Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1375 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/27/2025

                               
 
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A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to judicial sales procedures; amending 2 
s. 45.031, F.S.; specifying that courts must follow 3 
certain provisions when ordering the sale of real or 4 
personal property unless the use of other specified 5 
procedures is ordered; creating s. 45.0311, F.S.; 6 
providing a short title; prohibiting a court from 7 
allowing the use of bidding credits or certain other 8 
offsets in specified judicial sales or foreclosure 9 
sales; requiring the winning bidder to remit the full 10 
purchase price within a specified timefram e; requiring 11 
that the sale be voided and the property reauctioned 12 
under certain circumstances; prohibiting specified 13 
persons and entities from bidding on properties in 14 
certain sales; requiring that a property be 15 
reauctioned if the property does not sell fo r a 16 
specified percentage of the recent assessed property 17 
value; requiring that specified sales be held at 18 
locations that are open and available to the public; 19 
providing construction; prohibiting the courts from 20 
allowing certain sales of property unless spe cified 21 
rules and provisions are followed; prohibiting the 22 
courts from issuing certain orders for the judicial 23 
sale or foreclosure sale of property; providing that 24 
specified sales of property are void and the property 25     
 
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must be reauctioned if certain conditio ns are met; 26 
creating s. 45.036, F.S.; authorizing courts to order 27 
an alternate judicial sales procedure under specified 28 
conditions; requiring that such procedure follow 29 
specified notice provisions; requiring that the person 30 
conducting a sale hold a specifi ed license unless he 31 
or she is a clerk of the court; prohibiting parties to 32 
the sale action and their attorneys from conducting 33 
such sale; prohibiting the person conducting the sale 34 
from directly or indirectly bidding on the property or 35 
profiting from the sale, except for receiving a 36 
certain fee; prohibiting an alternate judicial sales 37 
procedure from authorizing specified preferences or 38 
advantages; requiring that funds be held in an escrow 39 
or trust account unless the clerk of the court holds 40 
those funds; authorizing the court to audit such 41 
accounts and issue certain orders; providing that the 42 
clerk of the court is entitled to a specified service 43 
charge; prohibiting the court from waiving such 44 
charge; requiring the person who conducted the sale to 45 
file a specified certificate of sale and provide 46 
service of such certificate to specified parties; 47 
requiring the clerk of the court to file a specified 48 
certificate of title and provide service of such 49 
certificate to specified parties; prohibiting courts 50     
 
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from waiving requirements related to a foreclosure 51 
surplus; requiring certain persons to file a specified 52 
certificate of disbursement; providing an effective 53 
date. 54 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 56 
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 Section 1.  Section 45.031, Florida St atutes, is amended to 58 
read: 59 
 45.031  Judicial sales procedure. —In any sale of real or 60 
personal property under an order or judgment, the procedures 61 
provided in this section and ss. 45.0315 -45.035 must may be 62 
followed unless the court orders use of the alter nate judicial 63 
sales procedure in s. 45.036 or other procedures expressly 64 
provided by law as an alternative to any other sale procedure if 65 
so ordered by the court . 66 
 (1)  FINAL JUDGMENT. — 67 
 (a)  In the order or final judgment, the court shall direct 68 
the clerk to sell the property at public sale on a specified day 69 
that shall be not less than 20 days or more than 35 days after 70 
the date thereof, on terms and conditions specified in the order 71 
or judgment. A sale may be held more than 35 days after the date 72 
of final judgment or order if the plaintiff or plaintiff's 73 
attorney consents to such time. The final judgment shall contain 74 
the following statement in conspicuous type: 75     
 
