Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1173 Latest Draft

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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; providing 5 
construction; amending s. 55.205, F.S.; deleting a 6 
provision specifying the priority of certain judgment 7 
creditor liens; specifying the validity and 8 
enforceability of judgment liens against motor 9 
vehicles and vessels; providing a procedure for noting 10 
the lien on the certificate of title; specifying 11 
restrictions on the enforcement of judgment liens; 12 
specifying an account debtor's authority to discharge 13 
the account debtor's obligation to pay payment 14 
intangibles, accounts, or the proceeds thereof; 15 
amending s. 55.208, F.S.; providing construction 16 
relating to the effe ct of liens existing before a 17 
specified date on payment intangibles and accounts and 18 
the proceeds thereof; deleting an obsolete provision 19 
relating to judgment liens on writs of execution 20 
previously delivered to a sheriff; amending s. 55.209, 21 
F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 56.29, 22 
F.S.; requiring a court, under certain circumstances, 23 
to order the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 24 
Vehicles to note certain liens on the certificate of 25     
 
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title of certain motor vehicles or vessels and in the 26 
department's records; amending s. 319.24, F.S.; 27 
prohibiting the department from issuing a motor 28 
vehicle certificate of title under certain 29 
circumstances; specifying procedures for a judgment 30 
lienholder to place a lien on motor vehicles or 31 
vessels; revising requirements for the department if a 32 
certificate of title is not forwarded or returned to 33 
the department under certain circumstances; revising 34 
the authority of certain persons to demand and receive 35 
a lien satisfaction; requiring a lienholder to enter a 36 
satisfaction in a certificate of title upon 37 
satisfaction or lapse of a judgment lien; amending s. 38 
319.241, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the 39 
department may not remove a lien from the department's 40 
records or a certificate of title and specifying a 41 
requirement for the department; providing an effective 42 
date. 43 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 45 
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 Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Judgment Lien 47 
Improvement Act." 48 
 Section 2.  Subsections (2) and (5) of section 55.202 , 49 
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 50     
 
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 55.202  Judgments, orders, and decrees; lien on personal 51 
property.— 52 
 (2)  A judgment lien may be acquired on a judgment debtor's 53 
interest in all personal property in this state subject to 54 
execution under s. 56.061, including payment intangibles and 55 
accounts and the proceeds thereof, as those terms are defined in 56 
s. 679.1021(1), but excluding other than fixtures, money, 57 
negotiable instruments, and mortgages. 58 
 (a)  For payment intangibles and accounts and the proceeds 59 
thereof: 60 
 1.  The rights of a judgment lienholder under this section 61 
are subject to the rights under chapter 679 of a secured party, 62 
as defined in s. 679.1021(1), who has a prior filed financing 63 
statement encumbering such payment intangibles or accounts a nd 64 
the proceeds thereof. 65 
 2.  This section does not affect the obligation under s. 66 
679.607(1) of an account debtor as defined in s. 679.1021(1), 67 
except as the rights and obligations under this paragraph are 68 
otherwise adjudicated under applicable law in a l egal proceeding 69 
to which the secured party and account debtor are joined as 70 
parties. 71 
 (b) A judgment lien is acquired by filing a judgment lien 72 
certificate in accordance with s. 55.203 with the Department of 73 
State after the judgment has become final and i f the time to 74 
move for rehearing has lapsed, no motion for rehearing is 75     
 
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pending, and no stay of the judgment or its enforcement is then 76 
in effect. A court may authorize, for cause shown, the filing of 77 
a judgment lien certificate before a judgment has becom e final 78 
when the court has authorized the issuance of a writ of 79 
execution in the same matter. A judgment lien certificate not 80 
filed in compliance with this subsection is permanently void and 81 
of no effect. 82 
 (c)(b) For any lien, warrant, assessment, or judg ment 83 
collected by the Department of Revenue, a judgment lien may be 84 
acquired by filing the judgment lien certificate information or 85 
warrant with the Department of State in accordance with 86 
subsection (5). 87 
 (d)(c) Except as provided in s. 55.208, the effect ive date 88 
of a judgment lien is the date, including the time of day, of 89 
filing. Although no lien attaches to property, and a creditor 90 
does not become a lien creditor as to liens under chapter 679, 91 
until the debtor acquires an interest in the property, prior ity 92 
among competing judgment liens is determined in order of filing 93 
date and time. 94 
 (e)(d) Except as provided in s. 55.204(3), a judgment 95 
creditor may file only one effective judgment lien certificate 96 
based upon a particular judgment. 97 
 (5)  Liens, assessments, warrants, or judgments filed 98 
pursuant to paragraph (2)(c) (2)(b) may be filed directly into 99 
the central database by the Department of Revenue, or its 100     
 
