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Florida Statute 620.1703 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 620.1703 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 620.1703 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
620.1703 Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.—
(1) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner or transferee, the court may charge the partnership interest of the partner or transferable interest of a transferee with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of a transferee of the partnership interest.
(2) This act shall not deprive any partner or transferee of the benefit of an exemption law applicable to the partner’s partnership or transferee’s transferable interest.
(3) This section provides the exclusive remedy which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may use to satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor’s interest in the limited partnership or transferable interest. Other remedies, including foreclosure on the partner’s interest in the limited partnership or a transferee’s transferable interest and a court order for directions, accounts, and inquiries that the debtor general or limited partner might have made, are not available to the judgment creditor attempting to satisfy the judgment out of the judgment debtor’s interest in the limited partnership and may not be ordered by a court.
History.—s. 17, ch. 2005-267.

Cases Citing F.S. 620.1703

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·Olmstead v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, 44 So. 3d 76 (Fla. 2010).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 357, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 990, 2010 WL 2518106

...transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest in the partnership." § 620.8504(5), Fla. Stat. (2008) (emphasis added). With respect to limited partnership interests, the charging order remedy is established in section 620.1703, which states that it "provides the exclusive remedy which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may use to satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's interest in the limited partnership or transferable interest." § 620.1703(3), Fla....
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Martineau v. Banco Popular North Am., 77 So. 3d 925 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 1054, 2012 WL 246654

...ancial records relating to an account owned by MFLP. [1] Mr. Martineau sought a protective order which the trial court denied. Mr. Martineau's Argument Mr. Martineau argues that the trial court's order is in direct violation of the plain language of section 620.1703, Florida Statutes (2010)....
...Martineau's individual interest in MFLP, a limited partnership: "[T]he court may charge the partnership interest of the partner ... with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest," but "[t]o the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of a transferee of the partnership interest." § 620.1703(1). The section also states "[t]his section provides the exclusive remedy which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may use to satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's interest." § 620.1703(3)....

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