eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 679.626. Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue.  


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  • 1In an action arising from a transaction in which the amount of a deficiency or surplus is in issue, the following rules apply:
    24(1) 25A secured party need not prove compliance with the provisions of this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance unless the debtor or a secondary obligor places the secured party’s compliance in issue.
    59(2) 60If the secured party’s compliance is placed in issue, the secured party has the burden of establishing that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was conducted in accordance with this part.
    91(3) 92Except as otherwise provided in s. 98679.628, 99if a secured party fails to prove that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was conducted in accordance with the provisions of this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance, the liability of a debtor or a secondary obligor for a deficiency is limited to an amount by which the sum of the secured obligation, reasonable expenses, and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law, attorney’s fees exceeds the greater of:
    176(a) 177The proceeds of the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance; or
    187(b) 188The amount of proceeds that would have been realized had the noncomplying secured party proceeded in accordance with the provisions of this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance.
    218(4) 219For purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the amount of proceeds that would have been realized is equal to the sum of the secured obligation, expenses, and attorney’s fees unless the secured party proves that the amount is less than that sum.
    259(5) 260If a deficiency or surplus is calculated under s. 269679.615(6), 270the debtor or obligor has the burden of establishing that the amount of proceeds of the disposition is significantly below the range of prices that a complying disposition to a person other than the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor would have brought.
History.-s. 7, ch. 2001-198.

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