Florida 2022 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1173 Introduced / Bill

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A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to judgment liens; providing a short 2 
title; amending s. 55.202, F.S.; specifying that 3 
payment intangibles, accounts, and the proceeds 4 
thereof are subject to judgment liens; exempting 5 
certain mobile homes from personal property subject to 6 
judgment liens; providing construction; amending s. 7 
55.205, F.S.; deleting a provision specifying the 8 
priority of certain judgment creditor liens; 9 
specifying the validity and enforceability of judgment 10 
liens against motor vehicles, mobile homes, and 11 
vessels; providing a procedure for noting the lien on 12 
the certificate of title; specifying restrictions on 13 
the enforcement of judgment liens; specifying an 14 
account debtor's authority to discharge the account 15 
debtor's obligation to pay payment intangibles, 16 
accounts, or the proceeds thereof; amending s. 55.208, 17 
F.S.; providing construction relating to the effect of 18 
liens existing before a specified date on payment 19 
intangibles and accounts and the proceeds thereof; 20 
deleting an obsolete provision relating to judgment 21 
liens on writs of execution previously delivered to a 22 
sheriff; amending s. 55.209, F.S.; conforming a cross -23 
reference; amending s. 56.29, F.S.; requiring a court, 24 
under certain circumstances, to order the Department 25     
 
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of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to n ote certain 26 
liens on the certificate of title of certain motor 27 
vehicles, mobile homes, or vessels and in the 28 
department's records; amending s. 319.24, F.S.; 29 
prohibiting the department from issuing a motor 30 
vehicle or mobile home certificate of title under 31 
certain circumstances; specifying procedures for a 32 
judgment lienholder to place a lien on motor vehicles, 33 
certain mobile homes, or vessels; revising 34 
requirements for the department if a certificate of 35 
title is not forwarded or returned to the department 36 
under certain circumstances; revising the authority of 37 
certain persons to demand and receive a lien 38 
satisfaction; requiring a lienholder to enter a 39 
satisfaction in a certificate of title upon 40 
satisfaction or lapse of a judgment lien; amending s. 41 
319.241, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the 42 
department may not remove a lien from the department's 43 
records or a certificate of title and specifying a 44 
requirement for the department; providing an effective 45 
date. 46 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the Sta te of Florida: 48 
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 Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Judgment Lien 50     
 
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Improvement Act." 51 
 Section 2.  Subsections (2) and (5) of section 55.202, 52 
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 53 
 55.202  Judgments, orders, and decrees; lien on personal 54 
property.— 55 
 (2)  A judgment lien may be acquired on a judgment debtor's 56 
interest in all personal property in this state subject to 57 
execution under s. 56.061, including payment intangibles and 58 
accounts and the proceeds thereof, as those terms are defined in 59 
s. 679.1021(1), but excluding other than fixtures, money, 60 
negotiable instruments, mobile homes to which title has been 61 
retired, and mortgages. 62 
 (a)  For payment intangibles and accounts and the proceeds 63 
thereof: 64 
 1.  The rights of a judgment lienholder under this section 65 
are subject to the rights under chapter 679 of a secured party, 66 
as defined in s. 679.1021(1), who has a prior filed financing 67 
statement encumbering such payment intangibles or accounts and 68 
the proceeds thereof. 69 
 2.  This section does not affect th e obligation under s. 70 
679.607(1) of an account debtor as defined in s. 679.1021(1), 71 
except as the rights and obligations under this paragraph are 72 
otherwise adjudicated under applicable law in a legal proceeding 73 
to which the secured party and account debtor are joined as 74 
parties. 75     
 
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 (b) A judgment lien is acquired by filing a judgment lien 76 
certificate in accordance with s. 55.203 with the Department of 77 
State after the judgment has become final and if the time to 78 
move for rehearing has lapsed, no motion for re hearing is 79 
pending, and no stay of the judgment or its enforcement is then 80 
in effect. A court may authorize, for cause shown, the filing of 81 
a judgment lien certificate before a judgment has become final 82 
when the court has authorized the issuance of a writ of 83 
execution in the same matter. A judgment lien certificate not 84 
filed in compliance with this subsection is permanently void and 85 
of no effect. 86 
 (c)(b) For any lien, warrant, assessment, or judgment 87 
collected by the Department of Revenue, a judgment lien may be 88 
acquired by filing the judgment lien certificate information or 89 
warrant with the Department of State in accordance with 90 
subsection (5). 91 
 (d)(c) Except as provided in s. 55.208, the effective date 92 
of a judgment lien is the date, including the time o f day, of 93 
filing. Although no lien attaches to property, and a creditor 94 
does not become a lien creditor as to liens under chapter 679, 95 
until the debtor acquires an interest in the property, priority 96 
among competing judgment liens is determined in order of filing 97 
date and time. 98 
 (e)(d) Except as provided in s. 55.204(3), a judgment 99 
creditor may file only one effective judgment lien certificate 100     
 
