Florida Statute 30.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 30
SHERIFFS

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30.20 False return.—For every false return, the sheriff shall forfeit and pay $500, one moiety thereof to the party aggrieved, and the other moiety to him or her who will sue for the same, to be recovered with costs by action of debt; and the said sheriff shall be further liable to an action of the party aggrieved.

History.—s. 2, ch. 997, 1859; RS 1251; GS 1679; RGS 2887; CGL 4584; s. 181, ch. 95-147.

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Hulsh v. Hulsh

431 So. 2d 658

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 3, 1983 | Docket: 1512017

Cited 20 times | Published

2d 46 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969); Page On Wills, supra § 30.20 at 128. In our view, harmony between the provision

Adeline Jones v. Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary, United States Department of Education, in His Official Capacity, and Richard A. Hastings, Etc.

889 F.2d 1043, 65 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 374, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 18270, 1989 WL 138885

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 6, 1989 | Docket: 503818

Cited 12 times | Published

of Education rules and regulations (34 C.F.R. § 30.20 et seq.) detailing her rights and the

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