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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 55
Judgments
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Chapter 55, Florida Statutes 2000

CHAPTER 55

JUDGMENTS

55.01  Judgments; general form.

55.03  Judgments; rate of interest, generally.

55.04  Judgments; rate of interest, bonds of county, etc.

55.05  Judgments; power of attorney to confess invalid.

55.07  Judgments; effect of failure to record.

55.071  Judgments; effect of invalid affidavit or oath.

55.081  Statute of limitations, lien of judgment.

55.10  Judgments, orders, and decrees; lien of all, generally; extension of liens; transfer of liens to other security.

55.11  Judgments; no lien against municipalities.

55.13  Judgments; rights of sureties, etc.

55.141  Satisfaction of judgments and decrees; duties of clerk and judge.

55.145  Discharge of judgments in bankruptcy.

55.146  Certain property exempt.

55.201  Central database of judgment liens on personal property.

55.202  Judgments, orders, and decrees; lien on personal property.

55.203  Judgment lien certificate; content, recording, and indexing.

55.204  Duration and continuation of judgment lien; destruction of records.

55.205  Effect of judgment lien.

55.206  Amendment of judgment lien record; termination, partial release, assignment, continuation, tolling, correction.

55.207  Correction of judgment lien record.

55.208  Effect of recorded judgment lien on writs of execution previously delivered to a sheriff.

55.209  Department of State; processing fees, responsibilities.

55.501  Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; short title.

55.502  Construction of act.

55.503  Recording and status of foreign judgments; fees.

55.505  Notice of recording; prerequisite to enforcement.

55.507  Lien; when effective.

55.509  Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment.

55.601  Uniform Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act; short title.

55.602  Definitions.

55.603  Applicability.

55.604  Recognition and enforcement.

55.605  Grounds for nonrecognition.

55.606  Personal jurisdiction.

55.607  Stay in case of appeal.