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based upon a particular judgment. 101 
 (5)  Liens, assessments, warrants, or judgments filed 102 
pursuant to paragraph (2)(c) (2)(b) may be filed directly into 103 
the central database by the Department of Revenue, or its 104 
designee as determined by its executive director, through 105 
electronic or information data exchange programs approved by the 106 
Department of State. Such filings must contain the information 107 
set forth in s. 55.203(1). 108 
 Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 55.205, Florida 109 
Statutes, is amended, and subsections (5), (6), and (7) are 110 
added to that section, to read: 111 
 55.205  Effect of judgment lien. — 112 
 (1)  A judgment creditor who has not acquired a judgment 113 
lien as provided in s. 55.202 or whose lien has lapsed may 114 
nevertheless proceed against the judgment debtor's property 115 
through any appropriate judicial process. Such judgment creditor 116 
proceeding by writ of executio n acquires a lien as of the time 117 
of levy and only on the property levied upon. Except as provided 118 
in s. 55.208, such judgment creditor takes subject to the claims 119 
and interest of priority judgment creditors. 120 
 (5)(a)  If the judgment debtor's personal prope rty, to the 121 
extent not exempt from execution, includes a motor vehicle, a 122 
mobile home, or a vessel for which a Florida certificate of 123 
title has been issued, a judgment lien acquired under this 124 
section on such property not yet noted on the certificate of 125     
 
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title is valid and enforceable against the judgment debtor. 126 
However, such judgment lien is not enforceable against creditors 127 
or subsequent purchasers of such property for valuable 128 
consideration whose interests have been noted on the certificate 129 
of title as provided in s. 319.27. 130 
 (b)  A judgment lienholder may obtain an order instructing 131 
the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to note the 132 
lien on the certificate of title through a court of competent 133 
jurisdiction conducting proceedings supplementar y to execution 134 
under s. 56.29(6)(b). 135 
 (6)  A judgment lien acquired under s. 55.202 may be 136 
enforced only through judicial process, including attachment 137 
under chapter 76; execution under chapter 56; garnishment under 138 
chapter 77; a charging order under s. 60 5.0503, s. 620.1703, or 139 
s. 620.8504; or proceedings supplementary to execution under s. 140 
56.29. A holder of a judgment lien acquired pursuant to this 141 
chapter may not enforce his or her rights under this section 142 
through self-help repossession or replevin wit hout the express 143 
consent of the judgment debtor in a record authenticated after 144 
default. 145 
 (7)  Notwithstanding the attachment of a judgment lien 146 
acquired under s. 55.202 to payment intangibles or accounts and 147 
the proceeds thereof, the account debtor may, absent receipt of 148 
notice under s. 679.607(1)(a) from a secured party, discharge 149 
the account debtor's obligation to pay payment intangibles or 150     
 
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accounts or the proceeds thereof by paying the judgment debtor 151 
until, but not after, the account debtor is served by process 152 
with a complaint or petition by the judgment creditor seeking 153 
judicial relief with respect to the payment intangibles or 154 
accounts. Thereafter, the account debtor may discharge the 155 
account debtor's obligation to pay payment intangibles or 156 
accounts or the proceeds thereof under this section only in 157 
accordance with a final order or judgm ent issued in such 158 
judicial process that complies with this section. 159 
 Section 4.  Section 55.208, Florida Statutes, is amended to 160 
read: 161 
 55.208  Effect of prior liens on payment intangibles and 162 
accounts; effect of filed judgment lien on writs of executio n 163 
previously delivered to a sheriff. — 164 
 (1)  A judgment lien under s. 55.202 existing before 165 
October 1, 2022, becomes enforceable and perfected as of October 166 
1, 2022, as to payment intangibles and accounts and the proceeds 167 
thereof of a judgment debtor under s. 55.202(2). Any security 168 
interest or lien on payment intangibles or accounts and the 169 
proceeds thereof of a judgment debtor which is enforceable and 170 
perfected before October 1, 2022, continues to have the same 171 
rights and priority as existed before Octobe r 1, 2022, and may 172 
not be primed as to payment intangibles or accounts by a 173 
judgment lien certificate filed before October 1, 2022 Any lien 174 
created by a writ of execution which has been delivered to the 175     
 
