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15	15		An act relating to judgment liens; providing a short 2
16	16		title; amending s. 55.202, F.S.; specifying that 3
17	17		payment intangibles, accounts, and the proceeds 4
18	18		thereof are subject to judgment liens; providing 5
19	19		construction; amending s. 55.205, F.S.; deleting a 6
20	20		provision specifying the priority of certain judgment 7
21	21		creditor liens; specifying the validity and 8
22	22		enforceability of judgment liens against motor 9
23	23		vehicles and vessels; providing a procedure for noting 10
24	24		the lien on the certificate of title; specifying 11
25	25		restrictions on the enforcement of judgment liens; 12
26	26		specifying an account debtor's authority to discharge 13
27	27		the account debtor's obligation to pay payment 14
28	28		intangibles, accounts, or the proceeds thereof; 15
29	29		amending s. 55.208, F.S.; providing construction 16
30	30		relating to the effe ct of liens existing before a 17
31	31		specified date on payment intangibles and accounts and 18
32	32		the proceeds thereof; deleting an obsolete provision 19
33	33		relating to judgment liens on writs of execution 20
34	34		previously delivered to a sheriff; amending s. 55.209, 21
35	35		F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 56.29, 22
36	36		F.S.; requiring a court, under certain circumstances, 23
37	37		to order the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 24
38	38		Vehicles to note certain liens on the certificate of 25
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51	51		title of certain motor vehicles or vessels and in the 26
52	52		department's records; amending s. 319.24, F.S.; 27
53	53		prohibiting the department from issuing a motor 28
54	54		vehicle certificate of title under certain 29
55	55		circumstances; specifying procedures for a judgment 30
56	56		lienholder to place a lien on motor vehicles or 31
57	57		vessels; revising requirements for the department if a 32
58	58		certificate of title is not forwarded or returned to 33
59	59		the department under certain circumstances; revising 34
60	60		the authority of certain persons to demand and receive 35
61	61		a lien satisfaction; requiring a lienholder to enter a 36
62	62		satisfaction in a certificate of title upon 37
63	63		satisfaction or lapse of a judgment lien; amending s. 38
64	64		319.241, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the 39
65	65		department may not remove a lien from the department's 40
66	66		records or a certificate of title and specifying a 41
67	67		requirement for the department; providing an effective 42
68	68		date. 43
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70	70		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 45
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72	72		Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Judgment Lien 47
73	73		Improvement Act." 48
74	74		Section 2. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 55.202 , 49
75	75		Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 50
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84	84		F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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88	88		55.202 Judgments, orders, and decrees; lien on personal 51
89	89		property.— 52
90	90		(2) A judgment lien may be acquired on a judgment debtor's 53
91	91		interest in all personal property in this state subject to 54
92	92		execution under s. 56.061, including payment intangibles and 55
93	93		accounts, as those terms are defined in s. 679.1021(1), and the 56
94	94		proceeds thereof, but excluding other than fixtures, money, 57
95	95		negotiable instruments, and mortgages. 58
96	96		(a) For payment intangibles and accounts and the proceed s 59
97	97		thereof: 60
98	98		1. The rights of a judgment lienholder under this section 61
99	99		are subject to the rights under chapter 679 of a secured party, 62
100	100		as defined in s. 679.1021(1), who has a prior filed financing 63
101	101		statement encumbering such payment intangibles or accounts and 64
102	102		the proceeds thereof. 65
103	103		2. This section does not affect the obligation under s. 66
104	104		679.607(1) of an account debtor, as defined in s. 679.1021(1), 67
105	105		except as the rights and obligations under this paragraph are 68
106	106		otherwise adjudicated under applicable law in a legal proceeding 69
107	107		to which the secured party and account debtor are joined as 70
108	108		parties. 71
109	109		(b) A judgment lien is acquired by filing a judgment lien 72
110	110		certificate in accordance with s. 55.203 with the Department of 73
111	111		State after the judgment has become final and if the time to 74
112	112		move for rehearing has lapsed, no motion for rehearing is 75
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125	125		pending, and no stay of the judgment or its enforcement is then 76
126	126		in effect. A court may authorize, for cause shown, the filing of 77
127	127		a judgment lien certificate before a judgment has bec ome final 78
128	128		when the court has authorized the issuance of a writ of 79
129	129		execution in the same matter. A judgment lien certificate not 80