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designee as determined by its executive director, through 101 
electronic or informati on data exchange programs approved by the 102 
Department of State. Such filings must contain the information 103 
set forth in s. 55.203(1). 104 
 Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 55.205, Florida 105 
Statutes, is amended, and subsections (5), (6), and (7) are 106 
added to that section, to read: 107 
 55.205  Effect of judgment lien. — 108 
 (1)  A judgment creditor who has not acquired a judgment 109 
lien as provided in s. 55.202 or whose lien has lapsed may 110 
nevertheless proceed against the judgment debtor's property 111 
through any appropriate judicial process. Such judgment creditor 112 
proceeding by writ of execution acquires a lien as of the time 113 
of levy and only on the property levied upon. Except as provided 114 
in s. 55.208, such judgment creditor takes subject to the claims 115 
and interest of priority judgment creditors. 116 
 (5)(a)  If the judgment debtor's personal property, to the 117 
extent not exempt from execution, includes a motor vehicle or a 118 
vessel for which a Florida certificate of title has been issued, 119 
a judgment lien acquired under this sec tion on such property not 120 
yet noted on the certificate of title is valid and enforceable 121 
against the judgment debtor. However, such judgment lien is not 122 
enforceable against creditors or subsequent purchasers of such 123 
property for valuable consideration whos e interests have been 124 
noted on the certificate of title as provided in s. 319.27. 125     
 
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 (b)  A judgment lienholder may obtain an order instructing 126 
the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to note the 127 
lien on the certificate of title through a court o f competent 128 
jurisdiction conducting proceedings supplementary to execution 129 
under s. 56.29(6)(b). 130 
 (6)  A judgment lien acquired under s. 55.202 may be 131 
enforced only through judicial process, including attachment 132 
under chapter 76; execution under chapter 56 ; garnishment under 133 
chapter 77; a charging order under s. 605.0503, s. 620.1703, or 134 
s. 620.8504; or proceedings supplementary to execution under s. 135 
56.29. A holder of a judgment lien acquired pursuant to this 136 
chapter may not enforce his or her rights under this section 137 
through self-help repossession or replevin without the express 138 
consent of the judgment debtor in a record authenticated after 139 
default. 140 
 (7)  Notwithstanding the attachment of a judgment lien 141 
acquired under s. 55.202 to payment intangibles or accounts and 142 
the proceeds thereof, the account debtor may, absent receipt of 143 
notice under s. 679.607(1)(a) from a secured party, discharge 144 
the account debtor's obligation to pay payment intangibles or 145 
accounts or the proceeds thereof by paying the judgment debtor 146 
until, but not after, the account debtor is served by process 147 
with a complaint or petition by the judgment creditor seeking 148 
judicial relief with respect to the payment intangibles or 149 
accounts. Thereafter, the account debtor may discharge the 150     
 
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account debtor's obligation to pay payment intangibles or 151 
accounts or the proceeds thereof under this section only in 152 
accordance with a final order or judgm ent issued in such 153 
judicial process that complies with this section. 154 
 Section 4.  Section 55.208, Florida Statutes, is amended to 155 
read: 156 
 55.208  Effect of prior liens on payment intangibles and 157 
accounts; effect of filed judgment lien on writs of executio n 158 
previously delivered to a sheriff. — 159 
 (1)  A judgment lien under s. 55.202 existing before 160 
October 1, 2022, becomes enforceable and perfected as of October 161 
1, 2022, as to payment intangibles and accounts and the proceeds 162 
thereof of a judgment debtor under s. 55.202(2). Any security 163 
interest or lien on payment intangibles or accounts and the 164 
proceeds thereof of a judgment debtor which is enforceable and 165 
perfected before October 1, 2022, continues to have the same 166 
rights and priority as existed before Octobe r 1, 2022, and may 167 
not be primed as to payment intangibles or accounts by a 168 
judgment lien certificate filed before October 1, 2022 Any lien 169 
created by a writ of execution which has been delivered to the 170 
sheriff of any county before October 1, 2001, remains in effect 171 
for 2 years thereafter as to any property of the judgment debtor 172 
located in that county before October 1, 2001, and remaining 173 
within that county after that date . As to any property of the 174 
judgment debtor brought into the county on or after Octob er 1, 175     
 
