Florida Statute 960.298 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 960
VICTIM ASSISTANCE

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960.298 Priority of liens.—Any liens already in existence at the time the restitution lien is placed shall take precedence over the restitution lien.

History.—s. 23, ch. 94-342.

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Hillsborough Cnty. v. Lanier, 898 So. 2d 141 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 544208

...t the time of conviction, it is also a lien on property that the offender comes to possess subsequent to conviction). Again, Lanier correctly argues that the County did not establish the precedence of its restitution lien over preexisting liens. See § 960.298 ("Any liens already in existence at the time the restitution lien is placed shall take precedence over the restitution lien.")....

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