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IF THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, THERE MAY BE 77 
ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM THE SALE AFTER PAYMENT OF PERSONS WHO ARE 78 
ENTITLED TO BE PAID FROM THE SALE PROCEEDS PURSUANT TO THIS 79 
FINAL JUDGMENT. 80 
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IF YOU ARE A SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDER CLAIMING A RIGHT TO FUNDS 82 
REMAINING AFTER THE SALE, IF ANY, YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE 83 
CLERK NO LATER THAN THE DATE THAT THE CLERK REPORTS THE FUNDS AS 84 
UNCLAIMED. IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A TIMELY CLAIM, YOU WILL NOT BE 85 
ENTITLED TO ANY REMAINING FUNDS. 86 
 (b)  If the property being foreclosed on has qualified for 87 
the homestead tax exemption in the most recent approved tax 88 
roll, the final judgment shall additionally contain the 89 
following statement in conspicuous type: 90 
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IF YOU ARE THE PROPERTY OWNER, YOU MAY CLAIM THESE FUNDS 92 
YOURSELF. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A LAWYER OR ANY OTHER 93 
REPRESENTATION AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO A SSIGN YOUR RIGHTS TO 94 
ANYONE ELSE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO CLAIM ANY MONEY TO WHICH YOU ARE 95 
ENTITLED. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT, ...(INSERT 96 
INFORMATION FOR APPLICABLE COURT)... WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER 97 
THE SALE TO SEE IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL MONE Y FROM THE 98 
FORECLOSURE SALE THAT THE CLERK HAS IN THE REGISTRY OF THE 99 
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IF YOU DECIDE TO SELL YOUR HOME OR HIRE SOMEONE TO HELP YOU 102 
CLAIM THE ADDITIONAL MONEY, YOU SHOULD READ VERY CAREFULLY ALL 103 
PAPERS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN, ASK SOMEONE ELSE, PREFERABLY AN 104 
ATTORNEY WHO IS NOT RELATED TO THE PERSON OFFERING TO HELP YOU, 105 
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SIGNING AND THAT 106 
YOU ARE NOT TRANSFERRING YOUR PROPERTY OR THE EQUITY IN YOUR 107 
PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PROPER INFORMATION. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO 108 
PAY AN ATTORNEY, YOU MAY CONTACT ...(INSERT LOCAL OR NEAREST 109 
LEGAL AID OFFICE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER)... TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY 110 
FINANCIALLY FOR THEIR SERVICES. IF THEY CANNOT ASSIST YOU, THEY 111 
MAY BE ABLE TO REFER YOU TO A LOCAL BAR REFERRAL AGENCY OR 112 
SUGGEST OTHER OPTIONS. IF YOU CHOOSE TO CONTACT ...(NAME OF 113 
LOCAL OR NEAREST LEGAL AID OFFICE)... FOR ASSISTANCE, YOU SHOULD 114 
DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE. 115 
 (c)  A copy of the final judgment shall be furnished by the 116 
clerk by first-class mail to the last known address of every 117 
party to the action or to the attorney of record for such party. 118 
Any irregularity in such mailing, including the failure to 119 
include this statement in any final judgment or order, shall not 120 
affect the validity or finality of the final judgment or order 121 
or any sale held pursuant to the final judgment or order. Any 122 
sale held more than 35 days after the final judgment or order 123 
shall not affect the validity or finality of the final judgment 124 
or order or any sale h eld pursuant to such judgment or order. 125     
 
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 (2)  PUBLICATION OF SALE. —Notice of sale shall be published 126 
on a publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311 for 127 
at least 2 consecutive weeks before the sale or once a week for 128 
2 consecutive weeks in a new spaper of general circulation, as 129 
provided in chapter 50, published in the county where the sale 130 
is to be held. The second publication by newspaper shall be at 131 
least 5 days before the sale. The notice shall contain: 132 
 (a)  A description of the property to b e sold. 133 
 (b)  The time and place of sale. 134 
 (c)  A statement that the sale will be made pursuant to the 135 
order or final judgment. 136 
 (d)  The caption of the action. 137 
 (e)  The name of the clerk making the sale. 138 
 (f)  A statement that any person claiming an inte rest in 139 
the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner 140 
as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the 141 
clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. 142 
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The court, in its discretion, may enlarge the time of the sale. 144 
Notice of the changed time of sale shall be published as 145 
provided herein. 146 
 (3)  CONDUCT OF SALE; DEPOSIT REQUIRED. —The sale shall be 147 
conducted at public auction at the time and place set forth in 148 
the final judgment. The clerk shall receive the service charge 149 
imposed in s. 45.035 for services in making, recording, and 150     
 
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certifying the sale and title that shall be assessed as costs. 151 
At the time of the sale, the successful high bidder shall post 152 
with the clerk a deposit equal to 5 percent of the final bid. 153 
The deposit shall be applied to the sale price at the time of 154 
payment. If final payment is not made within the prescribed 155 
period, the clerk shall readvertise the sale as provided in this 156 
section and pay all costs of the sale from the deposit. Any 157 
remaining funds shall be appl ied toward the judgment. 158 
 (4)  CERTIFICATION OF SALE. —After a sale of the property 159 
the clerk shall promptly file a certificate of sale and serve a 160 
copy of it on each party in substantially the following form: 161 
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(Caption of Action) 163 
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CERTIFICATE OF SALE 165 
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 The undersigned clerk of the court certifies that notice of 167 
public sale of the property described in the order or final 168 
judgment was published in ...., a newspaper circulated in .... 169 
County, Florida, in the manner shown by the proof of publication 170 
attached, and on ...., ...(year)..., the property was offered 171 
for public sale to the highest and best bidder for cash. The 172 
highest and best bid received for the property in the amount of 173 
$.... was submitted by ...., to whom the property was sold. The 174 
proceeds of the sale are retained for distribution in accordance 175     
 
