Florida Statute 55.503 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.503

55.503 Recording and status of foreign judgments; fees.—

(1) A copy of any foreign judgment certified in accordance with the laws of the United States or of this state may be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any county. The clerk shall file, record, and index the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of a circuit or county court of this state. A judgment so recorded shall have the same effect and shall be subject to the same rules of civil procedure, legal and equitable defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying judgments, and it may be enforced, released, or satisfied, as a judgment of a circuit or county court of this state.

(2) Any person recording a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of the circuit court a service charge as is required for the recording of an original action demanding the relief or judgment granted in the foreign judgment.

History.—ss. 3, 7, ch. 84-5.

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Cases Citing Statute 55.503

Total Results: 22

Jones v. Directors Guild of America, Inc.

584 So. 2d 1057, 1991 WL 147141

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 30, 1991 | Docket: 466860

Cited 17 times | Published

attacking the foreign judgment. As provided by section 55.503(1) of the Act: A judgment so recorded shall

Joannou v. Corsini

543 So. 2d 308, 1989 WL 43301

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 3, 1989 | Docket: 1729805

Cited 12 times | Published

540(b) to vacate what is now a Florida judgment. § 55.503, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1984). However, appellee resists

Michael v. Valley Trucking Co., Inc.

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 4, 2002 | Docket: 1700102

Cited 10 times | Published

would be treated as if it was a Florida judgment. § 55.503, Fla. Stat. (2000). A Florida judgment automatically

Nichols v. Nichols

613 So. 2d 137, 1993 WL 20433

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 3, 1993 | Docket: 1511369

Cited 7 times | Published

under the law of the foreign state. Id. at 263. Section 55.503(3) provides in pertinent part that "[n]o execution

NEW YORK STATE COM'R OF TAXATION v. Friona

902 So. 2d 864, 2005 WL 1109580

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 11, 2005 | Docket: 1674999

Cited 5 times | Published

Transcript of Judgment meets the requirements of *866 § 55.503 requiring that a certified copy of a Final Judgment

Lorenzo v. Skowronski-Thompson

738 So. 2d 967, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 8292, 1999 WL 414220

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 23, 1999 | Docket: 1752250

Cited 4 times | Published

domesticated in Florida under the provisions of section 55.503). And this court implicitly acknowledged in

SCG Travel, Inc. v. Westminster Financial Corp.

583 So. 2d 723, 1991 WL 117031

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 1991 | Docket: 1284071

Cited 4 times | Published

Jersey judgments in Palm Beach county under section 55.503, Florida Statutes (1989), whereupon respondents

Dollar Sav. and Trust Co. v. Soltesiz

636 So. 2d 63, 1994 WL 84103

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 1994 | Docket: 1361294

Cited 3 times | Published

(Dollar), foreign judgment, recorded pursuant to section 55.503, Florida Statutes (1989), was subordinate and

Baker v. Bennett

633 So. 2d 91, 1994 WL 60826

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 2, 1994 | Docket: 1296226

Cited 3 times | Published

Court of Palm Beach County as authorized by section 55.503, Florida Statutes. Baker moved to vacate the

Pratt v. Equity Bank, N.A.

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 27, 2013 | Docket: 60235446

Cited 2 times | Published

Florida rules as if it were a Florida Judgment. See § 55.503, Fla. Stat. (2008); see also Fazzini v. Davis

Advanced Design & Construction Co. v. Claude Zein

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 16, 2024 | Docket: 69265880

Published

judgment of a circuit or county court of this state.” § 55.503(1), Fla. Stat. (2024). At the same time, under

Capstone Bank v. WinSouth Credit Union

230 So. 3d 1266

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 2017 | Docket: 60282812

Published

notwithstanding there is joint and several liability. See § 55.503(1) Fla. Stat. (2015) (requiring that the judgment

John Patrick v. Richard Hess

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

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 2017 | Docket: 4586139

Published

to be treated like a Florida judgment” under section 55.503(1), Florida Statutes (2012). Id. The Second

Hess v. Patrick

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 20, 2015 | Docket: 2658381

Published

enforceable in Florida. The Hesses look to section 55.503(1) to support their argument that once a foreign

Hess v. Patrick

164 So. 3d 19, 2015 WL 1443113

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 1, 2015 | Docket: 2646049

Published

enforceable in Florida. The Hesses look to section 55.503(1) to support their argument that once a foreign

State v. Hanson

36 So. 3d 879, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7709, 2010 WL 2217908

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 2010 | Docket: 2411114

Published

Florida, and notified Appellee of the recording. Section 55.503(1), Florida Statutes (2008), provides: 55.503

Weiss v. Weiss

973 So. 2d 1247, 2008 WL 313461

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 6, 2008 | Docket: 1687754

Published

of orders entitled to full faith and credit. Section 55.503(1) provides that "[a] copy of any foreign judgment

New York State Commissioner of Taxation & Finance v. Hayward

902 So. 2d 309, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 7956, 2005 WL 1229681

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 25, 2005 | Docket: 64838420

Published

foreign judgment is treated as a Florida judgment. § 55.503, Fla. Stat. (2000); Michael v. Valley Trucking

Cutler v. Harrison

792 So. 2d 574, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 10310, 2001 WL 830619

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 2001 | Docket: 64807695

Published

without the necessity of filing a lawsuit, see id. § 55.503, and any litigation over the validity of the judgment

Barr v. Barr

724 So. 2d 1200, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 3723, 1998 WL 160827

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 9, 1998 | Docket: 64785835

Published

circuit court or county court of this state.” § 55.503(1), Fla. Stat. (1995)(emphasis added). An order

Campbell v. Southeast Mall

655 So. 2d 211, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 5720, 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1283

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 26, 1995 | Docket: 64756472

Published

Campbell received pi’oper substitute service. See § 55.503(1), Fla.Stat. (1993); Jones v. Directors Guild

Walters v. Aquatic Sensors Corp.

633 So. 2d 475, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 994, 1994 WL 43422

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 1994 | Docket: 64746911

Published

provision should also be read in pari materia with Section 55.503(1), Florida Statutes, which states in pertinent