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Florida Statute 197.473 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 197.473 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 197.473 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
197.473 Disposition of unclaimed redemption moneys.Money paid to the tax collector for the redemption of a tax certificate or a tax deed application that is payable to the holder of a redeemed tax certificate but for which no claim has been made, or that fails to be presented for payment, is considered unclaimed as defined in s. 717.113 and shall be remitted to the state pursuant to s. 717.117.
History.s. 184, ch. 85-342; s. 5, ch. 86-141; s. 46, ch. 2011-151.

Cases Citing F.S. 197.473

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·DeMario v. Franklin Mortg. & Inv. Co., 648 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 706294

...in s. 197.522(1)(a), as their interests may appear. The clerk shall mail notices to such persons notifying them of the funds held for their benefit... . Excess proceeds shall be held and disbursed in the same manner as unclaimed redemption moneys in s. 197.473... . Section 197.473, Florida Statutes (1993), provides: (1) After money paid to the tax collector for the redemption of tax certificates has been held for 90 days, which money is payable to the holder of a redeemed tax certificate but for which no claim...
...you are entitled to any payment. Dated this ____ day of ____, 19__. * * * * * * (6) If no statements of claim are filed within 90 days from the date of this notice, the clerk shall remit the funds, to the board of county commissioners as provided in Section 197.473, F.S....
...action by virtue of their claim filed ninety-one days after the clerk's notice was issued. More importantly, however, rule 12D-13.065(4) cannot be read as establishing a ninety day claims bar for an even more fundamental reason. Sections 197.582 and 197.473, Florida Statutes, merely provide that the excess funds be held for ninety days and if no claims are made, the Clerk must turn the funds over to the board of county commissioners....
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Velasquez v. Ettenheim, 89 So. 3d 981 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 1605239, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 7215

...Ettenheim, 41 So.3d 228 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). . Under the statutory scheme as implemented by the County, the tax collector obtains a third-party title report on the property that is the subject of the tax certificate and auction. § 197.502(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (2010). . § 197.473, Fla. Stat. (2010). In mid-2011, this procedure was changed by the Legislature. Unclaimed funds now revert to the State. . The two-year bar appears in section 197.582 via a cross-reference to an express provision in section 197.473.
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Ramle Int'l Corp. v. Miami-dade Cnty., Florida (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

to Ramle; (2) declaratory judgment finding section 197.473, Florida Statutes (2004),1 1 As the statutes

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