eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 960.294. Effect of civil restitution liens.  


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  • 1(1) 2PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CIVIL RESTITUTION LIEN.8-9The civil restitution lien is a lien upon any real or personal property of the convicted offender. If the full amount of the civil restitution lien is not satisfied from the real or personal property owned at the time of conviction, the civil restitution lien also is a lien upon any real or personal property which the convicted offender comes to possess subsequent to conviction, until the full amount of the lien is satisfied.
    83(2) 84APPLICABILITY OF ALL JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES.90-91A civil restitution lien order may be enforced by the crime victims, the state and its local subdivisions, or other aggrieved parties named in the civil restitution lien order, in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action, including levy against personal property by the sheriffs of this state and foreclosure against nonexempt real property. The provisions of chapter 726 apply to the transfer of the convicted offender’s assets to a third party and all other judgment enforcement remedies that are available by law.
    177(3) 178RECORDING OF THE CIVIL RESTITUTION LIEN; LEVY BY SHERIFF.187-188The civil restitution lien order may be recorded in the public records. No charge may be assessed for the recording of the civil restitution lien order.
    214(4) 215DURATION OF THE CIVIL RESTITUTION LIEN.221-222The civil restitution lien continues for a period of 20 years after the date of entry of the civil restitution lien.
    243(5) 244RATE OF INTEREST.247-248A civil restitution lien under this section bears the rate of interest set forth in s. 26455.03, 265from the date of its entry.
History.-s. 6, ch. 94-342; s. 32, ch. 95-184.