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FL Stat § 55.505 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.505 - Notice of Recording; Prerequisite to Enforcement.

55.505 Notice of recording; prerequisite to enforcement.—(1) At the time of the recording of a foreign judgment, the judgment creditor shall make and record with the clerk of the circuit court an affidavit setting forth the name, social security number, if known, and last known post office address of the judgment debtor and of the judgment creditor.(2) Promptly upon the recording of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk shall mail notice of the recording of the foreign judgment, by registered mail with return receipt requested, to the judgment debtor at the address given in the affidavit and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and of the judgment creditor’s attorney, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the recording of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may record proof of mailing with the clerk. The failure of the clerk to mail notice of recording will not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been recorded.(3) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment recorded hereunder shall issue until 30 days after the mailing of notice by the clerk and payment of a service charge of up to $42 to the clerk, from which the clerk shall remit $4.50 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. When an action authorized in s. 55.509(1) is filed, it acts as an automatic stay of the effect of this section.History.—s. 4, ch. 84-5; s. 12, ch. 93-250; s. 17, ch. 94-348; s. 70, ch. 2003-402; s. 26, ch. 2008-111; s. 13, ch. 2019-58.
FL Stat § 55.507 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.507 - Lien; When Effective.

55.507 Lien; when effective.—A foreign judgment does not operate as a lien until 30 days after the mailing of notice by the clerk. When an action authorized in s. 55.509(1) is filed, it acts as an automatic stay of the effect of this section.History.—s. 5, ch. 84-5.
FL Stat § 55.509 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.509 - Stay of Enforcement of Foreign Judgment.

55.509 Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment.—(1) If, within 30 days after the date the foreign judgment is recorded, the judgment debtor files an action contesting the jurisdiction of the court which entered the foreign judgment or the validity of the foreign judgment and records a lis pendens directed toward the foreign judgment, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment and the judgment lien upon the filing of the action by the judgment debtor.(2) If the judgment debtor shows the circuit or county court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any circuit or county court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.History.—s. 6, ch. 84-5.
FL Stat § 55.601 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.601 - Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act; Short Title.

55.601 Uniform Out-of-country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act; short title.—Sections 55.601-55.607 may be cited as the “Uniform Out-of-country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 94-239.
FL Stat § 55.602 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.602 - Definitions.

55.602 Definitions.—As used in this act, the term:(1) “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands.(2) “Out-of-country foreign judgment” means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money, other than a judgment for taxes, a fine, or other penalty.History.—s. 2, ch. 94-239; s. 5, ch. 2005-241.
FL Stat § 55.603 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.603 - Applicability.

55.603 Applicability.—This act applies to any out-of-country foreign judgment that is final and conclusive and enforceable where rendered, even though an appeal therefrom is pending or is subject to appeal.History.—s. 3, ch. 94-239; s. 6, ch. 2005-241.
FL Stat § 55.605 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.605 - Grounds for Nonrecognition.

55.605 Grounds for nonrecognition.—(1) An out-of-country foreign judgment is not conclusive if:(a) The judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law.(b) The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant.(c) The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.(2) An out-of-country foreign judgment need not be recognized if:(a) The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him or her to defend.(b) The judgment was obtained by fraud.(c) The cause of action or claim for relief on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state.(d) The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive order.(e) The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwise than by proceedings in that court.(f) In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.(g) The foreign jurisdiction where judgment was rendered would not give recognition to a similar judgment rendered in this state.(h) The cause of action resulted in a defamation judgment obtained in a jurisdiction outside the United States, unless the court sitting in this state before which the matter is brought first determines that the defamation law applied in the foreign court’s adjudication provided at least as much protection for freedom of speech and press in that case as would be provided by the United States Constitution and the State Constitution.(i) The judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment.(j) The specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.History.—s. 5, ch. 94-239; s. 1359, ch. 95-147; s. 78, ch. 99-251; s. 11, ch. 2001-154; s. 8, ch. 2005-241; s. 1, ch. 2009-232; s. 1, ch. 2018-37.
FL Stat § 55.6055 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.6055 - Foreign Defamation Judgment.

