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Date:____________________, 20___
Seller:____________________________________
Buyer:____________________________________
Closing Date:_____________, 20____
Closing Place:_______________________________
Persons Present at
Closing:_____________________________________________
Contract Documents
1. Contract
2. Amendments
3. Listing agreement or brokerage commission
agreement
Approvals
4. Mortgage loan approval
5. Mortgage assumption approval
6. Mortgage release approval
7. Condo or homeowner association approval
8. Lease review and approval
9. Franchise approval
Inspections, Insurance, Utilities, Taxes
10. Title insurance search ordered
11. Survey (meeting or exceeding Minimum
Technical Standards)
12. Termite inspection
13. Termite treatment contract
14. Professional building inspection
15. Phase I environmental site assessment
inspection with Radon and asbestos
16. City or county inspection, zoning, setbacks,
pending citations, & local city rental requirements
search and research
17. City and county special assessment search
18. Financial books and records inspection by CPA
19. Sales tax payment verification (Florida
Department of Revenue forms DR-842 or DR-843)
20. Sales tax dealer registration
21. Ad valorem real and tangible personal
property tax payment verification (County Tax
Collector)
22. Property, casualty, liability, workers comp,
and flood insurance with loss payee and additional
insured
23. Utility accounts paid, disconnected and
changed (gas, electricity, water, trash, phone,
cable tv, sewer)
24. Tenant estoppel letters
25. Licenses and permits to be obtained or
transferred
26. Employees to be retained or hired
27. Secretary of State certificates of existence
28. Corporate resolutions and minutes authorizing
sale, conveyance and encumbrance
29. Affidavits of incumbency
30. Florida regulatory requirements (e.g., see
attached list for Florida hotels and motels)
Closing Administration
31. Closing statement or HUD-1 settlement
statement
32. Prorations statement
33. Closing statement agreement regarding errors
34. Brokers commission receipts
35. FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property
Tax Act) Affidavit of Seller
36. 1099 designation agreement
37. 1099 affidavit
38. IRS Form 1099 or substitute
39. Cashier's checks from escrow agents and
buyers
40. Cashier's check to Seller
41. Checks to pay closing costs
Title Documents
42. Title insurance commitment
43. Endorsements to title insurance commitment
44. Title insurance commitment marked up at
closing
45. Title insurance exception documents
46. Deed (warranty, special warranty, PR,
trustee, fee simple, or quit claim)
47. Exhibits to deed
48. Affidavit of no liens
49. Special affidavits re title
50. Leases
Loan Documents
51. Note
52. Mortgage
53. Assumption documents
54. Estoppel letter on mortgage being satisfied
55. Other lender-required documents
56. Amortization schedule
57. Separate check for points
58. Satisfaction of mortgage to be paid off
Miscellaneous
59. Bill of sale to contents and personalty
60. Assignment of warranties
61. Occupancy agreement
62. Land trust agreement
63. Deed in trust
64. Keys to buyer
65. Cover letters to clerk to record deed,
mortgage and other documents
66. Other:
After Closing
67. Received recorded deed (original to buyer;
copy to seller)
68. Received recorded mortgage (original to
seller; copy to buyer)
69. Received satisfactions of mortgage (original
to seller)
70. Received original satisfied note marked
"paid" (original to seller)
71. Received title insurance policy meeting
requirements of marked-up commitment
72. Other:
SOME FLORIDA REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS FOR HOTELS AND MOTELS
1. Fire safety standards for transient public
lodging establishments are regulated by the State
Fire Marshall in Florida Department of Insurance.
Rule 4A-43.004, F.A.C. This would include
requirements for fire sprinklers and elevators.
2. Hotels, restaurants and elevators are
regulated by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants
in the Florida Department of Business Regulation.
Rule 7C-1.003, F.A.C.; Rule 61C-1.002, F.A.C.; Rule
61C-4.023, F.A.C. (manager certification).
3. Alcoholic beverages in restaurants are
regulated by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and
Tobacco in the Florida Department of Business
Regulation. Rule 7A-3.0141, F.A.C., Rule 7A-3.043,
F.A.C.; Rule 61A-3.0141, F.A.C.; Rule 61A-3.043,
F.A.C.
4. Food hygiene is regulated by the Health
Program Office in the Florida Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services. Rule 10D-13.025, F.A.C.
5. Swimming pools are regulated by the Health
Program Office in the Florida Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services. Rule 10D-5.130, F.A.C.
6. Septic tanks and other onsite sewage treatment
and disposal systems are regulated by the Health
Program Office in the Florida Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services. Rule 10D-6.044, F.A.C.
7. Sales tax, local options resort tax, transient
rentals tax, local option food and beverage tax,
convention development tax, and other taxes are
regulated by the Florida Department of Revenue. Rule
12A-1.060, F.A.C.; Rule 12A-1.061, F.A.C.; Rule
12A-3.003, F.A.C.
8. Advance disposal fees are regulated by the
Florida Department of Revenue. Rule 12A-18.006,
F.A.C. (Restaurants and other food service
businesses).
9. Corporate income taxes are regulated by the
Florida Department of Revenue.
10. Intangible personal property taxes (tax on
stocks, bonds, and other investments) are regulated
by the Florida Department of Revenue.
11. Ad valorem real estate taxes are regulated by
the Florida Department of Revenue but collected by
the County Tax Collector.
12. Ad valorem tangible personal property taxes
(tax on equipment, furniture, inventory, etc.) are
regulated by the Florida Department of Revenue but
collected by the County Tax Collector.
13. Advertising on official state transportation
maps is regulated by the Florida Department of
Transportation. Rule 14-117.003, F.A.C.
14. Labor, child labor and unemployment tax is
regulated by the Florida Department of Labor and
Employment Security. Rule 38H-14.002, F.A.C.
15. Water usage, disposal and wells are regulated
by the Southwest Florida Water Management District,
by the West Coast Water Supply Authority, and by the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
16. Storage tanks above and below the ground are
regulated by the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection. Rule 62-761.200, F.A.C.; Rule
62-762.200, F.A.C.
Note: Other state, federal and local regulatory
matters may be applicable and should be
investigated.
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