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Florida Statutes § 222.10 — Jurisdiction to subject property claimed to be exempt.

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From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

2026 edition · Chapter 222 — METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

The circuit courts have equity jurisdiction upon bill filed by a creditor or other person interested in enforcing any unsatisfied judgment or decree, to determine whether any property, real or personal, claimed to be exempt, is so exempt, and in case it be not exempt, the court shall, by its decree subject it, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the satisfaction of said judgment or decree and may enjoin the sheriff or other officer from setting apart as exempt property, real or personal, which is not exempt, and may annul all exemptions made and set apart by the sheriff or other officer.

History

History.—s. 3, ch. 3246, 1881; RS 2007; GS 2529; RGS 3884; CGL 5791.

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Chapter 222 · Collection coverage

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