Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 733.701 (2025)

Notifying creditors.

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733.701 Notifying creditors.—Unless creditors’ claims are otherwise barred by s. 733.710, every personal representative shall cause notice to creditors to be published and served under s. 733.2121.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 83, ch. 75-220; s. 33, ch. 77-87; s. 4, ch. 89-340; s. 145, ch. 2001-226; s. 31, ch. 2003-154.

Note.—Created from former s. 733.15.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases, 1979–2010 · leading case: Tulsa Prof'l Collection Servs., Inc. v. Pope, 485 U.S. 478 (1988).

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Tulsa Prof'l Collection Servs., Inc. v. Pope, 485 U.S. 478 (1988). · cites it 4× “§ 14-3801 (1975); Fla. Stat. § 733.701 (1987); Utah Code Ann.”

May v. Illinois Nat. Ins. Co., 771 So. 2d 1143 (Fla. 2000). · cites it 2× “[6] The record does not establish whether the co-personal representatives served Mr. Prockup with the notice of administration consistent with section 733.”

Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 848 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 2003). · cites it 2× “§ 733.701, Fla. Stat. Notifying creditors.”

Simpson v. Est. of Simpson, 922 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). · cites it 2× “A probate court's determination of whether someone is a reasonably ascertainable claimant is subject to an abuse of discretion standard of review.”

Florida Bar, 537 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1988). “F.S. 733.701 Notifying creditors. F.S. 733.”

In re Est. of Read, 472 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). · cites it 2× “Appellant contends, as he did in his untimely petition for rehearing, that appel-lee’s failure to file its notice of claim within a three month period provided by section 733.701 and 733.702, Florida Statutes (1983) forever barred its claim for payment of the promissory note.”

Baillargeon v. Sewell, 33 So. 3d 130 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010). “See §§ 733.701-.710. Since the Code went into effect in 1976, the legislature has amended it repeatedly; a particularly extensive revision took effect in 2002.”

In Re Amend. to Florida Prob. Rules, 986 So. 2d 576 (Fla. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 733.701, Fla. Stat. Notifying creditors.”

In Re Est. of Collin, 368 So. 2d 1350 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979). “Section 733.701, Florida Statutes (1977) et seq.”

In re Amendments to the Florida Prob. Rules, 912 So. 2d 1178 (Fla. 2005). · cites it 2× “§ 733.701, Fla. Stat. Notifying creditors.”

Florida Bar, 531 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1988). “F.S. 733.701 Notifying creditors. F.S. 733.”

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