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sheriff of any county before October 1, 2001, remains in effect 176 
for 2 years thereafter as to any property of the judgment debtor 177 
located in that county before October 1, 2001, and remaining 178 
within that county after that date . As to any property of the 179 
judgment debtor brought into the county on or after Octob er 1, 180 
2001, such writs create no lien, inchoate or otherwise. 181 
 (2)  If a judgment creditor who has delivered a writ of 182 
execution to a sheriff in any county prior to October 1, 2001, 183 
properly files a judgment lien certificate with the Department 184 
of State by October 1, 2003, the resulting judgment lien is 185 
deemed filed on the date the writ was delivered to the sheriff 186 
as to all property of the judgment debtor subject to execution 187 
in this state under s. 56.061 which is located in that county on 188 
October 1, 2001, and that remains continuously in that county 189 
thereafter. Priority of such judgment liens is determined as of 190 
the effective date they are considered to have been filed. As to 191 
all other property of the judgment debtor, the effective date of 192 
the judgment lien is as provided in s. 55.202. The duration of 193 
all judgment liens is as provided in s. 55.204. 194 
 (3)  If a judgment creditor who has delivered a writ of 195 
execution to a sheriff in any county before October 1, 2001, 196 
does not properly file a judgment lien cert ificate with the 197 
Department of State by October 1, 2003, such writ is considered 198 
to have been abandoned and to be of no effect after October 1, 199 
2003. 200     
 
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 Section 5.  Subsection (1) of section 55.209, Florida 201 
Statutes, is amended to read: 202 
 55.209  Department of State; processing fees, 203 
responsibilities.— 204 
 (1)  Except for liens, assessments, warrants, or judgments 205 
filed electronically as provided in s. 55.202(2)(c) s. 206 
55.202(2)(b), the Department of State shall collect the 207 
following nonrefundable processing fee s for all documents filed 208 
in accordance with ss. 55.201 -55.209: 209 
 (a)  For any judgment lien certificate or other documents 210 
permitted to be filed, $20. 211 
 (b)  For the certification of any filed document, $10. 212 
 (c)  For copies of judgment lien documents which are 213 
produced by the Department of State, $1 per page or part 214 
thereof. However, no charge may be collected for copies provided 215 
in an online electronic format via the Internet. 216 
 (d)  For indexing a judgment lien by multiple judgment 217 
debtor names, $5 per add itional name. 218 
 (e)  For each additional facing page attached to a judgment 219 
lien certificate or document permitted to be filed, $5. 220 
 Section 6.  Subsection (6) of section 56.29, Florida 221 
Statutes, is amended to read: 222 
 56.29  Proceedings supplementary. — 223 
 (6)(a) The court may order any property of the judgment 224 
debtor, not exempt from execution , or any property, debt, or 225     
 
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other obligation due to the judgment debtor, in the hands of or 226 
under the control of any person subject to the Notice to Appear, 227 
to be levied upon and applied toward the satisfaction of the 228 
judgment debt. The court may enter any orders, judgments, or 229 
writs required to carry out the purpose of this section, 230 
including those orders necessary or proper to subject property 231 
or property rights of any judgment debtor to execution, and 232 
including entry of money judgments as provided in ss. 56.16 -233 
56.19 against any person to whom a Notice to Appear has been 234 
directed and over whom the court obtained personal jurisdiction 235 
irrespective of whether such person has retained the property, 236 
subject to applicable principles of equity, and in accordance 237 
with chapters 76 and 77 and all applicable rules of civil 238 
procedure. Sections 56.16 -56.20 apply to any order issued under 239 
this subsection. 240 
 (b)  If the personal proper ty of the judgment debtor 241 
includes a motor vehicle, a mobile home, or a vessel that is 242 
nonexempt to any extent from execution and for which a Florida 243 
certificate of title has been issued, on presentation of a copy 244 
of a valid judgment lien certificate acqui red under s. 55.202, 245 
the court must order the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 246 
Vehicles to note the liens of the judgment creditor on the 247 
certificate of title and in the records of the department. 248 
 Section 7.  Subsections (2) and (4) and paragraphs (a) and 249 
(b) of subsection (5) of section 319.24, Florida Statutes, are 250     
 
