Florida Statute 55.13 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.13

55.13 Judgments; rights of sureties, etc.—Any person paying money as surety for the principal in any bond or note, which he or she has signed as surety, upon which judgment has been obtained, shall have the same right to control the said judgment and collect the same, with principal, interest and costs, as the plaintiff creditor would have had if the debt had not been paid. Such judgment, and execution thereon, shall have the same lien on property of the principal as though the surety were the original plaintiff.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 765, 1855; RS 1177; GS 1605; RGS 2807; CGL 4494; s. 9, ch. 67-254; s. 295, ch. 95-147.

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Amendments to 55.13

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 55.13

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 55.13.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 55.13

Total Results: 4

Fallschase Development Corp. v. Blakey

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-03-20

Citation: 696 So. 2d 833, 1997 WL 122723

Snippet: 874. The Virginia court refused to apply Code § 55-13.3, Virginia's codification of the rule against perpetuities

MacHules v. Department of Admin.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-03-31

Citation: 523 So. 2d 1132, 1988 WL 27706

Snippet: R.R., 380 U.S. 424, 428-30, 85 S.Ct. 1050, 1054-55, 13 L.Ed.2d 941 (1965) (wrong forum); Miller v. Marsh

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1982-10-29

Snippet: 72; and s 28.222(3)(c), F.S. Furthermore, s 55.13, F.S., expressly provides that any person paying

Patterson v. Taylor

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1906-01-15

Citation: 51 Fla. 275

Snippet: In the case of Haynes v. Cape May, 50 N. J. L. 55, 13 Atl. Rep. 231, it was held that “where the legislature