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Do you hold an uncollected judgement against a resident of the State of Florida or against a debtor who has recently moved to Florida? Or do you hold a claim or judgment against a corporation domiciled in Florida? If you do and are interested in collecting that judgment, the following should be of interest to you.

Florida has adopted the Florida Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act. Under that law, Florida grants full faith and credit to judgments or decrees of the courts of the United States (Federal Courts) and the courts of any state. Furthermore, Florida has adopted to Uniform Foreign Money-Judgment recognition Act. Under this law, Florida recognized and enforces the money judgments issued by a court of a foreign country.

Under the Florida Uniform enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act, the holder of an uncollected judgment issued by a court other than the Florida holds a powerful remedy to enforce the judgment in Florida. The UEFJA sets forth an economical and expeditious method of enforcing the Judgment. The judgment holder is required to present a certified (not exemplified) copy of the judgment, execute an affidavit concerning the identity of the judgment holder and judgment debtor and pay the filing fee charged by the court wherein the judgment is filed. The clerk of court thereafter records the judgment and serves the judgment debtor with a notice that requires debtor action to contest the judgment within thirty days. If no contest is filed, the recorded judgment becomes a lien on any real property of the judgment debtor located in the county of recording, if any, and FURTHERMORE, upon payment of an additional $25.00, the judgment holder is entitled to process necessary to enforce the judgment, such as a Writ of Execution, and thereafter such additional remedies that my be warranted by the situation.

The law office of Arthur S. Weitzner, P.A. is fully versed in assisting judgment holders in collecting their judgments within our geographical area of operation. All fees are contingent upon collection and only a nominal cost advance is required to defray actual disbursements to third parties. The cost advance is often collected from the judgment debtor and returned to the creditor without additional charge or commission.

For more information and a quotation of a reasonable fee contact Arthur S. Weitzner, Esq. at (941) 018-0998 or email us at arthur@weitzner.com. For more information about our firm, visit our website at www.weitzner.com.