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with the order or final judgment or law. WITNESS my hand and the 176 
seal of this court on ...., ...(year).... 177 
...(Clerk)... 178 
By ...(Deputy Clerk)... 179 
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 (5)  CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. —If no objections to the sale are 181 
filed within 10 days after filing the certificate of sale, the 182 
clerk shall file a certificate of title and serve a copy of it 183 
on each party in substantially the following form: 184 
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(Caption of Action) 186 
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CERTIFICATE OF TITLE 188 
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 The undersigned clerk of the court certifies that he or she 190 
executed and filed a certificate of sale in this action on ...., 191 
...(year)..., for the property described herein and that no 192 
objections to the sale have been filed within the time allowed 193 
for filing objections. 194 
 The following property in .... County, Florida: 195 
(description) 196 
was sold to ................................. 197 
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WITNESS my hand and the seal of the court on ...., ...(year).... 199 
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By ...(Deputy Clerk)... 201 
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 (6)  CONFIRMATION; RECORDING. —When the certificate of title 203 
is filed the sale shall stand confirmed, and title to the 204 
property shall pass to the purchaser named in the certificate 205 
without the necessity of any further proceedings or instruments. 206 
The certificate of title shall be recorded by the clerk. 207 
 (7)  DISBURSEMENTS OF PROCEEDS.— 208 
 (a)  On filing a certificate of title, the clerk shall 209 
disburse the proceeds of the sale in accordance with the order 210 
or final judgment and shall file a report of such disbursements 211 
and serve a copy of it on each party, and on the Depa rtment of 212 
Revenue if the department was named as a defendant in the action 213 
or if the Department of Commerce or the former Agency for 214 
Workforce Innovation was named as a defendant while the 215 
Department of Revenue was providing reemployment assistance tax 216 
collection services under contract with the Department of 217 
Commerce or the former Agency for Workforce Innovation through 218 
an interagency agreement pursuant to s. 443.1316. 219 
 (b)  The certificate of disbursements shall be in 220 
substantially the following form: 221 
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(Caption of Action) 223 
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CERTIFICATE OF DISBURSEMENTS 225     
 
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 The undersigned clerk of the court certifies that he or she 227 
disbursed the proceeds received from the sale of the property as 228 
provided in the order or final judgment to the persons and in 229 
the amounts as follows: 230 
Name 	Amount 231 
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Total disbursements: $.... 233 
Surplus retained by clerk, if any: $.... 234 
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IF YOU ARE A PERSON CLAIMING A RIGHT TO FUNDS REMAINING AFTER 236 
THE SALE, YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CLERK NO LATER THAN THE 237 
DATE THAT THE CLERK REPORTS THE FUNDS AS U NCLAIMED. IF YOU FAIL 238 
TO FILE A CLAIM, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REMAINING 239 
FUNDS. AFTER THE FUNDS ARE REPORTED AS UNCLAIMED, ONLY THE OWNER 240 
OF RECORD AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MAY CLAIM THE 241 
SURPLUS. 242 
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WITNESS my hand and the seal of the court on ...., ...(year).... 244 
...(Clerk)... 245 
By ...(Deputy Clerk)... 246 
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 (c)  If no objections to the report are served within 10 248 
days after it is filed, the disbursements by the clerk shall 249 
stand approved as reported. If timely objections to the report 250     
 
