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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 56
FINAL PROCESS
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F.S. 56.061
56.061 Property subject to execution.Lands and tenements, goods and chattels, equities of redemption in real and personal property, and stock in corporations, shall be subject to levy and sale under execution. Likewise, the interest in personal property in possession of a vendee under a retained title contract or conditional sale contract shall be subject to levy and sale under execution to satisfy a judgment against the vendee. This shall be done by making the levy on such personal property.
History.s. 1, Mar. 15, 1844; s. 1, ch. 44, 1845; s. 1, ch. 3917, 1889; RS 1190; GS 1618; RGS 2822; CGL 4509; s. 1, ch. 61-199; s. 11, ch. 67-254.
Note.Former s. 55.20.

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Amendments to 56.061


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 56.061
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 56.061.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

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IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE AND FORM, 244 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 2018)

. . . levied on has to be made general so it encompasses all property subject to execution under section 56.061 . . .

IN RE BOS, Jr., 561 B.R. 868 (Bankr. N.D. Fla. 2016)

. . . . § 55.202(c)(2) & § 56.061 Fla. Stat. (2015). . § 56.061 & § 605.0503 Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . .

J. KLAUBER, v. FIRST FEDERAL BANK OF FLORIDA, 198 So. 3d 762 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . See § 56.061, Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, v. PEOPLES CREDIT FIRST, LLC, v., 621 F.3d 1327 (11th Cir. 2010)

. . . . § 56.061, which allows “stock in corporations” to be “subject to levy and sale under execution.” . . .

E. NEWMAN, v. J. ORMOND,, 396 F. App'x 636 (11th Cir. 2010)

. . . . § 56.061. . . .

OLMSTEAD, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,, 44 So. 3d 76 (Fla. 2010)

. . . Generally Available Creditor’s Remedy of Levy and Sale under Execution Section 56.061, Florida Statutes . . . At no point have the appellants contended that section 56.061 does not by its own terms extend to an . . . that the order challenged in the Eleventh Circuit did not comport with the requirements of section 56.061 . . . Since such an interest is freely and fully alienable by its owner, section 56.061 authorizes a judgment . . . CONCLUSION Section 608.433(4) does not displace the creditor’s remedy available under section 56.061 . . . property is generally an asset that may be levied upon by a judgment creditor under Florida law, see § 56.061 . . .

J. CLINTON, III, v. DOEHLA, 933 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . lien against the lands of a judgment debtor before proceeding with the final process under section 56.061 . . .

In GOSMAN, J. v. D. a k a, 326 B.R. 889 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2005)

. . . . § 56.061, which defines property that is subject to execution. . . . Stat. § 56.061, “Lands and tenements, goods and chattels, equities of redemption in real and personal . . . Stat. § 56.061 describes categories of items that are subject to levy, the statute gives no direction . . .

BURSHAN, M. D. v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA. a, 805 So. 2d 835 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . . § 56.061, Fla. Stat. (2000). . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 773 So. 2d 1098 (Fla. 2000)

. . . be levied on has been made general so it encompasses all property subject to execution under section 56.061 . . .

M. DIAZ, a k a v. J. PLUMHOFF,, 742 So. 2d 846 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . owner of real property previously owned by Diaz, but deeded to Plumhoff by sheriffs sale under section 56.061 . . . Plumhoff short-circuited the regular channel for such collections by proceeding directly under section 56.061 . . . necessary in this case before the sheriff was empowered to proceed with levy and sale under section 56.061 . . . Section 56.061 only describes the types of property which are subject to levy and sale under execution . . . perfect a lien against the lands of a judgment debtor before proceeding with final process under section 56.061 . . .

ALEJANDRE, v. REPUBLIC OF CUBA v. AT T AT T L. L. C. De MCI IDB MCI v. v. AT T AT T L. L. C. De MCI IDB MCI T. De La De La M. De La v. v. AT T AT T L. L. C. De MCI IDE MCI, 42 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (S.D. Fla. 1999)

. . . . § 56.061 (West 1998); see also Spradley v. Martin, 897 F.Supp. 560, 566 (M.D.Fla.1995). . . .

In CAMPBELL,, 214 B.R. 411 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1997)

. . . . § 56.061 (West 1994). . . .

SPRADLEY, v. MARTIN,, 897 F. Supp. 560 (M.D. Fla. 1995)

. . . Section 56.061, Florida Statutes. . . .

