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Fla. Stat. § 222.25

Other individual property of natural persons exempt from legal process

Applied in 50 court decisions — leading case In Re Rasmussen (2006)

Most recently applied in Gebhardt v. Chesley (In re Chesley) (May 2016)

History.--s. 3, ch. 93-256; s. 1, ch. 2001-129; s. 1, ch. 2007-185; s. 43, ch. 2008-4; s. 1, ch. 2024-110.

How often courts cite this section

200220102016160
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

The following property is exempt from attachment, garnishment, or other legal process:

(1) A debtor’s interest, not to exceed $5,000 in value, in a single motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01(1).

(2) A debtor’s interest in any professionally prescribed health aids for the debtor or a dependent of the debtor.

(3) A debtor’s interest in a refund or a credit received or to be received, or the traceable deposits in a financial institution of a debtor’s interest in a refund or credit, pursuant to s. 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. This exemption does not apply to a debt owed for child support or spousal support.

(4) A debtor’s interest in personal property, not to exceed $4,000, if the debtor does not claim or receive the benefits of a homestead exemption under s. 4, Art. X of the State Constitution. This exemption does not apply to a debt owed for child support or spousal support.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.