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Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.620 — Receivers

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Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.620 — Receivers

Last verified from official source: May 1, 2026 · Source: Florida Bar — Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure (eff. October 1, 2025)

Rule Text (verbatim)

(a) Notice. The notice provisions of rule 12.605 apply to applications for the appointment of receivers.

(b) Report. Every receiver must file in the clerk’s office a true and complete inventory under oath of the property coming under the receiver’s control or possession under the receiver’s appointment within 20 days after appointment. Every 3 months unless the court otherwise orders, the receiver must file in the same office an inventory and account under oath of any additional property or effects which the receiver has discovered or which may have come to the receiver’s hands since appointment, and of the amount remaining in the hands of or invested by the receiver, and of the manner in which the same is secured or invested, stating the balance due from or to the receiver at the time of rendering the last account and the receipts and expenditures since that time. When a receiver neglects to file the inventory and account, the court must enter an order requiring the receiver to file such inventory and account and to pay out of the receiver’s own funds the expenses of the order and the proceedings on it within not more than 20 days after being served with a copy of such order.

(c) Bond. The court may grant leave to put the bond of the receiver in suit against the sureties without notice to the sureties of the application for such leave.

(d) Contents of Inventory. Any inventory filed with the court must be in compliance with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.425.

Florida Family Law Rule 12.620 infographic — Phillips, Hunt & Walker / Florida Justice

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Common Family Law Cross-References

This rule sits in the broader Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure framework. See related rules in The Rule Book.

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