55.6055 Foreign defamation judgment.—(1) For the purposes of rendering declaratory relief with respect to a person’s liability for a foreign defamation judgment and determining whether the foreign defamation judgment should be deemed nonrecognizable under s. 55.605, the courts of this state have personal jurisdiction over any person who obtains a judgment in a defamation proceeding outside the United States against any person who:(a) Is a resident of this state;(b) Is a person or entity amenable to the jurisdiction of this state;(c) Has assets in this state; or(d) May have to take action in this state to comply with the judgment.(2) This section applies to judgments rendered in defamation proceedings outside the United States before, on, or after July 1, 2009.History.—s. 2, ch. 2009-232.
FL Stat § 55.606 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.606 - Personal Jurisdiction.

55.606 Personal jurisdiction.—The out-of-country foreign judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:(1) The defendant was served personally in the foreign state;(2) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over him or her;(3) The defendant, prior to the commencement of the proceedings, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;(4) The defendant was domiciled in the foreign state when the proceedings were instituted, or, being a body corporate, had its principal place of business, was incorporated, or had otherwise acquired corporate status, in the foreign state;(5) The defendant had a business office in the foreign state and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action or a claim for relief arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign state; or(6) The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action or claim for relief arising out of such operation.History.—s. 6, ch. 94-239; s. 1360, ch. 95-147; s. 9, ch. 2005-241.
FL Stat § 55.607 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Judgments|55.607 - Stay in Case of Appeal.

55.607 Stay in case of appeal.—If the defendant satisfies the court that an appeal is pending, or that he or she intends to appeal, and that he or she has obtained a stay of judgment from the foreign court, the court may stay the proceedings until the appeal has been determined or until the expiration of a period of time sufficient to enable the defendant to prosecute the appeal.History.—s. 7, ch. 94-239; s. 1361, ch. 95-147.
FL Stat § 56.0101 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.0101 - Definitions.

56.0101 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Claimant” means any person other than the judgment debtor who claims any property levied on.(2) “Corporate judgment debtor” means a judgment debtor other than an individual, an estate, or a trust that is not a business trust.(3) “Judgment creditor” means the holder of an unsatisfied judgment, order, or decree for the payment of money, including a transferee or a surety having the right to control and collect the judgment under s. 55.13.(4) “Judgment debtor” means each person who is liable on a judgment, an order, or a decree subject to execution under this chapter.(5) “Levying creditor” means the levying judgment creditor.(6) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, or any other legal or commercial entity.(7) “Relative” means an individual related by consanguinity within the third degree as determined by the common law, a spouse, or an individual related to a spouse within the third degree as determined by the common law, and includes an individual in an adoptive relationship within the third degree.History.—s. 1, ch. 2016-33.
FL Stat § 56.011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.011 - Executions; Capias Ad Satisfaciendum Abolished.

56.011 Executions; capias ad satisfaciendum abolished.—A capias ad satisfaciendum may not be issued upon a judgment, nor may the body of any person be subject to arrest or confinement for the payment of money, except for fines imposed by lawful authority.History.—s. 53, Nov. 23, 1828; RS 1184; GS 1612; RGS 2816; CGL 4503; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 2, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.14.
FL Stat § 56.021 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.021 - Executions; Issuance and Return, Alias, Etc.

56.021 Executions; issuance and return, alias, etc.—When issued, an execution is valid and effective during the life of the judgment, order, or decree on which it is issued. When fully paid, the officer executing it shall make his or her return and file it in the court which issued the execution. If the execution is lost or destroyed, the party entitled thereto may have an alias, pluries or other copies on making proof of such loss or destruction by affidavit and filing it in the court issuing the execution.History.—s. 1, Feb. 17, 1833; RS 1187; GS 1615; RGS 2819; CGL 4506; ss. 1, 2, ch. 17904, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4505(1); s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 298, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.16.
FL Stat § 56.031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.031 - Executions; Form.

56.031 Executions; form.—All executions shall be dated on the day on which they are issued, shall be directed to all and singular the sheriffs of the state and shall be in full force throughout the state.History.—s. 1, Feb. 17, 1833; RS 1186; GS 1614; RGS 2818; CGL 4505; s. 11, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 55.17.
FL Stat § 56.041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.041 - Executions; Collection and Return.

