(1) All executions shall be returnable when satisfied, and the officers to whom they are delivered shall collect the amounts thereof as soon as possible and shall furnish the judgment debtor with a satisfaction of judgment. All receipts shall be endorsed on the execution.
(2) All unsatisfied executions in the hands of the sheriff docketed before October 1, 2001, or 20 years after the date of issuance of final judgment upon which the execution was issued may be returned to the court issuing the execution. Upon such return, the clerk of the court of issuance shall provide a receipt to the sheriff submitting the return acknowledging the return of the unsatisfied execution.
History.—s. 2, Mar. 15, 1844; RS 1188; GS 1616; RGS 2820; CGL 4507; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 8, ch. 87-145; s. 6, ch. 87-405; s. 4, ch. 2009-215; s. 4, ch. 2016-33.
Note.—Former s. 55.18.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title VI - Civil Practice and Procedure
56.011 - Executions; Capias Ad Satisfaciendum Abolished.
56.021 - Executions; Issuance and Return, Alias, Etc.
56.041 - Executions; Collection and Return.
56.051 - Executions; Collection When Against Principal and Sureties.
56.061 - Property Subject to Execution.
56.071 - Executions on Equities of Redemption; Discovery of Value.
56.09 - Executions Against Corporate Judgment Debtors; Generally.
56.10 - Executions Against Corporate Judgment Debtors; Receivership.
56.12 - Executions; Levy, Forthcoming Bond.
56.13 - Executions; Forfeiture of Forthcoming Bond.
56.14 - Executions Upon Forthcoming Bond; Levy.
56.15 - Executions; Stay of Illegal Writs.
56.16 - Executions; Claims of Third Parties to Property Levied On.
56.17 - Executions; Duty of Officer on Claim of Third Person Being Filed.
56.18 - Executions; Trial of Claims of Third Persons.
56.19 - Judgments Upon Claims of Third Persons.
56.20 - Executions on Judgments Against Third Person Claimants.
56.21 - Execution Sales; Notice.
56.25 - Execution Sale; Bill of Sale or Deed.
56.26 - Executions; Mandamus to Force Levy and Sale.
56.27 - Executions; Payment of Money Collected.
56.275 - Disposition of Unclaimed Money Collected.
56.28 - Executions; Failure of Officer to Pay Over Moneys Collected.