Florida Statutes
Chapter 55 - Judgments
55.509 - Stay of Enforcement of Foreign Judgment.


(1) If, within 30 days after the date the foreign judgment is recorded, the judgment debtor files an action contesting the jurisdiction of the court which entered the foreign judgment or the validity of the foreign judgment and records a lis pendens directed toward the foreign judgment, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment and the judgment lien upon the filing of the action by the judgment debtor.
(2) If the judgment debtor shows the circuit or county court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any circuit or county court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.
History.—s. 6, ch. 84-5.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure

Chapter 55 - Judgments

55.01 - Judgments; General Form.

55.03 - Judgments; Rate of Interest, Generally.

55.04 - Judgments; Rate of Interest, Bonds of County, Etc.

55.05 - Judgments; Power of Attorney to Confess Invalid.

55.07 - Judgments; Effect of Failure to Record.

55.071 - Judgments; Effect of Invalid Affidavit or Oath.

55.081 - Statute of Limitations, Lien of Judgment.

55.10 - Judgments, Orders, and Decrees; Lien of All, Generally; Extension of Liens; Transfer of Liens to Other Security.

55.11 - Judgments; No Lien Against Municipalities.

55.13 - Judgments; Rights of Sureties, Etc.

55.141 - Satisfaction of Judgments and Decrees; Duties of Clerk.

55.145 - Discharge of Judgments in Bankruptcy.

55.146 - Certain Property Exempt.

55.201 - Central Database of Judgment Liens on Personal Property.

55.202 - Judgments, Orders, and Decrees; Lien on Personal Property.

55.203 - Judgment Lien Certificate; Content, Filing, and Indexing.

55.204 - Duration and Continuation of Judgment Lien; Destruction of Records.

55.205 - Effect of Judgment Lien.

55.206 - Amendment of Judgment Lien File; Termination, Partial Release, Assignment, Continuation, Tolling, Correction.

55.207 - Correction of Judgment Lien File.

55.208 - Effect of Filed Judgment Lien on Writs of Execution Previously Delivered to a Sheriff.

55.209 - Department of State; Processing Fees, Responsibilities.

55.501 - Florida Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Short Title.

55.502 - Construction of Act.

55.503 - Recording and Status of Foreign Judgments; Fees.

55.505 - Notice of Recording; Prerequisite to Enforcement.

55.507 - Lien; When Effective.

55.509 - Stay of Enforcement of Foreign Judgment.

55.601 - Uniform Out-of-Country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act; Short Title.

55.602 - Definitions.

55.603 - Applicability.

55.604 - Recognition and Enforcement.

55.605 - Grounds for Nonrecognition.

55.6055 - Foreign Defamation Judgment.

55.606 - Personal Jurisdiction.

55.607 - Stay in Case of Appeal.