HASTINGS v. C. FURR,, 177 B.R. 723 (S.D. Fla. 1995)

. . . Section 56.061, Fla.Stat., entitled “Property subject to execution” provides: Lands and tenements, goods . . . This shall be done by making the levy on such personal property. 6 Fla.Stat. 56.061 (emphasis added). . . . Although § 56.061 specifies “stock in corporations” along with other categories of personal property, . . . Section 56.061, Fla. Stat. makes shares of stock leviable property. . . . Section 56.061, Fla.Stat. Execution creates a lien on such personal property. . . .

LUSKIN v. LUSKIN,, 616 So. 2d 556 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . The Luskins’ first claim that the order was improper because section 56.061, Florida Statutes (1989), . . . (1989), which defines the property that is subject to attachment, is precisely the same as section- 56.061 . . . attachment at law against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of his debtor,” while section 56.061 . . . Unlike section 76.01, the list of items in section 56.061 does include certain papers and documents of . . .

DIAMOND, v. De LEMOS,, 614 So. 2d 3 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . that such an award determined a priority of creditors conflicting with sections 55.10, 695.11, and 56.061 . . .

In GEOGHEGAN,, 101 B.R. 329 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1989)

. . . . § 56.061 (1988). Sharp v. . . .

W. SHARPE, v. T. CALABRESE,, 528 So. 2d 947 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . (See § 56.061, et seq., Fla. Stat.). . . .

In A. COLSTON,, 87 B.R. 193 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1988)

. . . See § 56.061, Florida Statutes (1967); See also, Hunt v. . . .

In M. CICCARELLO,, 76 B.R. 848 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1987)

. . . See § 56.061, Florida Statutes (1967); see also Hunt v. . . .

In FREUDENMANN, FREUDENMANN, v. DRAINAGE DISTRICT, 76 B.R. 600 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 1987)

. . . . §§ 56.061, 56.064 (Vernon 1972). . . .

In J. NEUENSCHWANDER,, 73 B.R. 327 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1987)

. . . . § 56.061. . . .

ACCENT REALTY OF JACKSONVILLE, INC. v. A. CRUDELE,, 496 So. 2d 158 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Semet, 316 So.2d 659 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); § 56.061, Fla.Stat. (1983). See Evins v. . . .

LAND LEISURE, INC. v. VALDEZ, 389 So. 2d 1093 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . equity of redemption which was subject to levy and execution under a judgment, within the meaning of § 56.061 . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR. In RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 391 So. 2d 165 (Fla. 1980)

. . . be levied on has been made general so it encompasses all property subject to execution under section 56.061 . . .

J. ICARDI v. NATIONAL EQUIPMENT RENTAL, INC., 378 So. 2d 113 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . Florida Statute 56.061 describes property that is subject to execution: “Lands and tenements, goods, . . .

MAJOR ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, INC. a v. J. W. PETTIT CO. a, 427 F. Supp. 752 (M.D. Fla. 1977)

. . . The Florida statutes on which Peninsula and Willard were based, Florida Statutes 56.061, 56.09, and 56.11 . . .

L. MYRICK L. v. SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARWATER,, 335 So. 2d 343 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . . § 56.061, and can only be reached by the appellee/plaintiff judgment creditor through a charging order . . . notice of sale, holding: “. . . that a partnership interest is property as defined in Florida Statute 56.061 . . .

A. HOFFMAN, Jr. v. H. SEMET, 316 So. 2d 649 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . . § 56.061 (1973), thereby making his interest subject to levy and execution upon a judgment at law? . . . We have no doubt that the Florida Legislature has similarly employed the term in Fla.Stat. § 56.061 in . . . The vendee’s equity of redemption is thus subject to levy and execution under Fla.Stat. § 56.061. . . . an equity of redemption which was subject to levy and sale under execution pursuant to Fla.Stat. § 56.061 . . . Ma.Stat. § 56.061 (1973) provides: “Lands and tenements, goods and chattels, equities of redemption in . . .

T. O HERN, v. H. DONALD d b a s a a, 256 So. 2d 13 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

. . . designating the property subject to levy and sale under execution to satisfy a judgment lien [now Section 56.061 . . .

WILLARD, v. G. PETRUSKA,, 402 F.2d 756 (5th Cir. 1968)

. . . Florida Statutes 56.061, 56.09, 56.11, F.S.A. . . .