Florida Statute 76.16 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 76
ATTACHMENT

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76.16 Writ; levy in other counties.—

(1) When plaintiff states in a motion for attachment that defendant has real or personal property in some county other than the one in which the action was instituted, a writ of attachment, original or ancillary, shall be issued and delivered to the sheriff of the county where the property is situate. The officer shall execute the writ and hold the property levied on subject to the order of the court from which the writ issued, which court has the power to order the delivery thereof to the sheriff of the county where the action was commenced or order the officer executing the writ to hold and dispose of it in his or her county.

(2) When any real property is levied on under this section, the officer levying the writ shall file a written notice of levy with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the property is located, which notice shall contain a description of the property levied on. The record shall be notice to all persons of the levy. If the attachment is dissolved or the action is dismissed, or for any reason the property ceases to be bound by the attachment, on due proof thereof the clerk shall note this on the record of the levy.

History.—s. 2, ch. 3721, 1887; RS 1650; GS 2114; RGS 3415; CGL 5268; s. 26, ch. 67-254; s. 376, ch. 95-147.

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Hordis Bros., Inc. v. Sentinel Holdings, Inc.

562 So. 2d 715, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 2867, 1990 WL 49827

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 24, 1990 | Docket: 2490065

Cited 2 times | Published

situated in Hillsborough County. See generally § 76.16(1), Fla. Stat. (1989) (authority of court to issue

Davidson v. Green

367 So. 2d 1032, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14087

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 25, 1979 | Docket: 64568709

Published

Section 2, Florida Laws (1887), as amended, Section 76.16, Florida Statutes (1978). . See Carroll v

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