Florida Statute 55.503 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 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: 20

Advanced Design & Construction Co. v. Claude Zein

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-16

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

Liberty New v. Charles Bennett

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-06-04

Citation: 249 So. 3d 704

Snippet: Domestication of Foreign Order in accordance with sections 55.503 and 55.505, Florida Statutes. New filed the petition

Capstone Bank v. WinSouth Credit Union

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

Citation: 230 So. 3d 1266

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

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

Hess v. Patrick

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

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

Hess v. Patrick

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

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

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

Bretherick v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-11-01

Citation: 135 So. 3d 337, 2013 WL 5849486, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 17324

Snippet: who uses force as permitted in KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and 503.080 is justified in using such force

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

State v. Hanson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-06-04

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

Snippet: of the recording. Section 55.503(1), Florida Statutes (2008), provides: 55.503 Recording and status of

ZITANI v. Reed

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-10-15

Citation: 992 So. 2d 403, 2008 WL 4568684

Snippet: judgment entered by a circuit court in Florida. See §§ 55.503(1), .505(3), .507; Nichols v. Nichols, 613 So.2d

Boats Express, Inc. v. Thackeray

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-03-26

Citation: 978 So. 2d 206, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 4327

Snippet: expiration of a thirty-day waiting period. See §§ 55.503, .505. If a judgment debtor wishes to challenge

Weiss v. Weiss

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

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

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

Haigh v. Planning Bd. of Town of Medfield

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-11-03

Citation: 940 So. 2d 1230, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 18452, 2006 WL 3102275

Snippet: notice of the recording to the judgment debtor. §§ 55.503(1), .505(2), Fla. Stat. (2005). Then, the judgment

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2005-08-23

Snippet: a money judgment or court order. 5 See also s. 55.503(1), Fla. Stat., giving certified foreign judgments

New York State Commissioner of Taxation & Finance v. Hayward

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-05-25

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

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

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

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

Cutler v. Harrison

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-07-25

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

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

Lorenzo v. Skowronski-Thompson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-06-23

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

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

Barr v. Barr

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-04-09

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

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