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Judgment Against Property For Florida In Wake
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Multi-State
County:
Wake
Control #:
US-0025LTR
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Recording the judgment creates a lien on the debtor's real estate in that county. Without recording, the judgment is only a piece of paper and does not attach to any property.
A Florida judgment creditor can put a judgment lien on the judgment debtor's tangible personal property and some kinds of intangible personal property. Tangible property means things you can see and touch, like furniture, electronics, artwork, and jewelry.
Florida Homestead Protection Article X, Section 4, Constitution of the State of Florida (1968) exempts a homestead from forced sale and provides that no judgment or execution shall be a lien thereon.
In Florida, a “void judgment” is so defective that it is deemed never to have had legal force and effect, while a “voidable judgment” is a judgment that has been entered based upon some error in procedure that allows a party to have the judgment vacated, but the judgment has legal force and effect unless and until it ...
Once a judgment is entered, creditors have multiple options for collection: Your wages or funds in a bank account may be frozen. You may be required to reveal all assets through a deposition or document request. Creditors can place liens on non-exempt property.
The most important exemption from creditors in Florida is the Florida homestead exemption. The homestead exemption is in the Florida Constitution. Florida's homestead law protects up to 1/2 acre of real property in a city and up to 160 acres in an unincorporated county from property liens and forced sale.
Florida is considered one of the best states for asset protection because of its generous creditor exemption laws. Florida law protects an unlimited amount of homestead equity, tenants by entireties property, head of household wages, retirement accounts, annuities, life insurance, and disability insurance.