130	130		filed in compliance with this subsection is permanently void and 81
131	131		of no effect. 82
132	132		(c)(b) For any lien, warrant, assessment, or ju dgment 83
133	133		collected by the Department of Revenue, a judgment lien may be 84
134	134		acquired by filing the judgment lien certificate information or 85
135	135		warrant with the Department of State in accordance with 86
136	136		subsection (5). 87
137	137		(d)(c) Except as provided in s. 55.208, the effe ctive date 88
138	138		of a judgment lien is the date, including the time of day, of 89
139	139		filing. Although no lien attaches to property, and a creditor 90
140	140		does not become a lien creditor as to liens under chapter 679, 91
141	141		until the debtor acquires an interest in the property, pri ority 92
142	142		among competing judgment liens is determined in order of filing 93
143	143		date and time. 94
144	144		(e)(d) Except as provided in s. 55.204(3), a judgment 95
145	145		creditor may file only one effective judgment lien certificate 96
146	146		based upon a particular judgment. 97
147	147		(5) Liens, assessments, warrants, or judgments filed 98
148	148		pursuant to paragraph (2)(c) (2)(b) may be filed directly into 99
149	149		the central database by the Department of Revenue, or its 100
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162	162		designee as determined by its executive director, through 101
163	163		electronic or informati on data exchange programs approved by the 102
164	164		Department of State. Such filings must contain the information 103
165	165		set forth in s. 55.203(1). 104
166	166		Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 55.205, Florida 105
167	167		Statutes, is amended, and subsections (5), (6), and (7) are 106
168	168		added to that section, to read: 107
169	169		55.205 Effect of judgment lien. — 108
170	170		(1) A judgment creditor who has not acquired a judgment 109
171	171		lien as provided in s. 55.202 or whose lien has lapsed may 110
172	172		nevertheless proceed against the judgment debtor's property 111
173	173		through any appropriate judicial process. Such judgment creditor 112
174	174		proceeding by writ of execution acquires a lien as of the time 113
175	175		of levy and only on the property levied upon. Except as provided 114
176	176		in s. 55.208, such judgment creditor takes subject to the claims 115
177	177		and interest of priority judgment creditors. 116
178	178		(5)(a) If the judgment debtor's personal property, to the 117
179	179		extent not exempt from execution, includes a motor vehicle or a 118
180	180		vessel for which a Florida certificate of title has been issued, 119
181	181		a judgment lien acquired under this sec tion on such property not 120
182	182		yet noted on the certificate of title is valid and enforceable 121
183	183		against the judgment debtor. However, enforceability under this 122
184	184		chapter of such judgment lien against creditors or subsequent 123
185	185		purchasers is determined as provided unde r s. 319.27(2) or s. 124
186	186		328.14, as applicable. 125
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199	199		(b) A judgment lienholder may obtain an order instructing 126
200	200		the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to note the 127
201	201		lien on the certificate of title through a court of competent 128
202	202		jurisdiction conducting pr oceedings supplementary to execution 129
203	203		under s. 56.29(6)(b). 130
204	204		(6) A judgment lien acquired under s. 55.202 may be 131
205	205		enforced only through judicial process, including attachment 132
206	206		under chapter 76; execution under chapter 56; garnishment under 133
207	207		chapter 77; a charging order under s. 605.0503, s. 620.1703, or 134
208	208		s. 620.8504; or proceedings supplementary to execution under s. 135
209	209		56.29. A holder of a judgment lien acquired under s. 55.202, who 136
210	210		is not enforcing separate lien rights in a judgment debtor's 137
211	211		property, may not enforce his or her rights under this section 138
212	212		through self-help repossession or replevin without a court order 139
213	213		or without the express consent of the judgment debtor contained 140
214	214		in a record authenticated in accordance with s. 668.50 or s. 141
215	215		679.1021(1)(g) after the judgment lien attaches. 142
216	216		(7) Notwithstanding the attachment of a judgment lien 143
217	217		acquired under s. 55.202 to payment intangibles or accounts and 144
218	218		the proceeds thereof, the account debtor may, absent receipt of 145
219	219		notice under s. 679.607(1)(a) from a secured party, discharge 146
220	220		the account debtor's obligation to pay payment intangibles or 147
221	221		accounts or the proceeds thereof by paying the judgment debtor 148
222	222		until, but not after, the account debtor is served by process 149
223	223		with a complaint or petition by the judgme nt creditor seeking 150
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236	236		judicial relief with respect to the payment intangibles or 151
237	237		accounts. Thereafter, the account debtor may discharge the 152
238	238		account debtor's obligation to pay payment intangibles or 153
