Title: In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.570 and Form 1.914
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC17-1533
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: May 31, 2018

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC17-1533 
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IN RE:  AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 
1.570 AND FORM 1.914. 
 
[May 31, 2018] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
This matter is before the Court for consideration of proposed amendments to 
the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. 
Const.  The Civil Procedure Rules Committee (Committee) has filed an out-of-
cycle report proposing amendments to existing rule 1.570 (Enforcement of Final 
Judgments), the renumbering of existing form 1.914 (Execution), and the adoption 
of new forms 1.914(b) (Notice to Appear) and 1.914(c) (Affidavit of Claimant in 
Response to Notice to Appear).  See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(e).  The Committee 
explains that it has proposed these amendments in response to 2016 statutory 
amendments.1 
                                          
 
 
1.  See generally ch. 2016-33, Laws of Fla. (amending chapter 56, Florida 
Statutes). 
 
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The Committee published its proposals for comment prior to filing them 
with the Court and received one comment regarding its proposed amendments to 
rule 1.570.  Upon consideration of the comment, the Committee did not alter its 
proposals.  After the Committee’s proposals were filed, the Court published them 
for comment; one comment was filed by Robert T. Koehler, d/b/a Florida Notary 
Academy, addressing proposed new form 1.914(c) (Affidavit of Claimant in 
Response to Notice to Appear). 
Having considered the Committee’s report and the comments filed with the 
Committee and the Court, we hereby adopt the proposed amendments to the 
Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and Forms, with a modification.  The 
amendments are discussed below. 
Rule 1.570 (Enforcement of Final Judgments) is amended to add subdivision 
(e), governing proceedings supplementary to execution of an unsatisfied judgment 
or judgment lien.  The Committee proposed adding subdivision (e) with the 
following language: 
(e)  Proceedings Supplementary.  The holder of 
an unsatisfied judgment or judgment lien is entitled to 
conduct proceedings supplementary to execution and 
related discovery, as provided by chapter 56, Florida 
Statutes.  Notices to Appear and supplemental complaints 
in proceedings supplementary must be served as provided 
by law and rules of procedure for service of process. 
 
 
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However, due to our concerns over some of the language employed by the 
Committee in the proposed rule, and the use of phrases not defined in either the 
Florida Rules of Civil Procedure generally or specifically in rule 1.570, we modify 
the proposed new subdivision to read as follows, and adopt it with this 
modification: 
(e)  Proceedings Supplementary.  Proceedings 
supplementary to execution and related discovery shall 
proceed as provided by chapter 56, Florida Statutes.  
Notices to Appear, as defined by law, and supplemental 
complaints in proceedings supplementary must be served 
as provided by the law and rules of procedure for service 
of process. 
 
 
We also renumber form 1.914 (Execution) to 1.914(a), and adopt new forms 
1.914(b) (Notice to Appear) and 1.914(c) (Affidavit of Claimant in Response to 
Notice to Appear), as proposed by the Committee.  New form 1.914(b) is adopted 
in response to 2016 amendments to section 56.29(2), Florida Statutes, which 
require a court in some circumstances to issue a “Notice to Appear” to a judgment 
debtor, as defined in that section, or third-party holder of the judgment debtor’s 
property.  Ch. 2016-33, § 18, at 6-7, Laws of Fla.  Additionally, new form 1.914(c) 
is adopted for use as the affidavit that a claimant of property is required to file with 
the court in response to a Notice to Appear under section 56.29(2), Florida Statutes 
(2017). 
 
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Accordingly, the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and Forms are amended 
as reflected in the appendix to this opinion.  New language is indicated by 
underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type.  The amendments 
shall become effective July 1, 2018, at 12:01 a.m. 
 
It is so ordered. 
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and 
LAWSON, JJ., concur. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS. 
 
Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 
 
Honorable Rodolfo Armando Ruiz, Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 
Miami Florida; Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, and Mikalla Andies Davis, 
Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Robert T. Koehler, Florida Notary Academy, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
Responding with comments 
 
 
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APPENDIX 
RULE 1.570.  
ENFORCEMENT OF FINAL JUDGMENTS  
(a) – (d) 
[No change] 
(e)  Proceedings Supplementary. Proceedings supplementary to execution 
and related discovery shall proceed as provided by chapter 56, Florida Statutes.  
Notices to Appear, as defined by law, and supplemental complaints in proceedings 
supplementary must be served as provided by the law and rules of procedure for 
service of process.  
Committee Notes 
 
1980 Amendment. [No change] 
2018 Amendment.  Subdivision (e) has been added to address legislative 
amendments to chapter 56, Florida Statutes (2016).  
 
