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Florida Statute 55.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 55.07 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 55.07 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
55.07 Judgments; effect of failure to record.The failure to record any order, judgment or decree shall not affect the validity of any proceedings had thereon when collaterally attacked; provided, rendition of such order, judgment or decree is shown by the progress docket in the cause. This section shall apply to all proceedings heretofore had as well as to those hereafter had.
History.ss. 1, 2, ch. 12114, 1927; CGL 4496; s. 9, ch. 67-254.

Cases Citing F.S. 55.07

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·Lincenberg v. Issen, 318 So. 2d 386 (Fla. 1975).

Cited 57 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

Art. 2212; Va. Code Ann. § 8-627; W. Va. Code § 55-7-13; Buskirk v. Sanders, 70 W. Va. 363, 73 S.E.
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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

...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. (2014), and then in section 55.07 which states that when an order or judgment has been rendered by virtue of docketing in the circuit court, the validity of any proceedings on that order or judgment cannot be collaterally attacked even if the order or judgment has not been recorded in the official public records: 55.07 Judgments; effect of failure to record. The failure to record any order, judgment or decree shall not affect the validity of any proceedings had thereon when collaterally attacked; provided, rendition of such order, judgment or decree is shown by the progress docket in the cause. . . . § 55.07, Fla....
...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. Section 55.07, addressing a judgment creditor’s failure to record an order, judgment, or decree, excuses that omission so long as “rendition of such order, judgment or decree is shown by the progress docket in the cause.” There is no suggest...

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