239	239		accounts or the proceeds thereof under this section only in 154
240	240		accordance with a final order or judgment issued in such 155
241	241		judicial process that complies with this section. 156
242	242		Section 4. Section 55.208, Florida Statutes, is amended to 157
243	243		read: 158
244	244		55.208 Effect of prior liens on payment intangibles and 159
245	245		accounts; effect of filed judgment lien on writs of execution 160
246	246		previously delivered to a sheriff. — 161
247	247		(1) A judgment lien under s. 55.202 existing before 162
248	248		October 1, 2023, becomes enforceable and perfected as of October 163
249	249		1, 2023, as to payment intangibles and accounts and the proce eds 164
250	250		thereof of a judgment debtor under s. 55.202(2). Any security 165
251	251		interest or lien on payment intangibles or accounts and the 166
252	252		proceeds thereof of a judgment debtor which is enforceable and 167
253	253		perfected before October 1, 2023, continues to have the same 168
254	254		rights and priority as existed before October 1, 2023, and may 169
255	255		not be primed as to payment intangibles or accounts by a 170
256	256		judgment lien certificate filed before October 1, 2023 . 171
257	257		(1) Any lien created by a writ of execution which has been 172
258	258		delivered to the sheriff of any county before October 1, 2001, 173
259	259		remains in effect for 2 years thereafter as to any property of 174
260	260		the judgment debtor located in that county before October 1, 175
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273	273		2001, and remaining within that county after that date. As to 176
274	274		any property of the judgment deb tor brought into the county on 177
275	275		or after October 1, 2001, such writs create no lien, inchoate or 178
276	276		otherwise. 179
277	277		(2) If a judgment creditor who has delivered a writ of 180
278	278		execution to a sheriff in any county prior to October 1, 2001, 181
279	279		properly files a judgment lie n certificate with the Department 182
280	280		of State by October 1, 2003, the resulting judgment lien is 183
281	281		deemed filed on the date the writ was delivered to the sheriff 184
282	282		as to all property of the judgment debtor subject to execution 185
283	283		in this state under s. 56.061 which is located in that county on 186
284	284		October 1, 2001, and that remains continuously in that county 187
285	285		thereafter. Priority of such judgment liens is determined as of 188
286	286		the effective date they are considered to have been filed. As to 189
287	287		all other property of the judgment d ebtor, the effective date of 190
288	288		the judgment lien is as provided in s. 55.202. The duration of 191
289	289		all judgment liens is as provided in s. 55.204. 192
290	290		(3) If a judgment creditor who has delivered a writ of 193
291	291		execution to a sheriff in any county before October 1, 2001 , 194
292	292		does not properly file a judgment lien certificate with the 195
293	293		Department of State by October 1, 2003, such writ is considered 196
294	294		to have been abandoned and to be of no effect after October 1, 197
295	295		2003. 198
296	296		Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 55.209, Florida 199
297	297		Statutes, is amended to read: 200
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310	310		55.209 Department of State; processing fees, 201
311	311		responsibilities.— 202
312	312		(1) Except for liens, assessments, warrants, or judgments 203
313	313		filed electronically as provided in s. 55.202(2)(c) s. 204
314	314		55.202(2)(b), the Department of State shall colle ct the 205
315	315		following nonrefundable processing fees for all documents filed 206
316	316		in accordance with ss. 55.201 -55.209: 207
317	317		(a) For any judgment lien certificate or other documents 208
318	318		permitted to be filed, $20. 209
319	319		(b) For the certification of any filed document, $10. 210
320	320		(c) For copies of judgment lien documents which are 211
321	321		produced by the Department of State, $1 per page or part 212
322	322		thereof. However, no charge may be collected for copies provided 213
323	323		in an online electronic format via the Internet. 214
324	324		(d) For indexing a judgment lien by multiple judgment 215
325	325		debtor names, $5 per additional name. 216
326	326		(e) For each additional facing page attached to a judgment 217
327	327		lien certificate or document permitted to be filed, $5. 218
328	328		Section 6. Subsection (6) of section 56.29, Florida 219
329	329		Statutes, is amended to read: 220
330	330		56.29 Proceedings supplementary. — 221
331	331		(6)(a) The court may order any property of the judgment 222
332	332		debtor, not exempt from execution , or any property, debt, or 223
333	333		other obligation due to the judgment debtor, in the hands of or 224
334	334		under the control of any person subject to the Notice to Appear, 225
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347	347		to be levied upon and applied toward the satisfaction of the 226
348	348		judgment debt. The court may enter any orders, judgments, or 227
349	349		writs required to carry out the purpose of this section, 228
350	350		including those orders necessary or proper to subject property 229
