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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.509

55.509 Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment.—

(1) If, within 30 days after the date the foreign judgment is recorded, the judgment debtor files an action contesting the jurisdiction of the court which entered the foreign judgment or the validity of the foreign judgment and records a lis pendens directed toward the foreign judgment, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment and the judgment lien upon the filing of the action by the judgment debtor.

(2) If the judgment debtor shows the circuit or county court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any circuit or county court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.

History.—s. 6, ch. 84-5.

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Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 55.509

Total Results: 20

Advanced Design & Construction Co. v. Claude Zein

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-10-16T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act, §§ 55.501 to 55.509, Florida Statutes. Thereafter, Zein initiated

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 272 So. 3d 845

Snippet: foreign judgment pursuant to sections 55.501 - 55.509, Florida Statutes (2017), the Florida Enforcement

Gil De Lamadrid v. De Jesus Rivera

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 272 So. 3d 845

Snippet: foreign judgment pursuant to sections 55.501 - 55.509, Florida Statutes (2017), the Florida Enforcement

Liberty New v. Charles Bennett

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-06-04T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: retry the foreign court’s findings of fact. See § 55.509, Fla. Stat. Here, the trial court initiated

John Patrick v. Richard Hess

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-02-16T00:00:00-08:00

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

Snippet: § 55.502(1) Fla. Stat. (“As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term ‘foreign judgment’ means any judgment…Foreign Judgments Act; short title.—Sections 55.501-55.509 may be cited as the “Florida Enforcement of Foi…Construction of act.— (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means any judgment

Hess v. Patrick

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-05-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: act. – (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means

Hess v. Patrick

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-04-01T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: Construction of act.— (1) As used in ss. 55.501-55.509, the term “foreign judgment” means any judgment

Trans Healthcare, Inc. v. Creekmore

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-03-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 1112, 2014 WL 1230498, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4409

Snippet: in the recognition case as permitted by section 55.509, Florida Statutes (2009). See, e.g., Cadle Co.

Tannenbaum v. Shea

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-01-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 133 So. 3d 1056, 2014 WL 51645, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 154

Snippet: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. See §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla. Stat. (2009). No. 4D13-1368 District

Pratt v. Equity Bank, N.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-09-27T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: court that entered the foreign judgment. Id. § 55.509(1). If the judgment debtor wishes to dispute the

Gorny v. Leger

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-01-11T00:00:00-08:00

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

Snippet: judgment pursuant to Florida Statutes § 55.501- § 55.509. 4. The Court finds that certain requirements for

ZITANI v. Reed

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-10-15T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: this judgment in Florida as authorized by section 55.509. Instead, he responded with a "suggestion

Williams v. Cadlerock Joint Venture, LP

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-05-07T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 980 So. 2d 1241

Snippet: filing of the action by the judgment debtor. § 55.509(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). We have previously held

Boats Express, Inc. v. Thackeray

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-03-26T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: pendens directed toward the foreign judgment.” § 55.509(1). There is little guidance in the law concerning…expiration of the thirty-day period. ' See § 55.509(1). Although Florida’s version of the statute is… may be appropriate to maintain the stay. See § 55.509(2); Expedia, Inc. v. McKenney’s, Inc., 611 So.2d… in this case were not held pursuant to section 55.509(2) to modify the stay created by the lis pen-dens

Haigh v. Planning Bd. of Town of Medfield

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-11-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 940 So. 2d 1230

Snippet: debtor may file suit contesting enforcement. § 55.509(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). Although Haigh did not follow

Group W., Inc. v. William H. Morris Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-10-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 932 So. 2d 275, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 17020, 2005 WL 2806974

Snippet: California judgment pursuant to sections 55.501-55.509, Florida Statutes (2003), the Florida Enforcement

Cadle Co. v. Jay

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-07-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 907 So. 2d 634, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 11972, 2005 WL 1761985

Snippet: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, §§ 55.501-55.509, Fla. Stat. (2004); Credit Counseling Found., Inc

New York State Commissioner of Taxation & Finance v. Hayward

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-05-25T00:00:00-07:00

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

Snippet: date on which the foreign judgment was recorded. § 55.509, Fla. Stat. (2005). The Haywards did contest the

CREDIT COUNSELING FOUNDATION, INC. v. Hylkema

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-04-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 901 So. 2d 892

Snippet: jurisdiction over him." [c.o.] Id.; see also § 55.509(1), Fla. Stat. (2004) ("If, within 30 days

Whipple v. JSZ Financial Co., Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-10-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 885 So. 2d 933

Snippet: pursuant to section 55.509, Florida Statutes (1995), the issue has been waived. Section 55.509, "Stay of…the judgment which is required in this state. § 55.509, Fla. Stat. (1995). This court has expressly held… 613 So.2d 137, 138 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)(section 55.509, Florida Statutes, means only that if the debtor