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Florida Statute 717.1244 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 717.1244 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 717.1244 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
717.1244 Determinations of unclaimed property claims.—In rendering a determination regarding the merits of an unclaimed property claim, the department shall rely on the applicable statutory, regulatory, common, and case law. Agency statements applying the statutory, regulatory, common, and case law to unclaimed property claims are not agency statements subject to s. 120.56(4).
History.—s. 127, ch. 2004-390.

Cases Citing F.S. 717.1244

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·Atwater v. Citibank, F.S.B., Inc., 96 So. 3d 1010 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13470, 2012 WL 3316508

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.); § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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Cited as authorityBondi (2015)
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Cited as authorityAtwater (2013)
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Atwater v. Homeside Lending, Inc., 96 So. 3d 998 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13464, 2012 WL 3316975

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.”); § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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Atwater v. Metro. Mortg. Co., 96 So. 3d 996 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13450, 2012 WL 3317029

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.”); § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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Atwater v. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 96 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13472, 2012 WL 3316594

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.”; § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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Atwater v. Mortg. Elec. Reg. Sys., Inc., 98 So. 3d 1191 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13473, 2012 WL 3316562

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.”); § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disap *1193 prove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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Atwater v. Equity One, Inc., 96 So. 3d 1012 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13453, 2012 WL 3316484

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.”); § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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Atwater v. Bruneau, 96 So. 3d 1014 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13451, 2012 WL 3316406

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.”); § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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Atwater v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank, 96 So. 3d 1000 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13465, 2012 WL 3316949

...file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which the party claims to be entitled to recover the money or property.”); § 716.07(2), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim.”); § 717.1244, Fla....
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·Yergin v. Georgopolos, 217 So. 3d 155 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 1277995, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 4659

statutory, regulatory, common, and case law.” Id. § 717.1244. And a person “aggrieved” by the department’s
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Choice Plus, LLC v. Dep't of Fin. Servs., etc., 244 So. 3d 343 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...ong standards and improperly deny the claim. Chapter 717 gives the Department a panoply of tools in order to determine the merits of a claim of ownership to “unclaimed property” that come to the Department through various means. See, e.g., § 717.1244, Fla....

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