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Fla. Stat. § 55.505 (2025)

Notice of recording; prerequisite to enforcement.

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 28 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2022 · leading case: Jones v. Directors Guild of Am., Inc., 584 So. 2d 1057 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991).

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Jones v. Directors Guild of Am., Inc., 584 So. 2d 1057 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). · cites it 4× “See Fla. Stat. §§ 55.505 (3), .507 (1987). The Act does not provide that a collateral attack must occur within thirty days or be forever barred.”

Michael v. Valley Trucking Co., Inc., 832 So. 2d 213 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). · cites it 3× “Section 55.505, Florida Statutes, sets forth the procedures by which a judgment may be recorded.”

Gibson v. Bennett, 561 So. 2d 565 (Fla. 1990). · cites it 2× “The foreign judgment was filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Pasco County on December 23, 1985, and notice of the recording of the judgment was mailed to Gibson pursuant to section 55.505, Florida Statutes (1985). Gibson has never contested the jurisdiction of the…”

Pratt v. Equity Bank, N.A., 124 So. 3d 313 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). · cites it 3× “In accordance with section 55.505, the clerk of the court mailed a notice of recording of the judgment to Pratt at his Florida address by registered mail with return receipt requested.”

Jacksonville Bulls Football, Ltd. v. Blatt, 535 So. 2d 626 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). · cites it 2× “§ 55.505, Fla. Stat. (1985). [10] SBI brought suit against the Bulls the day after the Bulls received the notice that Blatt's foreign judgment had been recorded in Miami.”

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. v. McWilliams, 799 So. 2d 378 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). · cites it 2× “On March 9, 2000, Marcia and Frank, as co-personal representatives of Edward's estate, filed a complaint against appellant in the Palm Beach County circuit court, contesting the validity and domestication of a foreign judgment pursuant to section 55.505, Florida Statutes (1999).…”

Haigh v. Plan. Bd. of Town of Medfield, 940 So. 2d 1230 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). · cites it 2× “The clerk of court sent Haigh a "Notice of Recording Foreign Judgment," presumably pursuant to section 55.505(2), Florida Statutes (2005).”

Hinchee v. Golden Oak Bank, 540 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). · cites it 2× “More than a year later, Golden Oak Bank recorded the foreign judgment pursuant to section 55.505(1), Florida Statutes (1985).”

Dollar Sav. & Trust Co. v. Soltesiz, 636 So. 2d 63 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). · cites it 4× “On August 8, 1990, pursuant to section 55.505, Florida Statutes (1989), the circuit court clerk mailed the required *64 notice of recording, and that notice was received by the Soltesizes on August 11, 1990.”

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera, 272 So. 3d 845 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019). · cites it 2× “…Bowles had no standing to assert that the notice of recording the foreign judgment was not mailed to Former Wife. See § 55.505(2), Fla. Stat. (2017).”

Mead v. United States (In Re Mead), 374 B.R. 296 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2007). · cites it 3× “The Florida version of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act (the “Florida UEFJA’’), Fla. Stat. § 55.505 , provides that ”[a]t 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…”

Cruz v. Desert Palace, Inc., 770 So. 2d 306 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). · cites it 8× “The clerk of court and/or Desert Palace as the judgment debtor was then required to promptly provide notice of the recording of the foreign judgment to Cruz pursuant to section 55.505(2), Florida Statutes (1997).”

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— 55.505(1) — 3 cases

Hinchee v. Golden Oak Bank, 540 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). “More than a year later, Golden Oak Bank recorded the foreign judgment pursuant to section 55.505(1), Florida Statutes (1985).”

Pratt v. Equity Bank, N.A., 124 So. 3d 313 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). “In accordance with section 55.505, the clerk of the court mailed a notice of recording of the judgment to Pratt at his Florida address by registered mail with return receipt requested.”

Credit Counseling Found., Inc. v. Hylkema, 958 So. 2d 1059 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

— 55.505(2) — 9 cases

Haigh v. Plan. Bd. of Town of Medfield, 940 So. 2d 1230 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “The clerk of court sent Haigh a "Notice of Recording Foreign Judgment," presumably pursuant to section 55.505(2), Florida Statutes (2005).”

Jones v. Directors Guild of Am., Inc., 584 So. 2d 1057 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). “See Fla. Stat. §§ 55.505 (3), .507 (1987). The Act does not provide that a collateral attack must occur within thirty days or be forever barred.”

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera, 272 So. 3d 845 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019). “…Bowles had no standing to assert that the notice of recording the foreign judgment was not mailed to Former Wife. See § 55.505(2), Fla. Stat. (2017).”

Cruz v. Desert Palace, Inc., 770 So. 2d 306 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “The clerk of court and/or Desert Palace as the judgment debtor was then required to promptly provide notice of the recording of the foreign judgment to Cruz pursuant to section 55.505(2), Florida Statutes (1997).”

— 55.505(3) — 7 cases

SCG Travel, Inc. v. Westminster Fin. Corp., 583 So. 2d 723 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).

Dollar Sav. & Trust Co. v. Soltesiz, 636 So. 2d 63 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). “On August 8, 1990, pursuant to section 55.505, Florida Statutes (1989), the circuit court clerk mailed the required *64 notice of recording, and that notice was received by the Soltesizes on August 11, 1990.”

Jackson v. Alexander, 706 So. 2d 364 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

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