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are served, they shall be heard by the court. Service of 251 
objections to the report does not affect or cloud the title of 252 
the purchaser of the property in any manner. 253 
 (d)  If there are funds remaining after payment of all 254 
disbursements required by the final judgment of foreclosure and 255 
shown on the certificate of disbursements, the surplus shall be 256 
distributed as provided in this section and ss. 45.0315 -45.035. 257 
 (8)  VALUE OF PROPERTY. —The amount of the bid for the 258 
property at the sale shall be conclusively presumed to b e 259 
sufficient consideration for the sale. Any party may serve an 260 
objection to the amount of the bid within 10 days after the 261 
clerk files the certificate of sale. If timely objections to the 262 
bid are served, the objections shall be heard by the court. 263 
Service of objections to the amount of the bid does not affect 264 
or cloud the title of the purchaser in any manner. If the case 265 
is one in which a deficiency judgment may be sought and 266 
application is made for a deficiency, the amount bid at the sale 267 
may be considered by the court as one of the factors in 268 
determining a deficiency under the usual equitable principles. 269 
 (9)  EXECUTION SALES. —This section shall not apply to 270 
property sold under executions. 271 
 (10)  ELECTRONIC SALES. —The clerk may conduct the sale of 272 
real or personal property under an order or judgment pursuant to 273 
this section by electronic means. Such electronic sales shall 274 
comply with the procedures provided in this chapter, except that 275     
 
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electronic proxy bidding shall be allowed and the clerk may 276 
require bidders to advance sufficient funds to pay the deposit 277 
required by subsection (3). The clerk shall provide access to 278 
the electronic sale by computer terminals open to the public at 279 
a designated location and shall accept an advance credit proxy 280 
bid from the plaintiff of any amount up to the maximum allowable 281 
credit bid of the plaintiff. A clerk who conducts such 282 
electronic sales may receive electronic deposits and payments 283 
related to the sale. 284 
 Section 2.  Section 45.0311, Florida Statutes, is created 285 
to read: 286 
 45.0311  Transparency in judicial sales and foreclosure 287 
sales.— 288 
 (1)  This section may be cited as the "Transparency in 289 
Judicial Sales and Foreclosure Sales Act." 290 
 (2)  Notwithstanding s. 45.031 or any other law to the 291 
contrary: 292 
 (a)  A court of compete nt jurisdiction presiding over a 293 
judicial sale or other foreclosure sale conducted in this state 294 
or pursuant to the laws of this state may not allow the use of 295 
bidding credits or other offsets in excess of 10 percent of the 296 
most recent assessed value of th e property, as determined by the 297 
property appraiser in the county where the property is located. 298 
 (b)  If the winning bidder of a judicial sale or other 299 
foreclosure sale conducted in this state or pursuant to the laws 300     
 
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of this state does not remit the full purchase price within 30 301 
days after the sale, or cause the full purchase price to be 302 
remitted to the seller within 30 days after the sale, the sale 303 
is voided and the property must be reauctioned. 304 
 (c)  If a judicial sale or other foreclosure sale conducted 305 
in this state or pursuant to the laws of this state is 306 
orchestrated or facilitated by an attorney, a parent, a child, a 307 
brother, a sister, a grandparent, or a grandchild of that 308 
attorney may not bid on the property. A current or former client 309 
of such attorney may not bid on the property. For the purposes 310 
of this paragraph, a legal entity wholly or predominantly owned 311 
by a parent, a child, a brother, a sister, a grandparent, or a 312 
grandchild of such attorney or a current or former client of 313 
such attorney, may not bid on the property. 314 
 (d)  If a property sold pursuant to a judicial sale or 315 
other foreclosure sale conducted in this state or pursuant to 316 
the laws of this state is not sold for at least 75 percent of 317 
the most recent assessed value of the property, a s determined by 318 
the property appraiser in the county where the property is 319 
located, such property must be reauctioned. 320 
 (e)  Any judicial sale or other foreclosure sale conducted 321 
in this state or pursuant to the laws of this state must be held 322 
at a location that is open and available to the public, and the 323 
public must be provided reasonable notice of such sale. For the 324 
purposes of this paragraph, an area of a building or property 325     
 
