175.241
Exemption from tax and execution.
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175.241 Exemption from tax and execution.—For any municipality, special fire control district, chapter plan, local law municipality, local law special fire control district, or local law plan under this chapter, the pensions, annuities, or other benefits accrued or accruing to any person under any chapter plan or local law plan under the provisions of this chapter and the accumulated contributions and the cash securities in the funds created under this chapter are hereby exempted from any state, county, or municipal tax and shall not be subject to execution or attachment or to any legal process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable.
History.—s. 1, ch. 63-249; s. 25, ch. 99-1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1989–2026 · leading case: Alvarez v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CITY PENSION FUND
Alvarez v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CITY PENSION FUND (1991)
“In June of that year, the Board of Trustees moved to dissolve the order on the grounds that 1) the terms of the city pension contract [1] ratified by special act, chapter 74-613, section 3, Laws of Florida, prohibits the garnishment of pension benefits for debt or other legal…”
Arnold, Matheny, Pa v. First Am. Holdings (2008)
“(2007); firefighters pension benefits, see § 175.241, Fla. Stat. (2007); and veterans' benefits, see § 744.”
PROF. CONS. SERV. v. Hartford Life and Acc. Ins. Co. (2003)
“§ 175.241, Fla. Stat. (2000) (stating that firefighters' pensions, annuities, and benefits "shall be unassignable"); § 440.”
Board of Trustees v. Alvarez (1990)
“Further, the appellant asserted that the income deduction order violates section 175.241, Florida Statutes (1987) which provides: “The pensions, annuities, or other benefits accrued or accruing to any persons under the provisions of this chapter .”
In Re Wheat (1992)
“-046(4), “which, respectively, mandate the entry of income deduction orders for court-ordered alimony and child support and define the ‘income’ subject to such orders, implicitly repeal" Fla.Stat. § 175.241. Florida Statute § 175.”
United States v. Garry Souffrant (2015)
“The Retirement System, in its response to the writ, stated that Souf-frant’s employee pension fund account had accumulated ,962, 1 but, according to Fla. Stat. 175.241, it was not subject to garnishment.”
Toby Palmer v. Suzanne Marie Palmer (2026)
“4 § 175.241, Fla. Stat. In Alvarez v. Board of Trustees of City Pension Fund for Firefighters & Police Officers in the City of Tampa, 580 So.”
In re Marriage of Alvarez (1989)
“§ 175.241, which pertains to Municipal Firefighters Pension Trust Funds, provides: “The pensions, annuities, or other benefits accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this act .”
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