351	351		or property rights of any judgment debtor to execution, and 230
352	352		including entry of money judgments as provided in ss. 56.16 -231
353	353		56.19 against any person to whom a Notice to Appear has been 232
354	354		directed and over whom the court obtained personal juri sdiction 233
355	355		irrespective of whether such person has retained the property, 234
356	356		subject to applicable principles of equity, and in accordance 235
357	357		with chapters 76 and 77 and all applicable rules of civil 236
358	358		procedure. Sections 56.16 -56.20 apply to any order issued under 237
359	359		this subsection. 238
360	360		(b) If the personal property of the judgment debtor 239
361	361		includes a motor vehicle or vessel that is nonexempt to any 240
362	362		extent from execution and for which a Florida certificate of 241
363	363		title has been issued, upon presentation of a copy of a valid 242
364	364		judgment lien certificate acquired under s. 55.202, the court 243
365	365		must order the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 244
366	366		to note the liens of the judgment creditor on the certificate of 245
367	367		title and in the records of the department. 246
368	368		Section 7. Subsectio ns (2) and (4) and paragraphs (a) and 247
369	369		(b) of subsection (5) of section 319.24, Florida Statutes, are 248
370	370		amended to read: 249
371	371		319.24 Issuance in duplicate; delivery; liens and 250
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384	384		encumbrances.— 251
385	385		(2) A duly authorized person shall sign the original 252
386	386		certificate of title and each corrected certificate and, if 253
387	387		there are no liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle or 254
388	388		mobile home, as shown in the records of the department or as 255
389	389		shown in the applicati on, shall deliver the certificate to the 256
390	390		applicant or to another person as directed by the applicant or 257
391	391		person, agent, or attorney submitting such application. The 258
392	392		motor vehicle dealer license number must be submitted to the 259
393	393		department when a dealer applie s for or receives a duplicate 260
394	394		title. The current odometer reading must be submitted on an 261
395	395		application for a duplicate title. If there are one or more 262
396	396		liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle or mobile home, the 263
397	397		certificate shall be delivered by the depar tment to the first 264
398	398		lienholder as shown by department records or to the owner as 265
399	399		indicated in the notice of lien filed by the first lienholder 266
400	400		pursuant to s. 319.27. If the notice of lien filed by the first 267
401	401		lienholder indicates that the certificate should b e delivered to 268
402	402		the first lienholder, the department shall deliver to the first 269
403	403		lienholder, along with the certificate, a form to be 270
404	404		subsequently used by the lienholder as a satisfaction. If the 271
405	405		notice of lien filed by the first lienholder directs the 272
406	406		certificate of title to be delivered to the owner, then, upon 273
407	407		delivery of the certificate of title by the department to the 274
408	408		owner, the department shall deliver to the first lienholder 275
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421	421		confirmation of the receipt of the notice of lien and the date 276
422	422		the certificate of title was issued to the owner at the owner's 277
423	423		address shown on the notice of lien and a form to be 278
424	424		subsequently used by the lienholder as a satisfaction. If the 279
425	425		application for certificate shows the name of a first lienholder 280
426	426		different from the name of the first lienholder as shown by the 281
427	427		records of the department or, if the application does not show 282
428	428		the name of a judgment lienholder as shown by the records of the 283
429	429		department, the certificate shall not be issued to any person 284
430	430		until after all parties who appear to hold a lien and the 285
431	431		applicant for the certificate have been notified of the conflict 286
432	432		in writing by the department by certified mail. If the parties 287
433	433		do not amicably resolve the conflict within 10 days from the 288
434	434		date such notice was mailed, then the department shall serve 289
435	435		notice in writing by certified mail on all persons appearing to 290
436	436		hold liens on that particular vehicle, including the applicant 291
437	437		for the certificate, to show cause within 15 days from the date 292
438	438		the notice is mailed why it should not is sue and deliver the 293
439	439		certificate to the person indicated in the notice of lien filed 294
440	440		by the lienholder whose name appears in the application as the 295
441	441		first lienholder without showing any lien or liens as 296
442	442		outstanding other than those appearing in the applicati on or 297
443	443		those which may have been filed subsequent to the filing of the 298
444	444		application for the certificate. If, within the 15 -day period, 299
