Florida Statute 27.12 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.12

27.12 Power to compromise.—

(1) The state attorney may, with the approval of the Department of Financial Services, compromise and settle all judgments, claims, and demands in favor of the state in his or her circuit against defaulting collectors of revenue, sheriffs and other officers, and the sureties on their bonds, on such terms as the state attorney may deem equitable and proper.

(2) Any such compromise or settlement may be made with any of the sureties of such defaulting officer as to his or her individual liability, and a receipt to such surety shall be a discharge of his or her obligation; but the discharge of one or more of the sureties so compromised and settled with shall not operate as a discharge of the principal or other sureties from the judgment, claim, or demand in favor of the state.

History.—s. 1, ch. 3236, 1881; RS 1351; GS 1786; RGS 3016; CGL 4752; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 122, ch. 95-147; s. 82, ch. 2003-261.

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Amendments to 27.12

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 27.12

Total Results: 14

Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc. v. Seeger

990 So. 2d 503, 2008 WL 3926860

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 2008 | Docket: 1687740

Cited 38 times | Published

art. IV, § 14, cl. 18; Wyo. Const., art. III, § 27. [12] While not referencing "privilege," the 1885

Bill Gilbert v. Alta Health & Life Insurance Company

276 F.3d 1292, 27 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1358, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 27200

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 27, 2001 | Docket: 687892

Cited 26 times | Published

pay insurance benefits, codified at Ala. Code § 27-12-24, allows for the award of punitive and/or extracontractual

Linda Swerhun v. The Guardian Life Ins. Co. Of America

979 F.2d 195, 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 32491, 1992 WL 348169

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 15, 1992 | Docket: 840004

Cited 26 times | Published

action into Alabama’s “twisting” statute, Ala.Code § 27-12-6 (1977), and held that ERISA preempted plaintiffs’

Johnny E. Walker v. Southern Company Services

279 F.3d 1289, 27 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1417, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 886, 2002 WL 86676

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 23, 2002 | Docket: 238764

Cited 21 times | Published

unwillingness to disperse benefits violated Alabama Code § 27-12-24, which creates liability for bad faith refusal

Haynes v. Lloyd

533 So. 2d 944, 1988 WL 123683

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 23, 1988 | Docket: 1232696

Cited 17 times | Published

Harper, F. James & O. Gray, The Law of Torts § 27.12 p. 238 n. 61 (2d Ed. 1986). In Sadowsky v. Levine

Roy A. Mullenix, Arletta Howerton, Tom Willey and Mary Willey v. Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company

912 F.2d 1406, 12 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2698, 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 16908, 1990 WL 129272

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 26, 1990 | Docket: 826920

Cited 7 times | Published

or convert, any insurance policy. Alabama Code § 27-12-6 (1977). Plaintiffs claimed that ERISA did not

Iber v. RPA Intern. Corp.

585 So. 2d 367, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 8042, 1991 WL 152941

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 13, 1991 | Docket: 1688631

Cited 4 times | Published

Harper, F. James & O. Gray, The Law of Torts § 27.12 (2d ed. 1984). The present facts conform with neither

Adler v. Key Financial Services, Inc.

553 So. 2d 284, 1989 WL 142688

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 28, 1989 | Docket: 1259215

Cited 4 times | Published

J. White & R. Summers, Uniform Commercial Code § 27-12, at 604 (3d ed. 1988) (definition of "debtor" under

Gilbert v. Alta Health & Life Insurance

276 F.3d 1292

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 27, 2001 | Docket: 64091081

Published

to pay insurance benefits, codified at Ala.Code § 27-12-24, allows for the award of punitive and/or extracontractual

Tiberio P. DeJulio v. State of Georgia

290 F.3d 1291

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 27, 2001 | Docket: 397144

Published

policies in this state . . . ." Ala. Code § 27-12-24 (2001).

Ellen Gayle Moore v. Liberty National Insurance Co

267 F.3d 1209, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 21131

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 28, 2001 | Docket: 397041

Published

business of insurance. The statute, codified at section 27-12-11 of the Alabama Code, provides as follows:

Ellen Gayle Moore v. Liberty National Insurance Co

267 F.3d 1209

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 28, 2001 | Docket: 397072

Published

plaintiffs’ claims. Second, it contends that § 27-12-11(a) of the Alabama Code, which prohibits discrimination

Grant v. Southtrust Bank of Northwest Florida

605 So. 2d 171, 18 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 985, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 9995, 1992 WL 227869

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 17, 1992 | Docket: 64669994

Published

White & Robert S. Summers, Uniform Commercial Code § 27-12, at 602 (3d ed. 1988) (footnote omitted; emphasis

Farlow v. Union Central Life Insurance

874 F.2d 791

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 6, 1989 | Docket: 66244211

Published

Alabama Trade Practices Law. See Ala.Code § 27-12-1 to § 27-12-24 (1977). More specifically, the twisting