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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
If plaintiff does not pay or secure the sum within 20 days, within 20 days thereafter defendant may pay to plaintiff the value of the land as assessed or give plaintiff a bond with surety, to be approved by the clerk, conditioned to pay plaintiff the value in two equal annual installments, with 6 percent interest; or if plaintiff fails to pay the bond given by him or her when it becomes due, for 20 days after the expiration of the time fixed in the bond for payment, defendant shall again have the privilege of paying to plaintiff in cash the value of the land assessed. On the payment of the sum to plaintiff at any of the times hereinbefore mentioned, title to the land shall vest in defendant and plaintiff or those holding under him or her shall give defendant a deed to the land, tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances, and if defendant has been evicted from or has surrendered the property, it shall be restored to him or her by order of court on motion.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Florida Statutes Title VI. Civil Practice and Procedure § 66.101. Betterment, payment by defendant - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/fl/title-vi-civil-practice-and-procedure/fl-st-sect-66-101/
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