Executions; issuance and return, alias, etc.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — 2026 Florida Statutes

When issued, an execution is valid and effective during the life of the judgment, order, or decree on which it is issued. When fully paid, the officer executing it shall make his or her return and file it in the court which issued the execution. If the execution is lost or destroyed, the party entitled thereto may have an alias, pluries or other copies on making proof of such loss or destruction by affidavit and filing it in the court issuing the execution.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

s. 1, Feb. 17, 1833; RS 1187; GS 1615; RGS 2819; CGL 4506; ss. 1, 2, ch. 17904, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4505(1); s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 298, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 2016-33.

Note

Note.—Former s. 55.16.

Source of truth

Edition: 2026 Florida Statutes
Official file: https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0056/0056.html
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