56.041 Executions; collection and return.—(1) All executions shall be returnable when satisfied, and the officers to whom they are delivered shall collect the amounts thereof as soon as possible and shall furnish the judgment debtor with a satisfaction of judgment. All receipts shall be endorsed on the execution.(2) All unsatisfied executions in the hands of the sheriff docketed before October 1, 2001, or 20 years after the date of issuance of final judgment upon which the execution was issued may be returned to the court issuing the execution. Upon such return, the clerk of the court of issuance shall provide a receipt to the sheriff submitting the return acknowledging the return of the unsatisfied execution.History.—s. 2, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1188; GS 1616; RGS 2820; CGL 4507; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 8, ch. 87-145; s. 6, ch. 87-405; s. 4, ch. 2009-215; s. 4, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.18.
FL Stat § 56.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.051 - Executions; Collection When Against Principal and Sureties.

56.051 Executions; collection when against principal and sureties.—Where there are executions against principals and sureties, or an execution against a principal and surety or sureties, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or other officer to make the money out of the property of the principal, unless the principal be insolvent or has no property, in which case the execution may proceed against the property of the sureties.History.—s. 7, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1189; GS 1617; RGS 2821; CGL 4508; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 299, ch. 95-147.Note.—Former s. 55.19.
FL Stat § 56.061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.061 - Property Subject to Execution.

56.061 Property subject to execution.—Lands and tenements, goods and chattels, equities of redemption in real and personal property, and stock in corporations, shall be subject to levy and sale under execution. Likewise, the interest in personal property in possession of a vendee under a retained title contract or conditional sale contract shall be subject to levy and sale under execution to satisfy a judgment against the vendee. This shall be done by making the levy on such personal property.History.—s. 1, Mar. 15, 1844; s. 1, ch. 44, 1845; s. 1, ch. 3917, 1889; RS 1190; GS 1618; RGS 2822; CGL 4509; s. 1, ch. 61-199; s. 11, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 55.20.
FL Stat § 56.071 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.071 - Executions on Equities of Redemption; Discovery of Value.

56.071 Executions on equities of redemption; discovery of value.—On motion made by the person causing a levy to be made on an equity of redemption, the court from which the execution issued shall order the mortgagor, mortgagee, and all other persons interested in the mortgaged property levied on to appear and be examined about the amount remaining due on the mortgage, the amount that has been paid, the person to whom that amount has been paid, and the date when that amount was paid so that the value of the equity of redemption may be ascertained before the property is sold. The court may appoint a general or special magistrate to conduct the examination. This section shall also apply to the interest of and personal property in possession of a vendee under a retained title contract or conditional sales contract.History.—s. 2, ch. 44, 1845; RS 1208; GS 1638; RGS 2842; CGL 4529; s. 1, ch. 61-191; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 13, ch. 73-334; s. 52, ch. 2004-11; s. 5, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.21.
FL Stat § 56.09 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.09 - Executions Against Corporate Judgment Debtors; Generally.

56.09 Executions against corporate judgment debtors; generally.—On any judgment against a corporate judgment debtor, the judgment creditor may have an execution levied on the current money as well as on the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the corporate judgment debtor.History.—s. 4, Feb. 11, 1834; RS 1210; GS 1640; RGS 2844; CGL 4531; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 6, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.23.
FL Stat § 56.10 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.10 - Executions Against Corporate Judgment Debtors; Receivership.

56.10 Executions against corporate judgment debtors; receivership.—If an execution cannot be satisfied in whole or in part for lack of property of the corporate judgment debtor subject to levy and sale, on motion of the judgment creditor the circuit court in chancery within whose circuit such corporate judgment debtor is or has been doing business, or in which any of its effects are found, may sequestrate the property, things in action, goods and chattels of the corporate judgment debtor for the purpose of enforcing the judgment, and may appoint a receiver for the corporate judgment debtor. A receiver so appointed is subject to the rules prescribed by law for receivers of the property of other judgment debtors. His or her power shall extend throughout the state.History.—s. 1, ch. 1870, 1872; RS 1211; GS 1641; RGS 2845; CGL 4532; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 300, ch. 95-147; s. 7, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.24.
FL Stat § 56.12 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.12 - Executions; Levy, Forthcoming Bond.

