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Florida Statute 77.082 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 77.082 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 77.082 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
77.082 No reply filed.If no reply to garnishee’s answer is served, garnishee may surrender any goods, chattels, or effects of defendant in garnishee’s hands or possession to the sheriff and may pay any money or debt into registry of court. In such event or if garnishee prevails in the trial of any reply and after proper disposition of any property disclosed by garnishee’s answer, the court shall discharge him or her from further liability under the writ.
History.s. 27, ch. 67-254; s. 391, ch. 95-147.

Cases Citing F.S. 77.082

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·First Colony v. Sun State Capital Funding, 730 So. 2d 735 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 122789

...First Colony is concerned that the judgment, if affirmed, may have adverse tax consequences for First Colony and for Ms. Parker. The record in this case presents numerous questions and few answers. Sun State did not file a reply to First Colony's answer and, thus, the answer is taken as true. See § 77.082, Fla....
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Lewars v. State (Fla. 2d DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...estrict the otherwise unambiguous language of a statute." Dorsey v. State, 402 So. 2d 1178, 1181 (Fla. 1981). Moreover, the legislative intent actually codified in section 775.082(9)(d)(1) is consistent with our construction of the plain language of section 77.082(9)(a)(1). Section 775.082(9)(d)(1) provides: It is the intent of the Legislature that offenders previously released from prison who meet the criteria in paragraph (a) be punished...

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