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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 77
GARNISHMENT
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77.083 Judgment.Judgment against the garnishee on the garnishee’s answer or after trial of a reply to the garnishee’s answer shall be entered for the amount of his or her liability as disclosed by the answer or trial. Instead of scire facias, the court may subpoena the garnishee to inquire about his or her liability to or possession of property of the defendant. No judgment in excess of the amount remaining unpaid on the final judgment against the defendant or in excess of the amount of the liability of the garnishee to the defendant, whichever is less, shall be entered against the garnishee.
History.s. 27, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 83-97; s. 10, ch. 87-224; s. 392, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 77.083

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Cathy Jackson-Platts v. Gen. Elec. Capital Corp., 727 F.3d 1127 (11th Cir. 2013).

Cited 20 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2013 WL 4463006, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 17580

...And a judgment creditor may receive a judgment against a third party in both garnishment actions and supplementary proceedings. Compare Pollizzi, 52 So. 3d at 789 (upholding money judgment against third party in supplementary proceeding), with Fla. Stat. § 77.083 22 Case: 11-14379 Date Filed: 08/22/2013 Page: 23 of 32 (“Judgment against the garnishee ....
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SEC. Bank v. Bellsouth Adv. & Pub. Corp., 679 So. 2d 795 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).

Cited 19 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 410683

...See §§ 77.20,.21, Fla.Stat. (1965). [8] As already indicated, if the garnishee is holding money or property worth less than the plaintiff's underlying judgment, then plaintiff's judgment against garnishee cannot exceed the amount specified by subsection 77.06(1). See also § 77.083, Fla.Stat.; Carpenter v....
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Suntrust Bank v. Arrow Energy, Inc., Aviation Fuel Int'l, Inc. & Sean Wagner, 199 So. 3d 1026 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10404, 2016 WL 3626526

2d 254 (Fla.1997). This is reflected in section 77.083, Florida Statutes (2013), which provides that
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Alejandre v. Repub. of Cuba, 42 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (S.D. Fla. 1999).

Cited 6 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4137, 1999 WL 181917

...This Court has given due consideration to all the arguments put forth by the eight Garnishees that answered the Writ of Garnishment issued by the Clerk of the Court. Having found them unavailing, Plaintiffs are entitled to Cuba's blocked assets. In accordance with Fla. Stat. § 77.083, judgment is hereby ENTERED against the Garnishees for the following amounts, representing their indebtedness to ETECSA as put forth in their respective Answers: 1....
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Carpenter v. Benson, 478 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2115

...inst the garnishee. United Presidential Life Insurance Co. v. King, 361 So.2d 710 (Fla. 1978); Reeves v. Don L. Tullis & Associates, Inc., 305 So.2d 813 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). That the obligation of a garnishee is so limited is further demonstrated by section 77.083 which provides that no judgment in excess of the amount remaining unpaid on the final judgment against the defendant or in excess of the amount of the liability of the garnishee to the defendant, whichever is less, shall be entered against the garnishee....
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Sokolsky v. Kuhn, 386 So. 2d 806 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...Although the garnishee's answer did not indicate the amount of disposable (or aftertaxes) earnings, the answer did clearly reveal that the stated amount of wages represented gross earnings, and the court below was obligated to conduct a further inquiry as to this issue, under its authority pursuant to § 77.07 and § 77.083, Florida Statutes....
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Verone Marin Fehlhaber v. Robert Fred Fehlhaber, as the Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Fred Robert Fehlhaber, Sun Bank/miami, N.A., 941 F.2d 1484 (11th Cir. 1991).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 21830, 1991 WL 166716

...(in suit against garnishee, garnishor merely steps into shoes of judgment debtor). If the judgment creditor eventually receives the funds to which it was entitled, then there is no basis for requesting compensation from the garnishee. Fla.Stat.Ann. § 77.083 (garnishee not liable for any amount over that owed by the garnishee to the judgment debtor)....
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Salcedo v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 223 So. 3d 1099 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 2017 WL 2664683, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 8954

The purpose of the judgment referred to by section 77.083, Florida Statutes (specifying that a final
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Navy Fed. Credit Union v. Veros Credit, LLC & Jonathan D. Arroyo (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

or proper evidentiary hearing as required by section 77.083, Florida Statutes (2021), to resolve the disputed
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Suntrust Bank v. Arrow Energy, Inc., Aviation Fuel Int'l, Inc., & Sean Wagner (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

254 (Fla. 1997). This is reflected in section 77.083, Florida Statutes (2013), which provides that
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Henning v. Shafer, 465 So. 2d 629 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 768, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 13055

judgment against a garnishee as a final judgment. Section 77.083 provides for judgment to be entered against
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Int'l Travel Card, Inc. v. R. C. Hasler, Inc., 411 So. 2d 215 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19150

garnishment may be entered on the garnishee’s answer. § 77.083. A default judgment may be awarded if the garnishee
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Taso Grp., LLC v. Alan Gould (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

assessed against it in the Final Judgment. Section 77.083, Florida Statute (2022) states: . .
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Cont'l Nat'l Bank v. Tavormina (In re Masvidal), 10 F.3d 761 (11th Cir. 1993).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 33977

disclosed by the answer or after trial. Fla.Stat. § 77.083. The judgment against the garnishee may then be
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S. Sky Air & Tours, LLC v. Arrow Energy, Inc., 103 So. 3d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21773, 2012 WL 6601367

“the amount of his or her liability” under section 77.083, Florida Statutes, because it stated that appellant
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Barnett Bank of South Florida, N.A. v. Am. Med. Express Corp., 671 So. 2d 819 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 3310

judgment debtor had been fully satisfied. See § 77.083, Fla.Stat. (1995); First Florida Bank, N.A v.
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Navy Fed. Credit Union v. Camden Summit P'ship, L.P. (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

exemption to affect its interests. In fact, section 77.083, Florida Statutes (2023), expressly requires

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