56.12 Executions; levy, forthcoming bond.—If a judgment debtor wants to retake possession of any property levied on, the judgment debtor may do so by executing a bond with surety to be approved by the officer in favor of the judgment creditor in a sum double the value of the property retaken as fixed by the officer holding the execution and conditioned that the property will be forthcoming on the day of sale stated in the bond.History.—s. 3, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1192; GS 1621; RGS 2825; CGL 4512; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 301, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.34.
FL Stat § 56.13 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.13 - Executions; Forfeiture of Forthcoming Bond.

56.13 Executions; forfeiture of forthcoming bond.—Should the execution remain unpaid, and the parties to the bond fail to produce such property by the day specified, said bond shall be returned to the court from which the execution issued, as forfeited; and the clerk, or the court if it has no clerk, shall enter up judgment forthwith against the sureties for the value fixed as aforesaid of the property so bonded, or if the value of the property exceed the amount of the execution, then for the amount of the execution, and execution shall issue therefor. Such proceedings shall not affect the liability of the principal upon the original judgment.History.—s. 4, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1193; GS 1622; RGS 2826; CGL 4513; s. 11, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 55.35.
FL Stat § 56.14 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.14 - Executions Upon Forthcoming Bond; Levy.

56.14 Executions upon forthcoming bond; levy.—No bonds, as hereinbefore provided, shall be allowed to be given for property seized upon the execution on the judgment upon the forfeited bond.History.—s. 1, ch. 727, 1855; RS 1194; GS 1623; RGS 2827; CGL 4514; s. 11, ch. 67-254.Note.—Former s. 55.36.
FL Stat § 56.15 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.15 - Executions; Stay of Illegal Writs.

56.15 Executions; stay of illegal writs.—If any execution issues illegally, the judgment debtor may obtain a stay by making and delivering an affidavit to the officer having the execution, stating the illegality and whether any part of the execution is due, with a bond with surety payable to the judgment creditor in double the amount of the execution or the part of which a stay is sought conditioned to pay the execution or part claimed to be illegal and any damages for delay if the affidavit is not well founded. On receipt of such affidavit and bond the officer shall stay proceedings on the execution and return the bond and affidavit to the court from which the execution issued. The court shall pass on the question of illegality as soon as possible. If the execution is adjudged illegal in any part, the court shall stay it as to the part but if it is adjudged legal in whole or in part, the court shall enter judgment against the principal and surety on such bond for the amount of so much of the execution as is adjudged to be legal and execution shall issue thereon.History.—ss. 2, 3, Feb. 15, 1834; RS 1195; GS 1624; RGS 2828; CGL 4515; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 9, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.37.
FL Stat § 56.16 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.16 - Executions; Claims of Third Parties to Property Levied On.

56.16 Executions; claims of third parties to property levied on.—If any person, including a person to whom a Notice to Appear has been issued pursuant to s. 56.29(2), other than the judgment debtor claims any property levied on, he or she may obtain possession of the property by filing with the officer having the execution an affidavit by the claimant, or the claimant’s agent or attorney, that the property claimed belongs to the claimant and by furnishing the officer a bond with surety to be approved by the officer in favor of the judgment creditor in 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 the claimant if it appears that the claim was interposed for the purpose of delay.History.—s. 9, Feb. 17, 1833; s. 1, Mar. 16, 1844; RS 1197; GS 1626; RGS 2830; CGL 4517; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 302, ch. 95-147; s. 10, ch. 2016-33.Note.—Former s. 55.39.
FL Stat § 56.17 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 56 - Final Process|56.17 - Executions; Duty of Officer on Claim of Third Person Being Filed.

56.17 Executions; duty of officer on claim of third person being filed.—On receipt of the bond and affidavit the officer shall deliver the property to the claimant and desist from any further proceedings under the execution until the right of property is tried. The officer shall return the execution to the court from which it issued with the affidavit and bond.History.—ss. 9, 10, Feb. 17, 1833; RS 1198; GS 1627; RGS 2831; CGL 4518; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 303, ch. 95-147.Note.—Former s. 55.40.