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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS
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F.S. 55.501
55.501 Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; short title.Sections 55.501-55.509 may be cited as the “Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.”
History.s. 1, ch. 84-5.

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E. GIL DE LAMADRID, v. DE JESUS RIVERA a k a, 272 So. 3d 845 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . In August 2017, Petitioner sought to domesticate the foreign judgment pursuant to sections 55.501 - 55.509 . . .

NEW, v. BENNETT,, 249 So. 3d 704 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Hess , 212 So.3d 1039, 1042 (Fla. 2017) ; see also §§ 55.501-509, Fla. Stat. (2016). . . . However, where a petition is made to register and enforce a foreign judgment pursuant to section 55.501 . . .

PATRICK, v. HESS,, 212 So. 3d 1039 (Fla. 2017)

. . . Fla. 2005); see §§ 55.501-.509, Fla. Stat. (2012). . . . (“As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term ‘foreign judgment’ means any judgment, decree, or order of a . . . FEFJA provides the following: 55.501 Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; short title. . . . of act.— (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means any judgment, decree, or . . . may be enforced, released, or satisfied, as a judgment of a circuit or county court of this state. §§ 55.501 . . .

B. PHILLIPS S. v. EPIC AVIATION, LLC,, 234 F. Supp. 3d 1174 (M.D. Fla. 2017)

. . . . §§ 55.501-55.509. Bonita B. Phillips (Bonnie Phillips or Mrs. . . .

D. A. D. v. J. S., 194 So. 3d 514 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . See § 55.501-.503, Fla. Stat. (2015); Barr v. . . .

SPANO, v. WELLS FARGO EQUIPMENT FINANCE, a f k a, 165 So. 3d 834 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . . §§ 55.501, 55.502, Fla. Stat. . . .

HESS, v. T. PATRICK,, 164 So. 3d 19 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . They registered the judgment in Florida under sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes (2012), the Florida . . . Section 55.502 provides as follows: 55.502 Construction of act.— (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the . . .

DESERT PALACE, INC. v. G. WILEY,, 145 So. 3d 946 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . On November 9, 2006, Desert Palace domesticated the Nevada judgment under sections 55.501-509, Florida . . .

TRANS HEALTHCARE, INC. v. CREEKMORE,, 137 So. 3d 1112 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . Based on THI’s invocation of the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, section 55.501-.509, Fla . . .

SARGEANT, III, a, LLC, a v. AL- SALEH,, 137 So. 3d 432 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . See §§ 55.501-09, Fla. . . .

TANNENBAUM, v. H. SHEA,, 133 So. 3d 1056 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . See §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla. Stat. (2009). . . .

R. PRATT, v. EQUITY BANK, N. A., 124 So. 3d 313 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . judgment in Osceola County, Florida pursuant to the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501 . . . Featherstone, 504 So.2d 63 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), that section 55.501, Florida Statutes (1988), which provides . . .

GORNY, v. L. ST. LEGER,, 114 So. 3d 238 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Former Wife has indicated that she has registered a foreign judgment pursuant to Florida Statutes § 55.501 . . .

FAZZINI, v. DAVIS,, 98 So. 3d 98 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . See §§ 55.501-509, Fla. Stat. (2008) (the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act). . . . .

ESTATE OF JACKSON, v. VENTAS REALTY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,, 812 F. Supp. 2d 1306 (M.D. Fla. 2011)

. . . Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, adopted in most states and adopted in Florida as Section 55.501 . . .

STATE v. M. HANSON,, 36 So. 3d 879 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . Pursuant to the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501-509, Florida Statutes, . . .

MILLIKEN COMPANY, a v. HAIMA GROUP CORPORATION, No. v., 654 F. Supp. 2d 1374 (S.D. Fla. 2009)

. . . . §§ 55.501 (“FEF-JA”), the statute governing the instant case. . . .

ZITANI, v. REED, 992 So. 2d 403 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . . §§ 55.501-.509, Fla. Stat. (2005). . . . the steps necessary to record this foreign judgment in Sarasota County, Florida, pursuant to section 55.501 . . . be entitled to full faith and credit in this state, thus preventing its enforcement under sections 55.501 . . .

BOATS EXPRESS, INC. d b a D. v. THACKERAY,, 978 So. 2d 206 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . Pursuant to the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501-509, Fla. Stat. (2000), Mr. . . .

C. HAIGH, v. PLANNING BOARD OF TOWN OF MEDFIELD,, 940 So. 2d 1230 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Board acknowledged that under the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (“FEFJA”), sections 55.501 . . .

P. IANNAZZO v. E. STANSON,, 927 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . proper statute, however, is .the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act ("FEF-JA”), sections 55.501 . . .

