Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 55.11 (2025)

Judgments; no lien against municipalities.

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55.11 Judgments; no lien against municipalities.—No money judgment or decree against a municipal corporation is a lien on its property nor shall any execution or any writ in the nature of an execution based on the judgment or decree be issued or levied.

History.—s. 1, ch. 17125, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4492(4); s. 9, ch. 67-254.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1945–2007 · leading case: Berek v. Metro. Dade Cty., 396 So. 2d 756 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

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Berek v. Metro. Dade Cty., 396 So. 2d 756 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). · cites it 2× “It is these factors, not compulsion, that cause the state to pay judgments, and will likely cause the state to pay them promptly. [1] I am particularly unpersuaded by the court's disagreement with the stress given by the Yant court upon the statute's specific exclusion of…”

Pierce v. Town of Hastings, 509 So. 2d 1134 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] See § 55.11, Fla. Stat. (1985); City of Ocoee v.”

City of Haines City v. Allen, 549 So. 2d 678 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). · cites it 2× “The City directs our attention to the parts of the final judgments which include the language "for which let execution issue" and section 55.11, Florida Statutes (1987), which reads: No money judgment or decree against a municipal corporation is a lien on its property nor shall…”

N. Coats v. Metro. Dade Cnty., 588 So. 2d 1016 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). · cites it 2× “1982); § 55.11, Fla.Stat. (1989). Therefore, as Coats discovered, a mandamus is the only vehicle for enforcing a judgment against the government.”

City of Ocoee v. State Ex Rel. Harris, 20 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 1945). “Aside from the contention that Section 55.11 Fla. Statutes 1941 (same F.”

Island Silver & Spice, Inc. v. Islamorada, 486 F. Supp. 2d 1347 (S.D. Fla. 2007). “Because Florida Statute § 55.11 expressly provides that “no money judgment or decree against a municipal corporation is a lien on its property,” IS-LAMORADA is not entitled to a stay under State law.”

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