Florida Statutes
Chapter 55 - Judgments
55.606 - Personal Jurisdiction.


(1) The defendant was served personally in the foreign state;
(2) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over him or her;
(3) The defendant, prior to the commencement of the proceedings, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;
(4) The defendant was domiciled in the foreign state when the proceedings were instituted, or, being a body corporate, had its principal place of business, was incorporated, or had otherwise acquired corporate status, in the foreign state;
(5) The defendant had a business office in the foreign state and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action or a claim for relief arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign state; or
(6) The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action or claim for relief arising out of such operation.
History.—s. 6, ch. 94-239; s. 1360, ch. 95-147; s. 9, ch. 2005-241.

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.