445	445		any person other than the lienholder shown in the application or 300
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454	454		F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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458	458		a party filing a subsequent lien, in answer to such notice to 301
459	459		show cause, appears in person or by a representative, or 302
460	460		responds in writing, and files a written statement under oath 303
461	461		that his or her lien on that particular vehicle is still 304
462	462		outstanding, the department shall not issue the certificate to 305
463	463		anyone until after such conflict has been settled by the lien 306
464	464		claimants involved or by a court of competent jurisdiction. If 307
465	465		the conflict is not settled amicably within 10 days of the final 308
466	466		date for filing an answer to the notice to show cause, the 309
467	467		complaining party sh all have 10 days to obtain a ruling, or a 310
468	468		stay order, from a court of competent jurisdiction; if no ruling 311
469	469		or stay order is issued and served on the department within the 312
470	470		10-day period, it shall issue the certificate showing no liens 313
471	471		except those shown in the application or thereafter filed to the 314
472	472		original applicant if there are no liens shown in the 315
473	473		application and none are thereafter filed, or to the person 316
474	474		indicated in the notice of lien filed by the lienholder whose 317
475	475		name appears in the application as th e first lienholder if there 318
476	476		are liens shown in the application or thereafter filed. A 319
477	477		duplicate certificate or corrected certificate shall only show 320
478	478		such lien or liens as were shown in the application and 321
479	479		subsequently filed liens that may be outstanding. 322
480	480		(4)(a)1. If the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home, 323
481	481		as shown on the title certificate, or the director of the state 324
482	482		child support enforcement program, or the director's designee, 325
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491	491		F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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495	495		desires to place a second or subsequent lien or encumbrance 326
496	496		against the motor vehicle or mobile home when the title 327
497	497		certificate is in the possession of the first lienholder, the 328
498	498		owner shall send a written request to the first lienholder by 329
499	499		certified mail, and such first lienholder shall forward the 330
500	500		certificate to the depart ment for endorsement. If the title 331
501	501		certificate is in the possession of the owner, the owner shall 332
502	502		forward the certificate to the department for endorsement. 333
503	503		2. If the holder of a judgment lien acquired under s. 334
504	504		55.202(2) on personal property of the owner desires to place a 335
505	505		lien on the motor vehicle or a vessel, the judgment lienholder 336
506	506		must send a written request to the department together with a 337
507	507		copy of the lienholder's judgment lien certificate. The 338
508	508		department shall add the name of the judgment lienholde r to the 339
509	509		records of the department. The judgment lienholder must also 340
510	510		send a written request to the person in possession of the title 341
511	511		certificate by certified mail, and that person shall forward the 342
512	512		certificate to the department for endorsement. 343
513	513		(b) The department shall return the certificate to either 344
514	514		the first lienholder or to the owner, as indicated in the notice 345
515	515		of lien filed by the first lienholder, after endorsing the 346
516	516		second or subsequent lien on the certificate and on the 347
517	517		duplicate. If the first li enholder or owner fails, neglects, or 348
518	518		refuses to forward the certificate of title to the department 349
519	519		within 10 days after from the date of the owner's , the judgment 350
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532	532		lienholder's, or the director's or designee's request, the 351
533	533		department, on the written reques t of the subsequent lienholder 352
534	534		or an assignee thereof, shall demand of the first lienholder or 353
535	535		the owner the return of such certificate for the notation of the 354
536	536		second or subsequent lien or encumbrance. If the first 355
537	537		lienholder or owner fails, neglects, or r efuses to return the 356
538	538		certificate to the department as requested, the department must 357
539	539		void the certificate of title and issue a replacement 358
540	540		certificate showing the notation of the subsequent lien or 359
541	541		encumbrance. 360
542	542		(5)(a) Upon satisfaction of any first lien , judgment lien, 361
543	543		or encumbrance recorded at the department or upon lapse of a 362
544	544		judgment lien, the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home, as 363
545	545		shown on the title certificate, or the person satisfying the 364
546	546		lien is shall be entitled to demand and receive from the 365
