CopyCited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 706294
...in s.
197.522(1)(a), as their interests may appear. The clerk shall mail notices to such persons notifying them of the funds held for their benefit... . Excess proceeds shall be held and disbursed in the same manner as unclaimed redemption moneys in s.
197.473... . Section
197.473, Florida Statutes (1993), provides: (1) After money paid to the tax collector for the redemption of tax certificates has been held for 90 days, which money is payable to the holder of a redeemed tax certificate but for which no claim...
...you are entitled to any payment. Dated this ____ day of ____, 19__. * * * * * * (6) If no statements of claim are filed within 90 days from the date of this notice, the clerk shall remit the funds, to the board of county commissioners as provided in Section 197.473, F.S....
...action by virtue of their claim filed ninety-one days after the clerk's notice was issued. More importantly, however, rule 12D-13.065(4) cannot be read as establishing a ninety day claims bar for an even more fundamental reason. Sections
197.582 and
197.473, Florida Statutes, merely provide that the excess funds be held for ninety days and if no claims are made, the Clerk must turn the funds over to the board of county commissioners....
