Florida Statute 222.2 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XV
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Chapter 222
METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

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F.S. 222.02

222.02 Designation of homestead after levy.—Whenever a levy is made upon the lands, tenements, mobile home, or modular home of such person whose homestead has not been set apart and selected, such person, or the person’s agent or attorney, may in writing notify the officer making such levy, by notice under oath made before any officer of this state duly authorized to administer oaths, at any time before the day appointed for the sale thereof, of what such person regards as his or her homestead, with a description thereof; and the remainder only shall be subject to sale under such levy.

History.—s. 2, ch. 1715, 1869; RS 1999; GS 2521; RGS 3876; CGL 5783; s. 3, ch. 77-299; s. 2, ch. 83-40; s. 1196, ch. 95-147.

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Total Results: 17

Englander v. Mills

95 F.3d 1028, 1996 WL 498851

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 19, 1996 | Docket: 73563

Cited 39 times | Published

subjecting only the remainder to sale. Fla.Stat.Ann. § 222.02 (1989). The Debtors’ designated portion of non-exempt

Smith v. American Consumer Finance Corp. (In Re Smith)

21 B.R. 345, 1982 Bankr. LEXIS 3803

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 30, 1982 | Docket: 1841969

Cited 20 times | Published

never filed an affidavit of exemption pursuant to § 222.02, Fla.Stat.[4], prior to the levy of her property

Michael v. Valley Trucking Co., Inc.

832 So. 2d 213, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 17762, 2002 WL 31696808

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 4, 2002 | Docket: 1700102

Cited 10 times | Published

filed an affidavit of homestead pursuant to section 222.02, Florida Statutes, (2001), claiming that the

In Re Englander

156 B.R. 862, 1992 Bankr. LEXIS 2343, 1992 WL 494995

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 10, 1992 | Docket: 2516894

Cited 10 times | Published

designation of a homestead exemption under Section 222.02 of the Florida Statutes and that no amendment

Grant v. Credithrift of America, Inc.

402 So. 2d 486

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 6, 1981 | Docket: 1691388

Cited 8 times | Published

October 22, following the procedure specified by section 222.02, Florida Statutes (1979), Ms. Grant filed an

Weiss v. Stone

220 So. 2d 403

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 4, 1969 | Docket: 1426782

Cited 8 times | Published

a Homestead and Exemption Notice, pursuant to § 222.02 Fla. Stat. F.S.A., to the sheriff, the effect

LaGasse v. Aetna Insurance Company

213 So. 2d 454, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5136

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 1968 | Docket: 471567

Cited 7 times | Published

prior to the attempted levy is immaterial. F.S. § 222.02 F.S.A. providing for designation of homestead

In Re Fyock

391 B.R. 882, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 407, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 2029, 2008 WL 2900952

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: May 6, 2008 | Docket: 1491567

Cited 2 times | Published

FLA. STAT. § 222.25(4)(2007). Second, FLA. STAT. § 222.02(2007) provides that rather than before a levy

Quraeshi v. Dzikowski (In Re Quraeshi)

289 B.R. 240, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26009, 2002 WL 31940741

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Nov 22, 2002 | Docket: 1442149

Cited 2 times | Published

be subject to sale under such levy. Fla. Stat. § 222.02. "The purpose of Florida's homestead provision

In Re Ripp

176 B.R. 972, 8 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 315, 1994 Bankr. LEXIS 2062, 1994 WL 739005

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 1, 1994 | Docket: 1489412

Cited 2 times | Published

Designation of Homestead after Levy Pursuant to § 222.02, Florida Statutes," to the Lee County Sheriff

In Re Donovan

137 B.R. 547, 6 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 31, 1992 Bankr. LEXIS 334

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Feb 28, 1992 | Docket: 1486075

Cited 2 times | Published

property was exempt under "F.S.A. § 222.02." (Although Fla. Stat. § 222.02 does not provide for a homestead

Sepulveda v. Westport Recovery Corp.

145 So. 3d 162, 2014 WL 3291766, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 10515

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 9, 2014 | Docket: 434309

Cited 1 times | Published

After Levy (“Notice of Homestead”), see § 222.02, Fla. Stat. (2013), 1 on March 1, 2013

In Re Carr

19 B.R. 173, 1982 Bankr. LEXIS 4839

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 10, 1982 | Docket: 1780807

Cited 1 times | Published

estate pursuant to Art. X, § 4, Fla.Const. and § 222.02, Fla.Stat. (1981). The debtor claimed a homestead

Arch Insurance Company v. Kubicki Draper, LLP

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 3, 2021 | Docket: 59957926

Published

-7- 16 Couch on Insurance § 222:2 (3d ed. 2005) (“Subrogation is the substitution

In Re Lisowski

395 B.R. 771, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 516, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 2749, 2008 WL 4602314

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 23, 2008 | Docket: 1437499

Published

4(a)(1) of the Florida Constitution, and § 222.01, § 222.02, and § 222.05 of the Florida Statutes. The Debtor

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 24, 2007 | Docket: 3257861

Published

protection prior to there being a levy and, section 222.02, Florida Statutes, provides for the filing

Cohen v. Coral Gables First National Bank

266 So. 2d 188, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6287

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 1, 1972 | Docket: 64527423

Published

properly to protect his rights under Fla.Stat. § 222.02, F.S.A. Appellant is correct in his contention