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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.502

55.502 Construction of act.—

(1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means a judgment, decree, or order of a court of any other state, territory or commonwealth of the United States, or of the United States if such judgment, decree, or order is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

(2) This act shall not be construed to impair the right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his or her judgment instead of proceeding under this act.

(3) This act shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.

(4) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to alter, modify, or extend the limitation period applicable for the enforcement of foreign judgments.

History.—ss. 2, 8, ch. 84-5; s. 16, ch. 94-348; s. 1358, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 2013-164.

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Cases Citing Statute 55.502

Total Results: 20

Capstone Bank v. WinSouth Credit Union

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-11-30

Citation: 230 So. 3d 1266

Snippet: domesticate a judgment. See id at 316 (quoting § 55.502(2), Fla. Stat. (2013)) (stating that the FEFJA

John Patrick v. Richard Hess

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-02-16

Citation: 212 So. 3d 1039, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 174, 2017 WL 632259, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 337

Snippet: on a foreign judgment” and “as worded, section 55.502(4) applies to Florida’s five-year statute of limitations

De La Osa v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-12-14

Citation: 208 So. 3d 259, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18361

Snippet: interchangeably for procedural matters, see, e.g., § 55.502(1), Florida Statutes (2016) (" ‘[Fjoreign judgment’

Montie Spano v. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, a Division of Wells Fargo Bank f/k/a Greater Bay Capital

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-06-03

Citation: 165 So. 3d 834, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 8471

Snippet: to full faith and credit in Florida. §§ 55.501, 55.502, Fla. Stat. However, “[a] judgment rendered in

Hess v. Patrick

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-05-20

Snippet: credit by the courts of Florida. See id.; see also § 55.502(1); Fazzini v. Davis, 98 So. 3d 98, 102-03 (Fla

Hess v. Patrick

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-04-01

Citation: 164 So. 3d 19, 2015 WL 1443113

Snippet: courts of Florida. See id.; see also § 55.502(1); Fazzini v. Davis, 98 So.3d 98, 102-03

Trans Healthcare, Inc. v. Creekmore

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-03-26

Citation: 137 So. 3d 1112, 2014 WL 1230498, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4409

Snippet: entitled to full faith and credit in this state.” § 55.502(1), Fla. Stat. (2009). The use of the terms “decree”

Pratt v. Equity Bank, N.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-09-27

Citation: 124 So. 3d 313, 2013 WL 5379124, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 15290

Snippet: judgment instead of proceeding under [the FEFJA].” § 55.502(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). In order to render a foreign

Weiss v. Weiss

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-11-14

Citation: 100 So. 3d 1220, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 19700, 2012 WL 5499974

Snippet: meaning of a "foreign judgment,” defined in section 55.502(1), Florida Statutes (2007) to mean "any judgment

Fazzini v. Davis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-07-13

Citation: 98 So. 3d 98, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 11386, 2012 WL 2865488

Snippet: and one cannot be had without the other. Section 55.502, Florida Statutes (2008), defines “foreign judgment”

Hunt v. Hooper

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-12-12

Citation: 996 So. 2d 940, 2008 WL 5191505

Snippet: any other state or of the United States," see § 55.502(1), and "out of country foreign judgments" that

Weiss v. Weiss

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-02-06

Citation: 973 So. 2d 1247, 2008 WL 313461

Snippet: entitled to full faith and credit in this state." § 55.502(1). If the provision at issue in this case is not

NEW YORK STATE COM'R OF TAXATION v. Friona

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-05-11

Citation: 902 So. 2d 864, 2005 WL 1109580

Snippet: judgment instead of proceeding under [FEFJA]." § 55.502(2), Fla. Stat. (2002) (emphasis added). Section

Michael v. Valley Trucking Co., Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-12-04

Citation: 832 So. 2d 213, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 17762, 2002 WL 31696808

Snippet: judgments of the United States District Courts. § 55.502, Fla. Stat. (2000). Therefore, until 1994, creditors

New York State Dept. of Taxation v. Patafio

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-10-25

Citation: 829 So. 2d 314, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 15566, 2002 WL 31396460

Snippet: applicable for the enforcement of a foreign judgment. § 55.502(1) and (4). It remains to be seen whether, pursuant

Nadd v. Le Credit Lyonnais, SA

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-11-21

Citation: 804 So. 2d 1226, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 769, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 2274, 2001 WL 1472623

Snippet: a judgment of this state. Additionally, section 55.502(4) states specifically, "Nothing contained in this

Burshan v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-08-08

Citation: 805 So. 2d 835, 2001 WL 883234

Snippet: Wightman, 31 Fla. 10, 12 So. 526, 530 (1893). Section 55.502(4) provides that nothing in the Act "shall be construed

Haskin v. Haskin

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-02-21

Citation: 781 So. 2d 431, 2001 WL 167002

Snippet: law action to enforce a final judgment; section 55.502(2) provides that the Act "shall not be construed

Muka v. Horizon Financial Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-02-02

Citation: 766 So. 2d 239, 2000 WL 121792

Snippet: noted, FUOMRA lacks a counterpart to FEFJA section 55.502(4) which provides that: "Nothing contained in this

Le Credit Lyonnais, SA v. Nadd

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-09-10

Citation: 741 So. 2d 1165, 1999 WL 729066

Snippet: Florida's UEFJA also expressly provides in section 55.502(4) that "nothing contained in this act shall be