 
 
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FORM 1.914(a). 
EXECUTION 
EXECUTION 
THE STATE OF FLORIDA:  
To Each Sheriff of the State:  
 
 
YOU ARE COMMANDED to levy on the property subject to execution of ………. in 
the sum of $.......... with interest at .....% a year from .....(date)....., until paid and to have this writ 
before the court when satisfied.  
 
 
DATED on ................ 
(Name of Clerk)  
 
As Clerk of the Court 
 
By 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As Deputy Clerk  
FORM 1.914(b). 
NOTICE TO APPEAR 
NOTICE TO APPEAR  
 
TO …..(name of third party)..... 
 
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that, pursuant to section 56.29, Florida Statutes, proceedings 
supplementary to satisfy a judgment by application of the following:.....(identify the property, debt, 
or other obligation due to the judgment debtor)..... in ……….County, Florida have been initiated 
against you by .....(name of judgment creditor)…… You are required to serve an affidavit 
.....date..... stating that the [property] [debt] [other obligation] belongs to you. The affidavit must 
include any fact or legal defense opposing the application of the [property] [debt] [other obligation] 
toward the satisfaction of the judgment on …..(name of the judgment creditor, or its attorney, and 
his/her/its address)……You must file the original affidavit with the clerk of this court either before 
service on the judgment creditor or immediately thereafter. Legal defenses need not be filed under 
oath but must be served contemporaneously with the affidavit.   
 
If any of your property has been levied on and you choose to oppose the application of 
the property to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment, then you must furnish a bond 
with surety to be approved by the officer in favor of the judgment creditor. The amount of the 
bond must be double the value of the goods claimed as the value is fixed by the officer and 
conditioned to deliver said property on demand of said officer if it is adjudged to be the property 
of the judgment debtor and to pay the judgment creditor all damages found against you if it 
appears that the claim was interposed for the purpose of delay. 
 
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT 
TO THE [PROPERTY, DEBT OR OTHER OBLIGATION DUE TO THE JUDGMENT 
DEBTOR]. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO DISCOVERY UNDER THE FLORIDA RULES 
OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. IF THE COURT OR JURY DETERMINES THAT THE 
[PROPERTY] [DEBT] [OTHER OBLIGATION] BELONGS TO THE JUDGMENT 
DEBTOR AND IS SUBJECT TO APPLICATION TOWARD THE SATISFACTION OF 
 
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ITS JUDGMENT, THEN YOU MAY BE ORDERED TO .....(PAY DAMAGES TO THE 
JUDGMENT CREDITOR OR SURRENDER THE PROPERTY OR OTHER 
OBLIGATION DUE TO THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR TO THE JUDGMENT 
CREDITOR)…… 
ORDERED at ………., Florida, on..... (date) ….. 
______________________ 
 
Judge 
FORM 1.914(c). 
AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIMANT IN RESPONSE TO NOTICE TO 
APPEAR 
AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIMANT IN RESPONSE TO NOTICE TO APPEAR 
 
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, appeared…..(name of claimant or claimant’s 
agent)....., who, after being first duly sworn, deposes and states, under penalty of perjury:  
 
1. 
I am the ……..(claimant, or identify relationship to claimant)…… 
 
2. 
I (or claimant) was served with a Notice to Appear on…..(date)……  
 
3. 
I (or claimant) own(s) and am/is entitled to possession of…..(describe the property, 
debt, or other obligation due to the judgment debtor identified in the Notice to Appear)..…  
 
4. 
This property should not be applied to satisfy the judgment because…..(state all 
reasons why the property, debt, or other obligation due to the judgment debtor identified in the 
Notice to Appear should not be applied to satisfy the judgment)…… 
 
5. 
(Select a or b) 
 
 
a. 
I (or claimant) request(s) a trial by jury on all issues so triable. 
 
 
b. 
I (or claimant) request(s) a non-jury trial on all issues. 
 
 
FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. 
Dated:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature of Affiant 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Printed Name:________________________ 
 
 
 
STATE OF ________________________________ 
COUNTY OF ______________________________ 
 
 
 
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Sworn to or affirmed and signed before me on this ___ day of ____________________, 
20___ by (name of affiant)_________________________, who is personally known to me or who 
has produced _____________________, as identification and who did take an oath. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.....(Print, Type or Stamp Commissioned  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name of Notary Public) ..... 
 
Committee Notes 
1980 Amendment. The description of the property to be levied on has to be made 
general so it encompasses all property subject to execution under section 56.061, Florida Statutes 
(1979). 
2018 Adoption. Form 1.914(c) is used by a claimant to respond to a Notice to Appear 
under section 56.29(2), Florida Statutes. Legal defenses need not be filed under oath, but must be 
served contemporaneously with the affidavit. If the claimant’s property has already been levied 
upon, he or she may obtain possession of the property by filing with the officer having the 
execution a copy of this affidavit and by furnishing the officer a bond with surety, as set forth in 
section 56.16, Florida Statutes.