Florida Statute 678.1121 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 678
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: INVESTMENT SECURITIES

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F.S. 678.1121

678.1121 Creditor’s legal process.—

(1) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security may be reached by a creditor only by actual seizure of the security certificate by the officer making the attachment or levy, except as otherwise provided in subsection (4). However, a certificated security for which the certificate has been surrendered to the issuer may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the issuer.

(2) The interest of a debtor in an uncertificated security may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the issuer at its chief executive office in the United States, except as otherwise provided in subsection (4).

(3) The interest of a debtor in a security entitlement may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the securities intermediary with whom the debtor’s securities account is maintained, except as otherwise provided in subsection (4).

(4) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security for which the certificate is in the possession of a secured party, or in an uncertificated security registered in the name of a secured party, or a security entitlement maintained in the name of a secured party, may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the secured party.

(5) A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement is entitled to aid from a court of competent jurisdiction, by injunction or otherwise, in reaching the certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement or in satisfying the claim by means allowed at law or in equity in regard to property that cannot readily be reached by other legal process.

History.—s. 1, ch. 98-11.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 678.1121

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 678.1121.

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Cases Citing Statute 678.1121

Total Results: 3

J.B. Harris, P.A. v. Virage Capital Management LP

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-27

Snippet: in the law firms. It cited sections 56.061 and 678.1121(5), Florida Statutes, and Street v. Sugarman,

John G. Schanck v. William M. Gayhart and Debra L. Buchanan, etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-04-30

Citation: 245 So. 3d 970

Snippet: the certificates. The Estate relied on section 678.1121(5), Florida Statutes, which broadly authorizes

Klauber v. First Federal Bank of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-02-26

Citation: 198 So. 3d 762, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 2867, 2016 WL 746551

Snippet: power to enter such an order. . See § 678.1121(5), Fla. Stat. (2014) (providing that a creditor