Actions on unsecured negotiable or nonnegotiable promissory notes shall be brought only in the county in which such notes were signed by the maker or one of the makers or in which the maker or one of the makers resides. When any such note was signed by the makers in more than one county, action may be brought thereon in any such county. This section shall be liberally construed in favor of the makers of such notes.
Fla. Stat. § 47.061
Action on promissory notes
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case World Omni Leasing, Inc. v. Quesinberry (1989)
Most recently applied in World Omni Leasing, Inc. v. Quesinberry (August 1989)
History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 17134, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4223(1); s. 3, ch. 67-254; s. 11, ch. 73-334
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