Florida Statute 55.602 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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55.602 Definitions.—As used in this act, the term:

(1) “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands.

(2) “Out-of-country foreign judgment” means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money, other than a judgment for taxes, a fine, or other penalty.

History.—s. 2, ch. 94-239; s. 5, ch. 2005-241.

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Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 292 F. Supp. 2d 1357 (S.D. Fla. 2003).

Cited 10 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21306

...ned costs). In this case, the Dominican Republic sentence dated September 6, 2001 does not grant recovery of a "specific sum of money." On that basis alone, the sentence is not entitled to recognition as a "foreign judgment" under the Uniform Act. §§ 55.602, 55.603, Fla....

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New York State Dept. of Taxation v. Patafio, 829 So. 2d 314 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 15566, 2002 WL 31396460

...Foreign state is defined under the UFMJRA as "any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands or the Ryukyu Islands." § 55.602(1) & (2), Fla....

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Kramer v. Von Mitschke-Collande, 5 So. 3d 689 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 20379, 2008 WL 5412008

...orceable where rendered, even though an appeal therefrom is pending or is subject to appeal." § 55.603, Fla. Stat. (2004). A foreign judgment is defined simply as "any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money." Id. § 55.602(2)....

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Iannazzo v. Stanson, 927 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 1006490

...NOTES [1] In its order, the Florida court referred to the Uniform Out-of-country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act ("The Recognition Act"). See §§ 55.601-.607, Fla. Stat. (2005). The Recognition Act applies to judgments by a foreign state, meaning any governmental unit other than the United States or a state therein. § 55.602, Fla....

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Ny State Dept. of Tax. & Fin. v. Klein, 852 So. 2d 866 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 21537334

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Tettamanti v. Opcion Sociedad Anonima, 67 So. 3d 356 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 11371, 2011 WL 2848625

3d - , 2009 WL 1212156 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). . § 55.602(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). . § 55.603, Fla. Stat

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F.V. de Araujo S.A. Madeiras, Agricultora, Industria e Comercio v. Dantzler Lumber & Exp. Co. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2024).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

or denying recovery of a sum of money . . . .” § 55.602(2) (emphasis added). The May 2004 Order, on its

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Hunt v. Hooper, 996 So. 2d 940 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 5191505

...istinguishes between "foreign judgments," which it defines as a "judgment, decree, or order of a court of any other state or of the United States," see § 55.502(1), and "out of country foreign judgments" that are obtained from "foreign states," see § 55.602....

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