GROUP W. INC. v. WILLIAM H. MORRIS COMPANY, a H. J. L. L., 932 So. 2d 275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . Wilson attempted to domesticate the California judgment pursuant to sections 55.501-55.509, Florida Statutes . . .

CADLE COMPANY, v. JAY, 907 So. 2d 634 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla. . . . . § 55.501, et seq., Fla. Stat. (2001). . . . .

In A. GOODWIN,, 325 B.R. 328 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2005)

. . . Ch.’s 55.501-55.509(2004). . . .

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, v. KLEIN,, 852 So. 2d 866 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . not consider the possible applicability of the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . .

A. MICHAEL, VALLEY TRUCKING CO. INC., 832 So. 2d 213 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . . §§ 55.501-509, Fla. Stat. (2000). . . .

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, v. J. PATAFIO, JR., 829 So. 2d 314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . 55.601-55.607, has a similar provision, and the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . . Neither section 55.601 nor section 55.501 present that problem because when registered, under those acts . . . not consider the possible applicability of the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . .

NADD, v. LE CREDIT LYONNAIS, S. A., 804 So. 2d 1226 (Fla. 2001)

. . . jurisdictions and comparing the UFMJRA to the UEFJA, the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, section 55.501 . . . alter, modify, or extend the limitation period applicable for the enforcement of foreign judgments.” §§ 55.501 . . .

A. CAIAZZA E. v. TUFF REALTY CORPORATION,, 805 So. 2d 29 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . The Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501-55.509, Florida Statutes (2000), is . . .

BURSHAN, M. D. v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA. a, 805 So. 2d 835 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . and unre-vived judgment of another state under the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501 . . .

CUTLER, v. HARRISON a, 792 So. 2d 574 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . action varied from that which is contemplated by the Florida Enforcement Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501 . . .

HASKIN, v. HASKIN,, 781 So. 2d 431 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . domesticate the New Jersey decree pursuant to the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . .

In TRANTER, s v., 245 B.R. 419 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 2000)

. . . February 4,1997, by recording the judgment in Highlands County, Florida, pursuant to Florida Statutes § 55.501 . . . Legislature adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act in 1984 as Florida Statutes § 55.501 . . .

O. MUKA, v. HORIZON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, D., 766 So. 2d 239 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . . §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla. Stat. (1999). . Art. IV, section 1, U.S. . . .

LE CREDIT LYONNAIS, S. A. v. NADD, a k a R., 741 So. 2d 1165 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA), which was adopted in Florida in 1984 as section 55.501 . . .

J. LORENZO, v. SKOWRONSKI- THOMPSON,, 738 So. 2d 967 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . After Thompson recorded the decree pursuant to section 55.501, Florida Statutes (1995), a money judgment . . . In 1996 Thompson recorded the New York divorce decree in Florida under section 55.501, and sought to . . . permitted Thompson to proceed under Florida’s Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . . Fla. 2d DCA 1994), that an action to enforce child support could be brought under URESA or sections 55.501 . . . Since Thompson recorded the New York divorce decree pursuant to sections 55.501-55.509, Florida Statutes . . .

BAXTER STATE BANK, v. H. BERNHARDT,, 186 F.R.D. 621 (D. Kan. 1999)

. . . . § 55.501 et seq. and Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 2329.021 et seq., respectively, have enacted versions of . . .

S. BARR, v. J. BARR,, 724 So. 2d 1200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . When a foreign decree is “domesticated” under sections 55.501-503, Florida Statutes, the decree “shall . . .

SYSTEM ONE SOUTHEAST, INC. d b a v. AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, f k a, 704 So. 2d 665 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . domestication of a foreign judgment in Florida pursuant to the “Florida Enforcement of Judgments Act,” section 55.501 . . .

In L. WILLOUGHBY, 212 B.R. 1011 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1997)

. . . . §§ 55.501 et seq., Fla.Stat. (1995). . . . .

FRYMER v. BRETTSCHNEIDER,, 696 So. 2d 1266 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . an out-of-country judgment similar to that for enforcement of a sister state’s judgment, see section 55.501 . . .

COMMUNITY BUILDERS, INC. H. M. L. v. INDIAN MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATES, INC. IMB H. H., 658 So. 2d 146 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . which was duly recorded in Florida under the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . .

KAIN, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES,, 645 So. 2d 578 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . It is not an action based on the streamlined procedure described in sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes . . .

TABET, v. TABET,, 644 So. 2d 557 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . See §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla.Stat. (1993). . . .

