Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.550 — Executions and Final Process
Last verified from official source: April 30, 2026 · Source: Florida Bar — Florida Rules of Civil Procedure (eff. April 1, 2026), p. 178
Rule Text (verbatim)
(a) Issuance. Executions on judgments must issue during the life of the judgment on the oral request of the party entitled to it or that party’s attorney. No execution or other final process will issue until the judgment on which it is based has been recorded and the time for serving a motion for new trial or rehearing has run. If a motion for new trial or rehearing is timely served, no execution or other final process will issue until it is determined. Execution or other final process may be issued on special order of the court at any time after judgment.
(b) Stay. The court before which an execution or other process based on a final judgment is returnable may stay the
April 1, 2026 Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 178 execution or other process and suspend the proceedings for good cause on motion and notice to all adverse parties.
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Rule Text (Verbatim)
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(a) Issuance. Executions on judgments must issue during the life of the judgment on the oral request of the party entitled to it or that party’s attorney. No execution or other final process will issue until the judgment on which it is based has been recorded and the time for serving a motion for new trial or rehearing has run. If a motion for new trial or rehearing is timely served, no execution or other final process will issue until it is determined. Execution or other final process may be issued on special order of the court at any time after judgment. (b) Stay. The court before which an execution or other process based on a final judgment is returnable may stay the
execution or other process and suspend the proceedings for good cause on motion and notice to all adverse parties.
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Rule Text (verbatim from the Florida Supreme Court)
(a) Issuance. Executions on judgments must issue during the life of the judgment on the oral request of the party entitled to it or that party’s attorney. No execution or other final process will issue until the judgment on which it is based has been recorded and the time for serving a motion for new trial or rehearing has run. If a motion for new trial or rehearing is timely served, no execution or other final process will issue until it is determined. Execution or other final process may be issued on special order of the court at any time after judgment. (b) Stay. The court before which an execution or other process based on a final judgment is returnable may stay the
execution or other process and suspend the proceedings for good cause on motion and notice to all adverse parties.
Educational reference. This page summarizes a Florida Rule of Civil Procedure for educational purposes. The rule text and Committee Notes are mirrored from the Florida Bar's official publication and are public domain. The plain-English summary is the opinion of Phillips, Hunt & Walker and is general information only — not legal advice. Reading this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in your case.
What this rule means in plain English
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.550 — Executions and Final Process — sets out the procedural requirements for this aspect of Florida civil practice. (a) Issuance. Executions on judgments must issue during the life of the judgment on the oral request of the party entitled to it or that party’s attorney. No execution or other final process will issue until the judgment on which it is based has been recorded and the time for serving a motion for new trial or rehearing has run.