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which is normally accessible only by a security card, key card, 326 
key fob, or other similar means is not open and available to the 327 
public. 328 
 (f)  A court of competent jurisdiction in this state may 329 
not allow any judicial sale or other foreclosure sale to proceed 330 
if such sale is conducted pursuant to rules that contradict this 331 
section. A court may not issue an order allowing a property to 332 
be sold by way of judicial sale or foreclosure sale which does 333 
not comply with the requirements of this section. 334 
 (g)  Any judicial sale or other foreclosure sale conducted 335 
in this state or pursuant to the laws of this state in violation 336 
of this section is void, upon a successful legal challenge, and 337 
the property must be reauctioned pursuant to a valid judicial 338 
sale. 339 
 Section 3.  Section 45.036, Florida Statutes, is created to 340 
read: 341 
 45.036  Alternate judicial sales procedure. —A court may 342 
order the use of alternate judicial sales procedures in ss. 343 
45.031-45.035 if the exceptions are consistent with the 344 
requirements of this section and the goals of minimizing 345 
expenses and delays, avoiding fraud, and maxi mizing the sale 346 
price. 347 
 (1)  ALTERNATE PUBLICATION OF SALE PROCEDURE. —Any 348 
publication of sale procedure which is not fully consistent with 349 
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must require notice of all the information specified in that 351 
subsection. 352 
 (2)  SALES NOT CONDUCTED BY THE CLERK OF THE COURT. —If the 353 
clerk of the court is not conducting the sale, the person 354 
conducting the sale: 355 
 (a)  Must be an auctioneer licensed under part VI of 356 
chapter 468, a real estate broker licensed und er chapter 475, or 357 
a member of The Florida Bar in good standing; 358 
 (b)  May not be a party to the action or an attorney 359 
representing a party in the action; and 360 
 (c)  May not directly or indirectly bid on the property or 361 
profit from the sale of the property by any means other than the 362 
fee authorized by the court. 363 
 (3)  PREFERENCES PROHIBITED. —An alternate judicial sales 364 
procedure may not authorize any bidding preferences, credit 365 
preferences, or other preference or advantage to any party or 366 
bidder or other person seeking ownership of the property. 367 
 (4)  POSSESSION OF DEPOSITS AND PAYMENTS. —If the bidder's 368 
deposit, the bid amount, or any other funds paid by a bidder or 369 
a party are not held by the clerk of the court, the funds must 370 
be held in an escrow or trus t account pursuant to the laws and 371 
rules regulating the license of the person conducting the sale 372 
or held in an escrow account of the title insurance agent 373 
regulated under part V of chapter 626. The court may audit any 374 
such escrow or trust account and may enter an ex parte order at 375     
 
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any time requiring the immediate transfer of all related funds 376 
to the clerk of the court. 377 
 (5)  CERTIFICATION OF SALE. —After the sale of a property to 378 
which this section applies: 379 
 (a)  The clerk is entitled to the service charge in s. 380 
45.035(1), which may not be waived by the court; and 381 
 (b)  The clerk of the court or other person who conducted 382 
the sale must promptly file a certificate of sale and serve a 383 
copy on each party in substantially the following form: 384 
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(Caption of Action) 386 
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CERTIFICATE OF JUDICIAL SALE 388 
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 The undersigned .... certifies that notice of public sale 390 
of the property described in the order or final judgment was 391 
furnished by ...., in the manner shown by the attached, and on 392 
...., ...(year)..., the property was offe red for public sale to 393 
the highest and best bidder for cash. The highest and best bid 394 
received for the property in the amount of $.... was submitted 395 
by ...., to whom the property was sold. The proceeds of the sale 396 
are retained for distribution in accordanc e with the order or 397 
final judgment or law. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this 398 
court on ...., ...(year).... 399 
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By ...(....)... 401 
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 (6)  CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. —If property is sold under the 403 
method authorized by this section and an objection to the sa le 404 
is not filed within 10 days after filing the certificate of 405 
sale, or such other time as authorized by the court, the clerk 406 
must file a certificate of title and serve a copy of such title 407 
on each party in substantially the following form: 408 
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(Caption of Action) 410 
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CERTIFICATE OF TITLE 412 
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 The undersigned clerk of the court certifies that a 414 
certificate of sale was filed in this action on ...., 415 
...(year)..., for the property described herein and that no 416 
objections to the sale have been filed within the time allowed 417 
for filing objections. 418 
 The following property in .... County, Florida: 419 
(description) 420 
was sold to ................................. 421 
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WITNESS my hand and the seal of the court on ...., ...(year).... 423 
...(Clerk)... 424 
By ...(Deputy Clerk)... 425     
 
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 (7)  SURPLUS FUNDS.—The requirements related to a 427 
foreclosure surplus as provided in ss. 45.031(1), 45.032, 428 
45.033, and 45.035(2) may not be waived by the court. 429 
 (8)  DISBURSEMENTS OF PROCEEDS. —If the clerk of the court 430 
is not disbursing the proceeds of the sa le, the person who 431 
conducted the sale, or a title company licensed under part V of 432 
chapter 626, must file a certificate of disbursements in 433 
substantially the same form as required by s. 45.031(7). 434 
 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 435