Florida Statute 77.27 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 77
GARNISHMENT

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77.27 No appeal until fees are paid.—If the writ is dismissed or plaintiff fails to sustain his or her claim, an appeal from the judgment is not permitted until the attorney fee provided in s. 77.28 has been paid.

History.—s. 2, ch. 4030, 1891; GS 1357; RGS 2553; CGL 4171; s. 27, ch. 67-254; s. 400, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 2014-211.

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Henning v. Shafer, 465 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 768, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 13055

...$429.94 from the garnishee. Section 77.081, Florida Statutes *630 (1983), refers to a default judgment against a garnishee as a final judgment. Section 77.083 provides for judgment to be entered against the garnishee after his answer or after trial. Section 77.27 provides that the plaintiff must pay the attorney’s fee before he can take an appeal where the writ is dismissed or where the plaintiff failed to sustain his claim....

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