Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 627.752 (2025)

Bonds in judicial proceedings.

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627.752 Bonds in judicial proceedings.—

(1) In any judicial proceeding, whenever it may become necessary for any party thereto to give a bond for any purpose, the bond of such party having as surety thereon any authorized surety insurer may be accepted, by any officer or court whose duty it is to approve such bond, without other surety. This section applies also to bonds given in connection with any appellate proceeding for the purpose of obtaining supersedeas or for any other purpose.

(2) A surety insurer may become surety upon administrators’, executors’, and guardians’ bonds; and in such cases there need be only one surety upon such bonds.

History.—s. 612, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 565, 573, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1982–1988 · leading case: Cohen v. Vendrell, 535 So. 2d 320 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

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Cohen v. Vendrell, 535 So. 2d 320 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). “s] The emphasized proviso leaves no doubt that a cash bond condition may automatically be satisfied by an appropriate appearance bond in the specified amount.”

Al Estes Bonding Agency v. Citrus Cnty., 417 So. 2d 1127 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). · cites it 2× “For that reason and on that ground the motion to vacate should be, and it is hereby, granted and the judgment against appellant vacated without prejudice to the clerk of the circuit court entering a proper judgment against the proper surety company upon the bond forfeiture…”

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