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amended to read: 251 
 319.24  Issuance in duplicate; delivery; liens and 252 
encumbrances.— 253 
 (2)  A duly authorized person shall sign the original 254 
certificate of title and each corrected certi ficate and, if 255 
there are no liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle or 256 
mobile home, as shown in the records of the department or as 257 
shown in the application, shall deliver the certificate to the 258 
applicant or to another person as directed by the applican t or 259 
person, agent, or attorney submitting such application. The 260 
motor vehicle dealer license number must be submitted to the 261 
department when a dealer applies for or receives a duplicate 262 
title. The current odometer reading must be submitted on an 263 
application for a duplicate title. If there are one or more 264 
liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle or mobile home, the 265 
certificate shall be delivered by the department to the first 266 
lienholder as shown by department records or to the owner as 267 
indicated in the notice of lien filed by the first lienholder 268 
pursuant to s. 319.27. If the notice of lien filed by the first 269 
lienholder indicates that the certificate should be delivered to 270 
the first lienholder, the department shall deliver to the first 271 
lienholder, along wi th the certificate, a form to be 272 
subsequently used by the lienholder as a satisfaction. If the 273 
notice of lien filed by the first lienholder directs the 274 
certificate of title to be delivered to the owner, then, upon 275     
 
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delivery of the certificate of title by th e department to the 276 
owner, the department shall deliver to the first lienholder 277 
confirmation of the receipt of the notice of lien and the date 278 
the certificate of title was issued to the owner at the owner's 279 
address shown on the notice of lien and a form to be 280 
subsequently used by the lienholder as a satisfaction. If the 281 
application for certificate shows the name of a first lienholder 282 
different from the name of the first lienholder as shown by the 283 
records of the department or if the application does not show 284 
the name of a judgment lienholder as shown by the records of the 285 
department, the certificate shall not be issued to any person 286 
until after all parties who appear to hold a lien and the 287 
applicant for the certificate have been notified of the conflict 288 
in writing by the department by certified mail. If the parties 289 
do not amicably resolve the conflict within 10 days from the 290 
date such notice was mailed, then the department shall serve 291 
notice in writing by certified mail on all persons appearing to 292 
hold liens on that particular vehicle, including the applicant 293 
for the certificate, to show cause within 15 days from the date 294 
the notice is mailed why it should not issue and deliver the 295 
certificate to the person indicated in the notice of lien filed 296 
by the lienholder whose name appears in the application as the 297 
first lienholder without showing any lien or liens as 298 
outstanding other than those appearing in the application or 299 
those which may have been filed subsequent to the filing of the 300     
 
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application for the certificat e. If, within the 15 -day period, 301 
any person other than the lienholder shown in the application or 302 
a party filing a subsequent lien, in answer to such notice to 303 
show cause, appears in person or by a representative, or 304 
responds in writing, and files a writte n statement under oath 305 
that his or her lien on that particular vehicle is still 306 
outstanding, the department shall not issue the certificate to 307 
anyone until after such conflict has been settled by the lien 308 
claimants involved or by a court of competent juris diction. If 309 
the conflict is not settled amicably within 10 days of the final 310 
date for filing an answer to the notice to show cause, the 311 
complaining party shall have 10 days to obtain a ruling, or a 312 
stay order, from a court of competent jurisdiction; if no ruling 313 
or stay order is issued and served on the department within the 314 
10-day period, it shall issue the certificate showing no liens 315 
except those shown in the application or thereafter filed to the 316 
original applicant if there are no liens shown in the 317 
application and none are thereafter filed, or to the person 318 
indicated in the notice of lien filed by the lienholder whose 319 
name appears in the application as the first lienholder if there 320 
are liens shown in the application or thereafter filed. A 321 
duplicate certificate or corrected certificate shall only show 322 
such lien or liens as were shown in the application and 323 
subsequently filed liens that may be outstanding. 324 
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as shown on the title certificate, or the director of the state 326 
child support enforcement program, or the director's designee, 327 
desires to place a second or subsequent lien or encumbrance 328 
against the motor vehicle or mobile home when the title 329 
certificate is in the possession of the first lienh older, the 330 
owner shall send a written request to the first lienholder by 331 
certified mail, and such first lienholder shall forward the 332 
certificate to the department for endorsement. If the title 333 
certificate is in the possession of the owner, the owner shall 334 
forward the certificate to the department for endorsement. 335 
 2.  If the holder of a judgment lien acquired under s. 336 
55.202(2) on personal property of the owner desires to place a 337 
lien on the motor vehicle, a mobile home to which the title has 338 
not been retired, or a vessel, the judgment lienholder must send 339 
a written request to the department together with a copy of the 340 
lienholder's judgment lien certificate. The department shall add 341 
the name of the judgment lienholder to the records of the 342 
department. The judgment lienholder must also send a written 343 
request to the person in possession of the title certificate by 344 
certified mail, and that person shall forward the certificate to 345 
the department for endorsement. 346 
 (b) The department shall return the certificate to either 347 
the first lienholder or to the owner, as indicated in the notice 348 
of lien filed by the first lienholder, after endorsing the 349 
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duplicate. If the first lienholder or owner fails, neglects, or 351 
refuses to forward the certificate of title to the department 352 
within 10 days after from the date of the owner's , the judgment 353 
lienholder's, or the director's or designee's request, the 354 
department, on the written request of the subsequent lienholder 355 
or an assignee thereof, shall demand of the first lienholder or 356 
the owner the return of such certificate for the notation of the 357 
second or subsequent lien or encumbrance. If the first 358 
lienholder or owner fails, neglects, or refuses to return the 359 
certificate to the department as requested, the department must 360 
void the certificate of title and issue a replacement 361 
certificate showing the notation of the subsequent lien or 362 
encumbrance. 363 
 (5)(a)  Upon satisfaction of any first lien , judgment lien, 364 
or encumbrance recorded at the department or upon lapse of a 365 
judgment lien, the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home, as 366 
shown on the title certificate, or the person satisfying the 367 
lien is shall be entitled to demand and receive from the 368 
lienholder a satisfaction of the lie n. If the lienholder, upon 369 
satisfaction of the lien and upon demand, fails or refuses to 370 
furnish a satisfaction thereof within 30 days after demand, he 371 
or she shall be held liable for all costs, damages, and 372 
expenses, including reasonable attorney attorney's fees, 373 
lawfully incurred by the titled owner or person satisfying the 374 
lien in any suit brought in this state for cancellation of the 375     
 
