Florida Statutes Title XL Chapter 702 - Foreclosure Of Mortgages And Statutory Liens

• 702.01 - Equity.
  All mortgages shall be foreclosed in equity. In a mortgage foreclosure action, the court shall sever for separate trial all counterclaims against the foreclosing mortgagee....
• 702.015 - Elements Of Complaint; Lost, Destroyed, Or Stolen Note Affidavit.
  (1) The Legislature intends that this section expedite the foreclosure process by ensuring initial disclosure of a plaintiff’s status and the facts supporting that status, thereby...
• 702.03 - Certain Foreclosures Validated.
  All mortgage foreclosures heretofore made, or now pending, wherein there has been annexed to the bill of complaint in such cause, an uncertified copy of...
• 702.035 - Legal Notice Concerning Foreclosure Proceedings.
  Whenever a legal advertisement, publication, or notice relating to a foreclosure proceeding is required to be placed in a newspaper, it is the responsibility of...
• 702.036 - Finality Of Mortgage Foreclosure Judgment.
  (1)(a) In any action or proceeding in which a party seeks to set aside, invalidate, or challenge the validity of a final judgment of foreclosure of...
• 702.04 - Mortgaged Lands In Different Counties.
  When a mortgage includes lands, railroad track, right-of-way, or terminal facilities and station grounds, lying in two or more counties, it may be foreclosed in...
• 702.05 - Mortgaged Lands Sold For Taxes.
  Any person who has a lien by mortgage or otherwise upon lands sold for taxes may, within the time allowed by law for redemption, redeem...
• 702.06 - Deficiency Decree; Common-law Suit To Recover Deficiency.
  In all suits for the foreclosure of mortgages heretofore or hereafter executed the entry of a deficiency decree for any portion of a deficiency, should...
• 702.065 - Final Judgment In Uncontested Proceedings Where Deficiency Judgment Waived; Attorney’s Fees When Default Judgment Entered.
  (1) In uncontested mortgage foreclosure proceedings in which the mortgagee waives the right to recoup any deficiency judgment, the court shall enter final judgment within 90...
• 702.07 - Power Of Courts And Judges To Set Aside Foreclosure Decrees At Any Time Before Sale.
  The circuit courts of this state, and the judges thereof at chambers, shall have jurisdiction, power, and authority to rescind, vacate, and set aside a...
• 702.08 - Effect Of Setting Aside Foreclosure Decree.
  Whenever a decree of foreclosure has been so rescinded, vacated, and set aside and the foreclosure proceedings dismissed as provided in s. 702.07, the mortgage,...
• 702.09 - Definitions.
  For the purposes of ss. 702.07 and 702.08 the words “decree of foreclosure” shall include a judgment or order rendered or passed in the foreclosure...
• 702.10 - Order To Show Cause; Entry Of Final Judgment Of Foreclosure; Payment During Foreclosure.
  (1) A lienholder may request an order to show cause for the entry of final judgment in a foreclosure action. For purposes of this section, the...
• 702.11 - Adequate Protections For Lost, Destroyed, Or Stolen Notes In Mortgage Foreclosure.
  (1) In connection with a mortgage foreclosure, the following constitute reasonable means of providing adequate protection under s. 673.3091, if so found by the court:(a) A written...

Last modified: September 23, 2016