(1) Any lienee may release his or her property from any lien claimed thereon under this part by filing with the clerk of the circuit court a cash or surety bond, payable to the person claiming the lien, in the amount of the final bill, and conditioned for the payment of any judgment which may be recovered on said lien, with costs.
(2) Whenever a lienee brings an action in the appropriate court with respect to any property which has been wrongfully detained by a lienor in violation of this section, the lienee, upon a judgment in the lienee’s favor, shall be entitled to damages, reasonable court costs, and attorney’s fees sustained by the lienee by reason of such wrongful detention.
(3) Any lienor who, upon the posting of the bond, fails to release or return the property to the lienee pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 8, ch. 1632, 1868; RS 1749; s. 19, ch. 5143, 1903; GS 2225; RGS 3532; CGL 5396; s. 36, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 77-387; s. 167, ch. 91-224; s. 829, ch. 97-102.
Note.—Former s. 85.27.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XL - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 713 - Liens, Generally
Part II - Miscellaneous Liens (Ss. 713.50-713.79)
713.56 - Liens for labor on and with machines, etc.
713.57 - Liens for labor on logs and timber.
713.58 - Liens for labor or services on personal property.
713.585 - Enforcement of lien by sale of motor vehicle.
713.59 - Liens for labor in raising crops.
713.595 - Liens for labor or services in ginning cotton.
713.60 - Liens for labor on or for vessels.
713.61 - Liens for manufacturing and repairing articles.
713.62 - Liens for furnishing articles to be manufactured.
713.63 - Liens for furnishing locomotives, machinery, etc.
713.64 - Liens for furnishing material for vessels.
713.65 - Liens for care and maintenance of animals.
713.655 - Liens for professional services of veterinarians.
713.66 - Liens for feed, etc., for racehorses, polo ponies and race dogs.
713.665 - Liens for furnishing pest control.
713.67 - Liens for board, lodging, etc., at hotels, etc.
713.68 - Liens for hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses, boardinghouses, etc.
713.69 - Unlawful to remove property upon which lien has accrued.
713.691 - Landlord’s lien for rent; exemptions.
713.70 - Lien for service of stallions and other animals.
713.71 - Liens for loans and advances.
713.73 - Priority of foregoing liens.
713.74 - Acquisition of liens by persons in privity with the owner.
713.75 - Acquisition of liens by persons not in privity with the owner.
713.76 - Release of lien by filing bond.
713.78 - Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels.
713.785 - Liens for recovering, towing, or storing mobile homes.