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lien. A motor vehicle dealer acquiring ownership of a motor 376 
vehicle with an outstanding purchase money lien, shall pay an d 377 
satisfy the outstanding lien within 10 working days of acquiring 378 
ownership. The lienholder receiving final payment as defined in 379 
s. 674.215 shall mail or otherwise deliver a lien satisfaction 380 
and the certificate of title indicating the satisfaction withi n 381 
10 working days of receipt of such final payment or notify the 382 
person satisfying the lien that the title is not available 383 
within 10 working days of receipt of such final payment. If the 384 
lienholder is unable to provide the certificate of title and 385 
notifies the person of such, the lienholder shall provide a lien 386 
satisfaction and shall be responsible for the cost of a 387 
duplicate title, including fast title charges as provided in s. 388 
319.323. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to 389 
electronic transactions pursuant to subsection (9). 390 
 (b)  Following satisfaction of a lien or upon satisfaction 391 
or lapse of a judgment lien , the lienholder shall enter a 392 
satisfaction thereof in the space provided on the face of the 393 
certificate of title. If the certificate of title was retained 394 
by the owner, the owner shall, within 5 days of the satisfaction 395 
of a lien, deliver the certificate of title to the lienholder 396 
and the lienholder shall enter a satisfaction thereof in the 397 
space provided on the face of the certificate of title. If there 398 
are no subsequent liens shown thereon, the certificate shall be 399 
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encumbrance and an executed satisfaction on a form provided by 401 
the department shall be forwarded to the depa rtment by the 402 
lienholder within 10 days of satisfaction of the lien. 403 
 Section 8.  Section 319.241, Florida Statutes, is amended 404 
to read: 405 
 319.241  Removal of lien from records. —The owner of a motor 406 
vehicle or mobile home upon which a lien has been filed with the 407 
department or noted upon a certificate of title for a period of 408 
5 years may apply to the department in writing for such lien to 409 
be removed from the department files or from the certificate of 410 
title. The application shall be accompanied by evidence 411 
satisfactory to the department that the applicant has notified 412 
the lienholder by certified mail, not less than 20 days prior to 413 
the date of the application, of his or her intention to apply to 414 
the department for removal of the lien. Ten days after receipt 415 
of the application, the department may remove the lien from its 416 
files or from the certificate of title, as the case may be, if 417 
no statement in writing protesting removal of the lien is 418 
received by the department from the lienholder within the 10 -day 419 
period. If, however, the lienholder files with the department 420 
within the 10-day period a written statement that the lien is 421 
still outstanding or that a second judgment lien certificate has 422 
been filed with the Department of State , the department shall 423 
not remove the lien until the lienholder presents a satisfaction 424 
of lien to the department. If a second judgment lien certificate 425     
 
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was filed with the Department of State, the department must 426 
remove the notice of the first judgment lien certificate and add 427 
notation of the second judgment lien certificate at the end of 428 
all noted liens. Ten days after the receipt of an application 429 
for a derelict motor vehicle certificate and notification to the 430 
lienholder, the department may remove the lien from the derelict 431 
motor vehicle record if a written statement protesting removal 432 
of the lien is not received by the department from the 433 
lienholder within the 10 -day period. 434 
 Section 9.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 435