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2001, such writs create no lien, inchoate or otherwise. 176 
 (2)  If a judgment creditor who has delivered a writ of 177 
execution to a sheriff in any county prior to October 1, 2001, 178 
properly files a judgment lien certificate with the Department 179 
of State by October 1, 2003, the resulting judgment lien is 180 
deemed filed on the date the writ was delivered to the sheriff 181 
as to all property of the judgment debtor subject to execution 182 
in this state under s. 56.061 which is located in that county on 183 
October 1, 2001, and that remains continuously in that county 184 
thereafter. Priority of such judgment liens is determined as of 185 
the effective date they are considered to have been filed. As to 186 
all other property of the judgment debtor, the effective date of 187 
the judgment lien is as provided in s. 55.202. The duration of 188 
all judgment liens is as provided in s. 55.204. 189 
 (3)  If a judgment creditor who has delivered a writ of 190 
execution to a sheriff in any county before October 1, 2001, 191 
does not properly file a judgment lien cert ificate with the 192 
Department of State by October 1, 2003, such writ is considered 193 
to have been abandoned and to be of no effect after October 1, 194 
2003. 195 
 Section 5.  Subsection (1) of section 55.209, Florida 196 
Statutes, is amended to read: 197 
 55.209  Department of State; processing fees, 198 
responsibilities.— 199 
 (1)  Except for liens, assessments, warrants, or judgments 200     
 
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filed electronically as provided in s. 55.202(2)(c) s. 201 
55.202(2)(b), the Department of State shall collect the 202 
following nonrefundable processing fee s for all documents filed 203 
in accordance with ss. 55.201 -55.209: 204 
 (a)  For any judgment lien certificate or other documents 205 
permitted to be filed, $20. 206 
 (b)  For the certification of any filed document, $10. 207 
 (c)  For copies of judgment lien documents which are 208 
produced by the Department of State, $1 per page or part 209 
thereof. However, no charge may be collected for copies provided 210 
in an online electronic format via the Internet. 211 
 (d)  For indexing a judgment lien by multiple judgment 212 
debtor names, $5 per add itional name. 213 
 (e)  For each additional facing page attached to a judgment 214 
lien certificate or document permitted to be filed, $5. 215 
 Section 6.  Subsection (6) of section 56.29, Florida 216 
Statutes, is amended to read: 217 
 56.29  Proceedings supplementary. — 218 
 (6)(a) The court may order any property of the judgment 219 
debtor, not exempt from execution , or any property, debt, or 220 
other obligation due to the judgment debtor, in the hands of or 221 
under the control of any person subject to the Notice to Appear, 222 
to be levied upon and applied toward the satisfaction of the 223 
judgment debt. The court may enter any orders, judgments, or 224 
writs required to carry out the purpose of this section, 225     
 
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including those orders necessary or proper to subject property 226 
or property rights of any judgment debtor to execution, and 227 
including entry of money judgments as provided in ss. 56.16 -228 
56.19 against any person to whom a Notice to Appear has been 229 
directed and over whom the court obtained personal jurisdiction 230 
irrespective of whether such person has retained the property, 231 
subject to applicable principles of equity, and in accordance 232 
with chapters 76 and 77 and all applicable rules of civil 233 
procedure. Sections 56.16 -56.20 apply to any order issued under 234 
this subsection. 235 
 (b)  If the personal proper ty of the judgment debtor 236 
includes a motor vehicle or a vessel that is nonexempt to any 237 
extent from execution and for which a Florida certificate of 238 
title has been issued, on presentation of a copy of a valid 239 
judgment lien certificate acquired under s. 55. 202, the court 240 
must order the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 241 
to note the liens of the judgment creditor on the certificate of 242 
title and in the records of the department. 243 
 Section 7.  Subsections (2) and (4) and paragraphs (a) and 244 
(b) of subsection (5) of section 319.24, Florida Statutes, are 245 
amended to read: 246 
 319.24  Issuance in duplicate; delivery; liens and 247 
encumbrances.— 248 
 (2)  A duly authorized person shall sign the original 249 
certificate of title and each corrected certificate and, if 250     
 
