Florida Statute 56.12 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 56
FINAL PROCESS

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F.S. 56.12

56.12 Executions; levy, forthcoming bond.—If a judgment debtor wants to retake possession of any property levied on, the judgment debtor may do so by executing a bond with surety to be approved by the officer in favor of the judgment creditor in a sum double the value of the property retaken as fixed by the officer holding the execution and conditioned that the property will be forthcoming on the day of sale stated in the bond.

History.—s. 3, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1192; GS 1621; RGS 2825; CGL 4512; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 301, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 2016-33.

Note.—Former s. 55.34.

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Cases Citing Statute 56.12

Total Results: 4

Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Sumner Financial Corp.

376 F. Supp. 772, 1974 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8477

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: May 17, 1974 | Docket: 1035101

Cited 6 times | Published

664 (D.Conn.1949); 6 Moore's Federal Practice § 56.12. [4] In his deposition John C. Sumner candidly

Greer v. Workman

203 So. 2d 665

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 2, 1967 | Docket: 1322422

Cited 4 times | Published

treatise. 6 Moore's Federal Practice, 2d ed., § 56.12, p. 2241. The Supreme Court of Florida in referring

Marvin Mitchell Studio, Inc. v. Al R. McFadyen Associates, Inc.

229 So. 2d 608, 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 6501

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 17, 1969 | Docket: 64512537

Published

with a forthcoming bond issued pursuant to Section 56.12, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The issuance of the bond

Central & Southern Florida Flood Control District v. Dupuis

109 So. 2d 596, 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 3099

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 3, 1959 | Docket: 60191952

Published

61 So.2d 495, 497; 6 Moore, Federal Practice, § 56.12 (2d ed. 1953). Cf. Palm Beach Estates v. Croker