Florida Statute 705.106 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 705
LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY

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705.106 Recovery from person wrongfully in possession.—Whenever any property described in this chapter, chapter 706, or chapter 707 is ascertained to be wrongfully withheld and the person in possession refuses to give it up to the sheriff on demand, the county attorney of the county in which the property is situated, or the city attorney, if within a municipality, when required to do so by the sheriff, shall enter a suit for said property and prosecute it to a final recovery. All moneys derived from these sources shall be paid by the sheriff into the State Treasury for the benefit of the State School Fund.

History.—ss. 4, 5, ch. 344, 1850; RS 2015; GS 2537; RGS 3892; CGL 5799; s. 4, ch. 63-267.

Note.—Former s. 705.06.

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Cases Citing Statute 705.106

Total Results: 2

Monestime v. State

220 So. 3d 493, 2017 WL 1927728, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 6589

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 10, 2017 | Docket: 6060360

Cited 1 times | Published

property, citing the motion’s untimeliness under section 705.106, Florida Statutes (2016). That statute sets

Reyneldon J. Davis v. State

198 So. 3d 1070, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 12578, 2016 WL 4415063

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 19, 2016 | Docket: 4416532

Published

474 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (citations omitted). Section 705.106(1) provides that the title to property seized

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