Florida Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments Act

Under patrick a judgment creditor from any jurisdiction who utilizes the fefja has the same time to enforce their judgment as a florida judgment creditor.

Florida enforcement of foreign judgments act. 55 501 florida enforcement of foreign judgments act. Stat 55 501 the florida enforcement of foreign judgments act. A foreign judgment does not operate as a lien until 30 daysafter the mailing of notice by the clerk. Fefja florida enforcement of foreign judgment act allows holders of uncollected foreign judgments to domesticate the judgment and have a writ of execution issued in the florida county where the judgment is recorded without having to file suit or pay a filing fee.

In addition to money judgments the term foreign judgment also applies to decrees or orders from out of state courts as long as they are. No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment recorded hereunder shall issue until 30 days after the mailing of notice by the clerk and payment of a service charge of up to 42 to the clerk from which the clerk shall remit 4 50 to the department of revenue for. A judgment rendered in a sister state or a territory of the u s. 55 501 florida enforcement of foreign judgments act.

261 1986 which requires the states and the territories. A recent decision by the supreme court of florida recognizes that judgment creditors seeking to enforce a judgment in florida under the florida enforcement of foreign. Is also referred to as a foreign judgment. Sections 55 501 55 509 may be cited as the florida enforcement of foreign judgments act.

If the judgment holder seeks judicial relief to enforce the terms of the. The 2019 florida statutes. After 30 days the foreign. Enforcement of foreign judgments in florida.

Virgin islands have adopted the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act uefja 13 u l a. Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment. 48 states the district of columbia the northern mariana islands and the u s. 26 proceeding under the act s provisions a judgment creditor may enforce a foreign judgment without the further cost and harassment often incurred when an entirely new and separate action on the.

Title vi civil practice and procedure. The more common option is to domesticate the existing foreign judgment under florida s version of the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act uefja. Florida enforcement of foreign judgments act. That s where the federal government has acted on your behalf by creating the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act uefja a law adopted by most states which permits the enforcement of a valid judgment from another state by merely filing the judgment order with the clerk s office.

The purpose of the florida enforcement of foreign judgments act is to provide a speedy and economical method of enforcing a foreign judgment. The procedure for the domestication of out of state foreign judgments is codified in fla. The debtor has 30 days to raise limited jurisdictional defenses.