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Florida Statute 55.13 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 55.13 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 55.13 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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.

Cases Citing F.S. 55.13

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·Fallschase Dev. Corp. v. Blakey, 696 So. 2d 833 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 122723

874. The Virginia court refused to apply Code § 55-13.3, Virginia's codification of the rule against
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Cited as authorityOld Port Cove Holdings, Inc. v. CONDO. ASS'N ONE, INC. (2008)
Cited as authorityBortolotti v. Hayden (2007)
Cited as authorityOld Port Condo. Ass'n v. Old Port Holdings (2007)
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