§ 68.05, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 68. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS
Creditors’ bills.
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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Creditors’ bills may be filed in chancery before the claims of indebtedness of the persons filing them have been reduced to judgment, but no such action shall be entertained unless plaintiff has first commenced a separate action at law for the collection of the claims. No final judgment shall be entered on a creditor’s bill until such claims have been reduced to judgment at law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 5137, 1903; GS 1961; RGS 3229; CGL 5035; s. 1, ch. 21976, 1943; s. 22, ch. 67-254.
Note
Note.—Former s. 62.37.
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