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Fla. Stat. § 324.111 (2025)

Failure to satisfy judgment; copy to department.

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324.111 Failure to satisfy judgment; copy to department.—Whenever any person fails within 30 days to satisfy any judgment, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his or her attorney it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which any such judgment is rendered within this state, to forward to the department immediately after the expiration of said 30 days, a certified copy of such judgment.
History.—s. 1, ch. 29963, 1955; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 71-59; s. 437, ch. 95-148.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1961–2023 · leading case: In re Adler, 47 B.R. 554 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1985).
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In re Adler, 47 B.R. 554 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1985). “A Florida statute, § 324.111 permits any judgment creditor to request that the judgment be forwarded to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which will suspend the license and registration of the judgment debtor.”
Harrison v. Larson, 133 So. 2d 446 (Fla. 1st DCA 1961). “§ 324.111, F.S.A. . “(1) The commissioner upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration and any nonresident’s operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise…”
Sanchez v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., No. 3:21-cv-00372 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2023). · cites it 2× “19 While the DMV 19 As a reminder, § 324.111 states: Whenever any person fails within 30 days to satisfy any judgment, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his or her attorney it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court which has no…”
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