Florida Statute 215.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 215
FINANCIAL MATTERS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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215.07 Preference of state in case of insolvency.—When any revenue officer or other person now indebted or hereafter becoming indebted to the state, by bond or otherwise, shall become insolvent, or when the estate of any deceased debtor in the hands of executors or administrators shall not be sufficient to pay all the debt due from the deceased, the debt due to the state shall be first satisfied; and the priority established shall be deemed to extend as well to cases in which a debtor, not having sufficient property to pay all his or her debts, shall make a voluntary assignment thereof, or in which the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed or absent debtor shall be attached by process of law, as to cases in which the party shall be insolvent.

History.—s. 5, Feb. 10, 1832; RS 410; GS 602; RGS 1037; CGL 1348; s. 1139, ch. 95-147.

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United States v. Fred De La Mata

266 F.3d 1275, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 21049, 2001 WL 1141810

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 27, 2001 | Docket: 2038631

Cited 75 times | Published

set forth additional reporting requirements. Section 215.7 required the bank to maintain records of loans

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