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FL S0230

Bill

Status

Failed

3/9/2012

Primary Sponsor

Stephen Wise

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Origin

Senate

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates section 50.015 of Florida Statutes allowing legal publications, advertisements, or notices of foreclosure action to be placed on a publicly accessible clerk of court website instead of traditional newspaper publication.

  • Requires the website to be approved by the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation and maintain notices for 90 days with 10-year searchable archives, receive at least 100,000 monthly impressions, provide 24-hour customer support, and be maintained on a compliant data center.

  • Allows users free access to current foreclosure notices without registration, while permitting registration and fees for accessing archived notices; clerks and chief judges receive 24-hour free access to all records.

  • Website provider must post notices within 3 business days of foreclosure sale date and maintain them for 10 days after the sale or 90 consecutive days, whichever is longer; provider must remit 50 percent of net revenue from publication fees to the clerk of court monthly.

  • Amends section 702.035 to allow foreclosure notices to be published on a website as an alternative to newspaper publication and permits only actual costs to be charged as case costs.

Legislative Description

Website Notice of Foreclosure Action

Last Action

Died in Judiciary

3/9/2012

Committee Referrals

Judiciary10/10/2011
Banking and Insurance9/21/2011

Full Bill Text

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