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Florida Statute 55.04 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 55.04 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 55.04 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
55.04 Judgments; rate of interest, bonds of county, etc.All judgments and decrees rendered on any bonds or other written evidence of debt of any county, special road and bridge districts or any county for the use and benefit of any special road and bridge districts or incorporated city or town or taxing district bear interest at the rate of 5 percent a year. When a judgment or decree is rendered on a bond or other written evidence of debt providing for a lesser rate of interest, the judgment or decree bears interest at the rate specified in such bond or other written evidence of debt.
History.s. 1, ch. 16835, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4493(1); s. 9, ch. 67-254.

Cases Citing F.S. 55.04

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·Growers Packing Co. v. Cmty. Bank of Homestead, 134 B.R. 438 (S.D. Fla. 1991).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17789, 1991 WL 260308

...In the absence of express statutory authorization, the question becomes whether such power may be implied from a reading of the legislative history and/or whether it is "incidental and necessary to make the legislation effective." In re United Missouri Bank, 901 F.2d at 1455 (citing 2A Sutherland Stat.Const. § 55.04 (1984))....
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Cited as authorityStein (1993)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityIn Re Beeline Engineering & Const., Inc. (1993)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Charter Schs. USA, Inc. v. John Doe No. 93, 152 So. 3d 657 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 18438, 2014 WL 5836146

...given to F.S.A. Ch. 55, which deals at length with judgments and executions.” See Authors' Comments, West's Florida Statutes Annotated, Rule 1.550, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure (1967). Chapter 55 uses the term “rendition” only twice, once in section 55.04 which deals with the interest rate to be assessed on judgments rendered on government bonds and sheds no light whatsoever on when 3 See generally Elliot H....
...without suffering execution in the interim. See Greenbriar Condominium Ass'n, Inc. v. Padgett, 583 So. 2d 1100 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).”). 6 a judgment creditor may execute on a signed order or judgment; see § 55.04 Fla. Stat....
...this rule, consideration should be given to F.S.A. Ch. 55, which deals at length with judgments and executions.” Chapter 55, Florida Statutes (2013), in turn provides two clues regarding the “determined” versus “rendered” question before us. Section 55.04, relating to judgments enforcing municipal bond obligations, 18 uses the term “rendered” to refer to the judgment or decree....
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Cited as authorityFeliciano (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityCalonge (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityCalonge (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Sun Bank, NA v. Merrill Lynch, 637 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 140738

Landrum asserted that the bank's actions violated section 55-4-212,[7] the court stated "this argument overlooks

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