Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0981 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/21/2023

                               
 
HB 981  	2023 
 
 
 
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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 
 
 
 
A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to value of motor vehicles exempt from 2 
legal process; amending s. 222.25, F.S.; revising 3 
upward the value of a motor vehicle owned by a natural 4 
person which is exempt from legal process; providing 5 
an effective date. 6 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 
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 Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 222.25, Florida 10 
Statutes, is amended to read: 11 
 222.25  Other individual propert y of natural persons exempt 12 
from legal process.—The following property is exempt from 13 
attachment, garnishment, or other legal process: 14 
 (1)  A debtor's interest, not to exceed $5,000 $1,000 in 15 
value, in a single motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01(1) 16 
320.01. 17 
 Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 18