Florida Statute 55.507 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.507

55.507 Lien; when effective.—A foreign judgment does not operate as a lien until 30 days after the mailing of notice by the clerk. 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. 5, ch. 84-5.

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Total Results: 4

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

thirty days after the mailing of the notice. Section 55.507 of the Act provides that the foreign judgment

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

procedures by which a judgment may be recorded. Section 55.507 provides that the foreign judgment becomes

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

specific finding that, as a matter of law, section 55.507 prohibited a recorded foreign judgment from

Mead v. United States (In Re Mead)

374 B.R. 296, 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 549, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 2532, 2007 WL 2137795

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 2007 | Docket: 1638121

Cited 2 times | Published

of the New York Oil Spill Fund. [6] Fla. Stat. § 55.507 provides that a foreign judgment "does not operate