Senate Bill sb1844

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1844

    By Senator Ring





    32-533-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to overdue assessments and

  3         fees; providing for attorney's fees that result

  4         from liens against property which arises from

  5         debts owed to a homeowner's association,

  6         cooperative association, or condominium

  7         association to be paid over 90 days with

  8         interest; requiring that property owners be

  9         notified of liens against the property by

10         certified or registered mail; providing an

11         effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  (1)  Any association regulated under

16  chapter 718, chapter 719, or chapter 720, Florida Statutes,

17  which files a lien upon a property covered by the association

18  because the property owner does not pay an assessment or other

19  fee owed to the association must, upon filing the lien, notify

20  the property owner by certified or registered mail.

21         (2)  If attorney's fees are assessed against the

22  property owner as a result of the association's efforts to

23  collect the debt that resulted in the lien, the property owner

24  may pay the attorney's fees over a period of 90 days,

25  including interest at the standard interest rate for such

26  debts.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1844
    32-533-07




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 3    Allows certain attorney's fees that result from liens
      against property which arise from debts owed to a
 4    homeowner's association, cooperative association, or
      condominium association. Requires that property owners be
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