§ 55.602, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 55. JUDGMENTS
Definitions.
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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
As used in this act, the term:
(1) “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands.
(2) “Out-of-country foreign judgment” means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money, other than a judgment for taxes, a fine, or other penalty.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 94-239; s. 5, ch. 2005-241.
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