DOLLAR SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY, v. R. SOLTESIZ M. P. T. M. DOLLAR SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY, v. BARNETT BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA R. M., 636 So. 2d 63 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . In doing so, we interpret sections 55.10, 55.502, 55.503, 55.505, 55.507 and 55.509 (§§ 55.501-55.509 . . .

C. BAKER, v. J. R. BENNETT J. R. BENNETT v. C. BAKER,, 633 So. 2d 91 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . domesticate a foreign judgment pursuant to the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . .

J. TURNER, v. W. TEMPLE, Jr., 625 So. 2d 101 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . On October 17, 1990, Turner recorded his Tennessee judgment in Florida in accordance with section 55.501 . . .

W. FRAZIER, v. W. FRAZIER,, 616 So. 2d 575 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . procedures tend to overlap with the procedures for enforcement of a foreign judgment under section 55.501 . . .

NICHOLS, v. NICHOLS,, 613 So. 2d 137 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Florida, on December 28, 1990, pursuant to the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, sections 55.501 . . . The Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, section 55.501, et seq., Florida Statutes (1989), provides . . .

EXPEDIA, INC. a v. McKENNEY S, INC. a, 611 So. 2d 98 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . against Expedia in Georgia which, in accordance with the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (§§ 55.501 . . .

I. BARNETT, v. ZOECON CORPORATION,, 599 So. 2d 761 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . this proceeding concerns Zoecon’s compliance with the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501 . . .

JONES, v. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. a H. f s o Jr., 584 So. 2d 1057 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . their having been filed and recorded there under the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501 . . .

MICHAEL ANTHONY JEWELERS, INC. v. TOAN, INC., 46 Fla. Supp. 2d 183 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1991)

. . . Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Hillsborough County, Florida pursuant to Florida Statutes § 55.501 . . .

CONIDARIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. FIRST ATLANTIC SAVINGS,, 572 So. 2d 27 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Featherstone, 504 So.2d 63 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), that section 55.501, Florida Statutes (1988), which provides . . .

GIBSON a k a v. BENNETT,, 561 So. 2d 565 (Fla. 1990)

. . . When that judgment is recorded in Florida, sections 55.501-55.509, Florida Statutes (1987), come into . . . For this type of action I believe that §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla.Stat. (1987), make the general rule that . . .

GIRAU, v. GIRAU,, 544 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . wife, a resident of Louisiana, filed this action to domesticate a foreign judgment pursuant to section 55.501 . . .

C. JOANNOU, v. A. CORSINI,, 543 So. 2d 308 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . person of appellant in a proceeding to enforce a foreign judgment domesticated pursuant to section 55.501 . . . In April, 1987 appellee filed a California judgment in Florida pursuant to section 55.501, Florida Statutes . . . Foreign judgments are entitled to domestication in Florida pursuant to section 55.501, Florida Statutes . . . California judgment was final when rendered and that it was entitled to enforcement pursuant to ’ section 55.501 . . .

D. HINCHEE A. v. GOLDEN OAK BANK,, 540 So. 2d 262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . .” § 55.501, et seq., Fla.Stat. (1985). . . . The “Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act,” section 55.501, Florida Statutes (1985), provides . . .

In ANERINBEX, INC. ANERINBEX, INC. v. COMMERCE BANK OF TAMPA, a a, 98 B.R. 573 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1989)

. . . a Texas state court domesticated its Texas judgment by complying with the Foreign Judgments Acts § 55.501 . . .

JACKSONVILLE BULLS FOOTBALL, LTD. v. T. BLATT,, 535 So. 2d 626 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Under the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501-.509, Fla.Stat. (1985), no execution . . . and the action to stay were taken pursuant to the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501 . . . The Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes (1985), was . . .

M. TIPTON, v. VAN SCHOUWEN,, 526 So. 2d 138 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Tipton brought an action under the Florida Enforcement of Judgments Act, Florida Statutes, sections 55.501 . . .

N C PROPERTIES, v. VANGUARD BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,, 519 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . buyers’ had the right to establish their Alabama judgment as a Florida Judgment pursuant to section 55.501 . . .

SEPHUS v. GOZELSKI, a k a HUNTER v. M. HUSTEAD,, 670 F. Supp. 1552 (S.D. Fla. 1987)

. . . Florida has since enacted the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Florida Statutes Section 55.501 . . .

GNLV CORP. v. FEATHERSTONE, GNLV CORP. v. TUNICK,, 504 So. 2d 63 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . When appellant then recorded the Nevada final judgment in Florida in accordance with Section 55.501, . . . judgment against them and to have the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act contained in Section 55.501 . . .

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, v. PANELFAB INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,, 501 So. 2d 167 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Corporation] under the purported authority of the Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act [§§ 55.501 . . .