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there are no liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle or 251 
mobile home, as shown in the records of the department or as 252 
shown in the application, shall deliver the certificate to the 253 
applicant or to another person as directed by the applicant or 254 
person, agent, or attorney submitting such application. The 255 
motor vehicle dealer license number must be submitted to the 256 
department when a dealer applies for or receives a duplicate 257 
title. The current odometer reading must be submitted on an 258 
application for a duplica te title. If there are one or more 259 
liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle or mobile home, the 260 
certificate shall be delivered by the department to the first 261 
lienholder as shown by department records or to the owner as 262 
indicated in the notice of lien fil ed by the first lienholder 263 
pursuant to s. 319.27. If the notice of lien filed by the first 264 
lienholder indicates that the certificate should be delivered to 265 
the first lienholder, the department shall deliver to the first 266 
lienholder, along with the certifica te, a form to be 267 
subsequently used by the lienholder as a satisfaction. If the 268 
notice of lien filed by the first lienholder directs the 269 
certificate of title to be delivered to the owner, then, upon 270 
delivery of the certificate of title by the department to the 271 
owner, the department shall deliver to the first lienholder 272 
confirmation of the receipt of the notice of lien and the date 273 
the certificate of title was issued to the owner at the owner's 274 
address shown on the notice of lien and a form to be 275     
 
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subsequently used by the lienholder as a satisfaction. If the 276 
application for certificate shows the name of a first lienholder 277 
different from the name of the first lienholder as shown by the 278 
records of the department or if the application does not show 279 
the name of a judgment lienholder as shown by the records of the 280 
department, the certificate shall not be issued to any person 281 
until after all parties who appear to hold a lien and the 282 
applicant for the certificate have been notified of the conflict 283 
in writing by the dep artment by certified mail. If the parties 284 
do not amicably resolve the conflict within 10 days from the 285 
date such notice was mailed, then the department shall serve 286 
notice in writing by certified mail on all persons appearing to 287 
hold liens on that particula r vehicle, including the applicant 288 
for the certificate, to show cause within 15 days from the date 289 
the notice is mailed why it should not issue and deliver the 290 
certificate to the person indicated in the notice of lien filed 291 
by the lienholder whose name app ears in the application as the 292 
first lienholder without showing any lien or liens as 293 
outstanding other than those appearing in the application or 294 
those which may have been filed subsequent to the filing of the 295 
application for the certificate. If, within th e 15-day period, 296 
any person other than the lienholder shown in the application or 297 
a party filing a subsequent lien, in answer to such notice to 298 
show cause, appears in person or by a representative, or 299 
responds in writing, and files a written statement unde r oath 300     
 
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that his or her lien on that particular vehicle is still 301 
outstanding, the department shall not issue the certificate to 302 
anyone until after such conflict has been settled by the lien 303 
claimants involved or by a court of competent jurisdiction. If 304 
the conflict is not settled amicably within 10 days of the final 305 
date for filing an answer to the notice to show cause, the 306 
complaining party shall have 10 days to obtain a ruling, or a 307 
stay order, from a court of competent jurisdiction; if no ruling 308 
or stay order is issued and served on the department within the 309 
10-day period, it shall issue the certificate showing no liens 310 
except those shown in the application or thereafter filed to the 311 
original applicant if there are no liens shown in the 312 
application and none are thereafter filed, or to the person 313 
indicated in the notice of lien filed by the lienholder whose 314 
name appears in the application as the first lienholder if there 315 
are liens shown in the application or thereafter filed. A 316 
duplicate certificate or corre cted certificate shall only show 317 
such lien or liens as were shown in the application and 318 
subsequently filed liens that may be outstanding. 319 
 (4)(a)1. If the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home, 320 
as shown on the title certificate, or the director of the state 321 
child support enforcement program, or the director's designee, 322 
desires to place a second or subsequent lien or encumbrance 323 
against the motor vehicle or mobile home when the title 324 
certificate is in the possession of the first lienholder, the 325     
 
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owner shall send a written request to the first lienholder by 326 
certified mail, and such first lienholder shall forward the 327 
certificate to the department for endorsement. If the title 328 
certificate is in the possession of the owner, the owner shall 329 
forward the certificate to the department for endorsement. 330 
 2.  If the holder of a judgment lien acquired under s. 331 
55.202(2) on personal property of the owner desires to place a 332 
lien on the motor vehicle or a vessel, the judgment lienholder 333 
must send a written request to the department together with a 334 
copy of the lienholder's judgment lien certificate. The 335 
department shall add the name of the judgment lienholder to the 336 
records of the department. The judgment lienholder must also 337 
send a written request to the person in possession of the title 338 
certificate by certified mail, and that person shall forward the 339 
certificate to the department for endorsement. 340 
 (b) The department shall return the certificate to either 341 
the first lienholder or to the owner, as indicated in the notice 342 
of lien filed by the first lienholder, after endorsing the 343 
second or subsequent lien on the certificate and on the 344 
duplicate. If the first lienholder or owner fails, neglects, or 345 
refuses to forward the certificate of title to the department 346 
within 10 days after from the date of the owner's , the judgment 347 
lienholder's, or the director's or designee's request, the 348 
department, on the written request of the subsequent lienholder 349 
or an assignee thereof, shall demand of the first lienholder or 350     
 
