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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 717
DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
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717.1262 Court documents.Any person who claims entitlement to unclaimed property by reason of a court document shall file a certified copy of the court document with the department. A certified copy of each pleading filed with the court to obtain a court document establishing entitlement, filed within 180 days before the date the claim form was signed by the claimant or claimant’s representative, must also be filed with the department.
History.s. 130, ch. 2004-390; s. 5, ch. 2016-90.

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Bondi v. Brito, 159 So. 3d 369 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2015 WL 1088400

...See §§ 717.124(1), Fla. Stat. (2010) (“Any person, excluding another state, claiming an interest in any property paid or delivered to the department under this chapter may file with the department a claim on a form prescribed by the department....”), 717.1262 (“Any person who claims entitlement to unclaimed property by reason of a court document shall file a certified copy of the court document with the department.”)....
...f entitlement to funds; chapter 717 provides additional avenues. Once the funds were transferred to the CFO, the court’s authority, if invoked under section 43.19, was to confirm the claimant’s entitlement to the funds. See §§ 43.19, 717.1401, 717.1262....
...g the deposited unclaimed funds. See Crescenzo v. Atwater, 136 So.3d 1248, 1258 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); Black’s Law Dictionary 1577 (9th ed. 2009) (defining “supplemental” as “supplying something in addition; adding what is lacking”); see also § 717.1262 (“Any person who claims entitlement to unclaimed property by reason of a court document shall file a certified copy of the court document with the department.”)....

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