56.041  Executions; collection and return.--

(1)  All executions shall be returnable when satisfied, and the officers to whom they are delivered shall collect the amounts thereof as soon as possible and shall furnish the defendant with a satisfaction of judgment. All receipts shall be endorsed on the execution.

(2)  All unsatisfied executions in the hands of the sheriff may be returned, to the court issuing the execution, 20 years after the date of issuance of final judgment upon which the execution was issued. Upon such return, the clerk of the court of issuance shall provide a receipt, to the sheriff submitting the return, acknowledging the return of the unsatisfied execution.

History.--s. 2, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1188; GS 1616; RGS 2820; CGL 4507; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 8, ch. 87-145; s. 6, ch. 87-405.