Florida Statute 55.505 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.505

55.505 Notice of recording; prerequisite to enforcement.—

(1) At the time of the recording of a foreign judgment, the judgment creditor shall make and record with the clerk of the circuit court an affidavit setting forth the name, social security number, if known, and last known post office address of the judgment debtor and of the judgment creditor.

(2) Promptly upon the recording of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk shall mail notice of the recording of the foreign judgment, by registered mail with return receipt requested, to the judgment debtor at the address given in the affidavit and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and of the judgment creditor’s attorney, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the recording of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may record proof of mailing with the clerk. The failure of the clerk to mail notice of recording will not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been recorded.

(3) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment recorded hereunder shall issue until 30 days after the mailing of notice by the clerk and payment of a service charge of up to $42 to the clerk, from which the clerk shall remit $4.50 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. When an action authorized in s. 55.509(1) is filed, it acts as an automatic stay of the effect of this section.

History.—s. 4, ch. 84-5; s. 12, ch. 93-250; s. 17, ch. 94-348; s. 70, ch. 2003-402; s. 26, ch. 2008-111; s. 13, ch. 2019-58.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 55.505

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Cases Citing Statute 55.505

Total Results: 20

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-05-17

Citation: 272 So. 3d 845

Snippet: foreign judgment was not mailed to Former Wife. See § 55.505(2), Fla. Stat. (2017).

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-05-17

Citation: 272 So. 3d 845

Snippet: foreign judgment was not mailed to Former Wife. See § 55.505(2), Fla. Stat. (2017).

Liberty New v. Charles Bennett

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

Citation: 249 So. 3d 704

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

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: Fla. Stat. (2008). In accordance with section 55.505, the clerk of the court mailed a notice of recording

Gorny v. Leger

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

Citation: 114 So. 3d 238, 2013 WL 132458, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 469

Snippet: following herein: 1.Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 55.505(2), counsel for Former Wife must send a Notice

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: domesticated in Florida effective August 25, 2007. See § 55.505(3), Fla. Stat. (2007). At that time, the Illinois

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: the filing to Boats Express pursuant to section 55.505(2). In this process, the clerk assigned the judgment

Credit Counseling Foundation, Inc. v. Hylkema

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-06-13

Citation: 958 So. 2d 1059, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 9139, 2007 WL 1687584

Snippet: County to register his foreign judgment. See § 55.505(1), Fla. Stat. Credit Counseling filed a petition

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: Foreign Judgment," presumably pursuant to section 55.505(2), Florida Statutes (2005). Haigh then filed a

Becker v. Johnson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-08-08

Citation: 937 So. 2d 1128, 2006 WL 2251848

Snippet: Fla. Stat. (2005) (providing "[n]otwithstandings. 55.505 or any other provision to the contrary, neither

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

Snippet: of a circuit or county court of this state; s. 55.505, Fla. Stat., requiring a judgment creditor, at

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: Haywards had received notice from the Clerk. See § 55.505, Fla. Stat. (2002). The judgment debtor may file

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: law action to enforce a final judgment). Section 55.505, Florida Statutes, sets forth the procedures by

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. v. McWilliams

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-11-14

Citation: 799 So. 2d 378

Snippet: domestication of a foreign judgment pursuant to section 55.505, Florida Statutes (1999). The complaint alleged

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: initiated by Cutler as judgment debtor. See id. §§ 55.505, .509; Hinchee v. Golden Oak Bank, 540 So.2d 262

Cruz v. Desert Palace, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-11-08

Citation: 770 So. 2d 306, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 14620, 2000 WL 1671443

Snippet: the foreign judgment to Cruz pursuant to section 55.505(2), Florida Statutes (1997).2 Within thirty days

Jackson v. Alexander

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-01-30

Citation: 706 So. 2d 364, 1998 WL 31451

Snippet: judgment which is required in this state. Section 55.505(3), Florida Statutes, provides that "[w]hen an

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1996-09-12

Snippet: Judgments Act," ss.55.501-55.509, Fla. Stat. 5 Section 55.505(2) and (3), Fla. Stat. 6 Catherine F. Klein, "Full

Castillo-Plaza v. Green

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-05-24

Citation: 655 So. 2d 197, 1995 WL 316546

Snippet: (1986), appeal denied, 113 Ill.2d 584, 106 Ill.Dec. 55, 505 N.E.2d 361 (1987), set forth the public policy

Dollar Sav. and Trust Co. v. Soltesiz

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-03-16

Citation: 636 So. 2d 63, 1994 WL 84103

Snippet: 55.503. On August 8, 1990, pursuant to section 55.505, Florida Statutes (1989), the circuit court clerk