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the owner the return of such certificate for the notation of the 351 
second or subsequent lien or encumbrance. If the first 352 
lienholder or owner fails, neglects, or refuses to return the 353 
certificate to the department as requested, the department must 354 
void the certificate of title and issue a replacement 355 
certificate showing the notation of the subsequent lien or 356 
encumbrance. 357 
 (5)(a)  Upon satisfaction of any first lien , judgment lien, 358 
or encumbrance recorded at the department or upon lapse of a 359 
judgment lien, the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home, as 360 
shown on the title certificate, or the person satisfying the 361 
lien is shall be entitled to demand and receive from the 362 
lienholder a satisfaction of the lien. If the lienholder, upon 363 
satisfaction of the lien and upon demand, fails or refuses to 364 
furnish a satisfaction thereof within 30 days after demand, he 365 
or she shall be held liable for all costs, damages, and 366 
expenses, including reasonable attorney attorney's fees, 367 
lawfully incurred by the titled owner or person satisfying the 368 
lien in any suit brought in this state for cancellation of the 369 
lien. A motor vehicle dealer acquiring ownership of a motor 370 
vehicle with an outstanding purchase money lien, shall pay and 371 
satisfy the outstanding lien within 10 working days of acquiring 372 
ownership. The lienholder receiving final payment as defined in 373 
s. 674.215 shall mail or otherwise deliver a lien satisfaction 374 
and the certificate of title indicating the satisfaction within 375     
 
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10 working days of receipt of such final payment or notify the 376 
person satisfying the lien that the title is not available 377 
within 10 working days of receipt of such final payment. If the 378 
lienholder is unable to provide the certificate of title and 379 
notifies the person of such, the lienholder shall provide a lien 380 
satisfaction and shall be responsible for the cost of a 381 
duplicate title, including fast title charges as provided in s. 382 
319.323. The provisions of this paragraph sha ll not apply to 383 
electronic transactions pursuant to subsection (9). 384 
 (b)  Following satisfaction of a lien or upon satisfaction 385 
or lapse of a judgment lien , the lienholder shall enter a 386 
satisfaction thereof in the space provided on the face of the 387 
certificate of title. If the certificate of title was retained 388 
by the owner, the owner shall, within 5 days of the satisfaction 389 
of a lien, deliver the certificate of title to the lienholder 390 
and the lienholder shall enter a satisfaction thereof in the 391 
space provided on the face of the certificate of title. If there 392 
are no subsequent liens shown thereon, the certificate shall be 393 
delivered by the lienholder to the person satisfying the lien or 394 
encumbrance and an executed satisfaction on a form provided by 395 
the department shall be forwarded to the department by the 396 
lienholder within 10 days of satisfaction of the lien. 397 
 Section 8.  Section 319.241, Florida Statutes, is amended 398 
to read: 399 
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vehicle or mobile home upon which a lien has been filed with the 401 
department or noted upon a certificate of title for a period of 402 
5 years may apply to the department in writing for such lien to 403 
be removed from the department files or from the certificate of 404 
title. The application shall be accompanied by evidence 405 
satisfactory to the department that the applicant has notified 406 
the lienholder by certified mail, not less than 20 days prior to 407 
the date of the application, of his or her intention to apply to 408 
the department for removal of the lien. Ten days after receipt 409 
of the application, the department may remove the lien from its 410 
files or from the certificate of title, as the case may be, if 411 
no statement in writing protesting removal of the lien is 412 
received by the department from the l ienholder within the 10 -day 413 
period. If, however, the lienholder files with the department 414 
within the 10-day period a written statement that the lien is 415 
still outstanding or that a second judgment lien certificate has 416 
been filed with the Department of State , the department shall 417 
not remove the lien until the lienholder presents a satisfaction 418 
of lien to the department. If a second judgment lien certificate 419 
was filed with the Department of State, the department must 420 
remove the notice of the first judgment lie n certificate and add 421 
notation of the second judgment lien certificate at the end of 422 
all noted liens. Ten days after the receipt of an application 423 
for a derelict motor vehicle certificate and notification to the 424 
lienholder, the department may remove the li en from the derelict 425     
 
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motor vehicle record if a written statement protesting removal 426 
of the lien is not received by the department from the 427 
lienholder within the 10 -day period. 428 
 Section 9.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 429