Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.550 — Executions and Final Process

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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 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.

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.