summary and include a conspicuous voidability clause. If the summary is not provided before execution, the buyer may void within three days after receipt of the summary or prior to closing, whichever occurs first; the right is not waivable and ends at closing. This HOA path is not the same document package or calendar as condominium law.
Condominiums and cooperatives (Fla. Stat. §§718.503 and 719.503): These chapters require specific contract legends and document delivery. Developer and nondeveloper paths differ. Current law also addresses milestone inspection materials, turnover inspection reports, and structural integrity reserve study materials where applicable. Developer transactions can carry longer statutory review/cancellation periods (commonly described as 15 days in the developer contract legends). Nondeveloper resales often use shorter periods that exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. Read the current statute and your contract rather than relying on a single countdown from a web page.
Coastal property (Fla. Stat. §161.57): If the property is partly or wholly seaward of the coastal construction control line, the seller must give a prescribed written coastal disclosure at or before both parties execute the contract, and generally must provide a CCCL affidavit or survey at or before closing unless waived. Failure to deliver under this section does not, by itself, create a statutory rescission right under §161.57.
Federal lead-based paint rules still apply to most pre-1978 housing: disclosure of known information and records, a warning statement, the EPA pamphlet, and a buyer opportunity to test unless properly changed or waived.
Fla. Stat. §689.25 provides that certain facts—such as occupant HIV/AIDS status, or that a property was the site of a homicide, suicide, or death—are not material facts that must be disclosed in a real estate transaction. That statute does not cancel the Johnson duty for physical latent defects.
Association “Seller’s Property Disclosure” forms used with many agent deals are private industry products, not free FREC blanks. PublicLegal does not host or sell them. Written disclosure remains a practical way to document known issues even when no single statewide condition form is mandated.
We do not sell a Florida purchase-contract substitute. When you need a related PublicLegal product for a Florida property, these are optional and stage-specific.
Use this as a practical sequence—not a substitute for advice on your facts.
Depending on the property and transaction, parties may also need to address:
Local and property-specific requirements vary. Use professionals and primary sources for your address—not a generic national packet.
Florida is not a categorical attorney-only closing state for ordinary residential resales. Closings are commonly handled by a title company or a closing attorney. A title insurer or title agent issuing title insurance may perform authorized closing and document functions incident to that role.
A Florida real-estate lawyer can advise you about contract terms, title objections, homestead and ownership structure, association issues, disputes, and custom drafting. The Florida Bar’s consumer pamphlet stresses that the best time to retain a lawyer is before the purchase contract is signed.
Ask whom the closing agent represents. A neutral closing role is not the same as personal legal representation for negotiating your deal. Independently verify wire instructions because real-estate wire fraud is common.
The purchase agreement creates the sale obligations. The deed conveys title at closing. PublicLegal’s Florida deed pages address conveyance documents; they are not a substitute for the purchase agreement or for closing professionals.
That keeps this page honest: orientation and primary-source links, not a substitute for licensed industry forms or Florida legal advice.
Florida does not use a general public FREC purchase-contract blank for ordinary home resales. Many agent-assisted deals use private Florida Realtors®/The Florida Bar contracts or Florida Realtors CRSP. PublicLegal does not sell those forms or a lookalike.
Those nicknames usually refer to the joint Florida Realtors®/The Florida Bar Residential Contract for Sale and Purchase and its “AS IS” version. They are industry forms approved by those organizations—not government forms issued by FREC.
In general terms, the standard Florida Realtors/Florida Bar path allocates certain inspection and repair issues under the form’s standards, while the “AS IS” path generally does not require the seller to make repairs and gives the buyer a contractual inspection-period cancellation right under the form’s terms. “AS IS” does not mean “no inspections” and does not erase the seller’s duty to disclose known latent material defects. Your actual signed form controls.
No. Under Johnson v. Davis, a residential seller who knows of facts materially affecting value that are not readily observable and are not known to the buyer must disclose them. An as-is clause does not wipe out that disclosure duty.
Not automatically in an ordinary resale. None of the Florida Realtors contract families create a general three-day cooling-off right after acceptance. Specific statutes—such as late HOA disclosure delivery under §720.401, or condominium/cooperative document rules—can create time-limited cancellation rights. Read the statute and your contract.
Fla. Stat. §689.302 requires a seller of residential real property to provide the statutory flood disclosure at or before contract execution. The statute is not written as applying only inside a mapped FEMA flood zone. Flood-zone status and insurance needs are separate practical questions.
Not for every ordinary residential transaction. Closings are commonly handled by title companies or closing attorneys. A Florida lawyer is still often the right advisor before you sign the purchase contract, and you should ask whom the closing agent represents.
HOA parcels use Fla. Stat. §720.401’s disclosure summary and related contract language, with a possible three-day voidability path if the summary is late. Condominiums and cooperatives follow chapters 718 and 719, which require specific legends, document packages, and—under current law—additional inspection and reserve-study materials in many cases. Those paths are not interchangeable.
No. The purchase agreement is the contract to buy and sell. Title typically transfers later by deed at closing. PublicLegal’s Florida deed pages address conveyance documents; they are not a substitute for the purchase agreement or closing professionals.
Consider an attorney if no agent is preparing the offer, if you need the purchase agreement reviewed before signing, if the property is a condo/coastal/complex title situation, if insurance or flood issues are material, or if you do not understand documents you are being asked to sign. This page is orientation, not representation.
PublicLegal provides self-help forms and information. This is not legal advice. Real estate purchase and disclosure rules vary by state and transaction. Confirm requirements for your property with a qualified professional when needed.