547	547		lienholder a satisfaction of the lien. If the lienholder, upon 366
548	548		satisfaction of the lien and upon demand, fails or refuses to 367
549	549		furnish a satisfaction thereof within 30 days after demand, he 368
550	550		or she shall be held liable for all costs, damages, and 369
551	551		expenses, including reasonable attorney attorney's fees, 370
552	552		lawfully incurred by the titled owner or person satisfying the 371
553	553		lien in any suit brought in this state for cancellation of the 372
554	554		lien. A motor vehicle dealer acquiring ownership of a motor 373
555	555		vehicle with an outst anding purchase money lien, shall pay and 374
556	556		satisfy the outstanding lien within 10 working days of acquiring 375
557		-	~~ENROLLED~~
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565	565		F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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569	569		ownership. The lienholder receiving final payment as defined in 376
570	570		s. 674.215 shall mail or otherwise deliver a lien satisfaction 377
571	571		and the certificate of title indicating the satisfaction within 378
572	572		10 working days of receipt of such final payment or notify the 379
573	573		person satisfying the lien that the title is not available 380
574	574		within 10 working days of receipt of such final payment. If the 381
575	575		lienholder is unable to prov ide the certificate of title and 382
576	576		notifies the person of such, the lienholder shall provide a lien 383
577	577		satisfaction and shall be responsible for the cost of a 384
578	578		duplicate title, including fast title charges as provided in s. 385
579	579		319.323. The provisions of this paragr aph shall not apply to 386
580	580		electronic transactions pursuant to subsection (9). 387
581	581		(b) Following satisfaction of a lien or upon satisfaction 388
582	582		or lapse of a judgment lien , the lienholder shall enter a 389
583	583		satisfaction thereof in the space provided on the face of the 390
584	584		certificate of title. If the certificate of title was retained 391
585	585		by the owner, the owner shall, within 5 days of the satisfaction 392
586	586		of a lien, deliver the certificate of title to the lienholder 393
587	587		and the lienholder shall enter a satisfaction thereof in the 394
588	588		space provided on the face of the certificate of title. If there 395
589	589		are no subsequent liens shown thereon, the certificate shall be 396
590	590		delivered by the lienholder to the person satisfying the lien or 397
591	591		encumbrance and an executed satisfaction on a form provided by 398
592	592		the department shall be forwarded to the department by the 399
593	593		lienholder within 10 days of satisfaction of the lien. 400
594		-	~~ENROLLED~~
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606	606		Section 8. Section 319.241, Florida Statutes, is amended 401
607	607		to read: 402
608	608		319.241 Removal of lien from records. —The owner of a motor 403
609	609		vehicle or mobile home upon which a lien has been filed with the 404
610	610		department or noted upon a certificate of title for a period of 405
611	611		5 years may apply to the department in writing for such lien to 406
612	612		be removed from the department files or from the certificate of 407
613	613		title. The application shall be accompanied by evidence 408
614	614		satisfactory to the department that the applicant has notified 409
615	615		the lienholder by certified mail, not less than 20 days prior to 410
616	616		the date of the application, of his or her intention to apply to 411
617	617		the department for rem oval of the lien. Ten days after receipt 412
618	618		of the application, the department may remove the lien from its 413
619	619		files or from the certificate of title, as the case may be, if 414
620	620		no statement in writing protesting removal of the lien is 415
621	621		received by the department fro m the lienholder within the 10 -day 416
622	622		period. If, however, the lienholder files with the department 417
623	623		within the 10-day period a written statement that the lien is 418
624	624		still outstanding or that a second judgment lien certificate has 419
625	625		been filed with the Department o f State, the department shall 420
626	626		not remove the lien until the lienholder presents a satisfaction 421
627	627		of lien to the department. If a second judgment lien certificate 422
628	628		was filed with the Department of State, the department must 423
629	629		remove the notice of the first judgm ent lien certificate and add 424
630	630		notation of the second judgment lien certificate at the end of 425
631		-	~~ENROLLED~~
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643	643		all noted liens. Ten days after the receipt of an application 426
644	644		for a derelict motor vehicle certificate and notification to the 427
645	645		lienholder, the department may remove the lien from the derelict 428
646	646		motor vehicle record if a written statement protesting removal 429
647	647		of the lien is not received by the department from the 430
648	648		lienholder within the 10 -day period. 431
649	649		Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 432