Fla. Stat. 222.07
Defendant’s rights of selection


Upon the completion of the inventory the person entitled to the exemption, or the person’s agent or attorney, may select from such an inventory an amount of property not exceeding, according to such appraisal, the amount of value exempted; but if the person so entitled, or the person’s agent or attorney, does not appear and make such selection, the officer shall make the selection for him or her, and the property not so selected as exempt may be sold.

Source: Section 222.07 — Defendant’s rights of selection, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0222.­07 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

222.01
Designation of homestead by owner before levy
222.02
Designation of homestead after levy
222.03
Survey at instance of dissatisfied creditor
222.04
Sale after survey
222.05
Setting apart leasehold
222.07
Defendant’s rights of selection
222.08
Jurisdiction to set apart homestead and exemption
222.09
Injunction to prevent sale
222.10
Jurisdiction to subject property claimed to be exempt
222.11
Exemption of wages from garnishment
222.13
Life insurance policies
222.14
Exemption of cash surrender value of life insurance policies and annuity contracts from legal process
222.15
Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments due deceased employee may be paid spouse or certain relatives
222.16
Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments so paid not subject to administration
222.17
Manifesting and evidencing domicile in Florida
222.18
Exempting disability income benefits from legal processes
222.20
Nonavailability of federal bankruptcy exemptions
222.21
Exemption of pension money and certain tax-exempt funds or accounts from legal processes
222.22
Exemption of assets in qualified tuition programs, medical savings accounts, Coverdell education savings accounts, and hurricane savings accounts from legal process
222.25
Other individual property of natural persons exempt from legal process
222.26
Additional exemptions from legal process concerning medical debt
222.29
No exemption for fraudulent transfers
222.30
Fraudulent asset conversions
222.061
Method of exempting personal property
222.201
Availability of federal bankruptcy exemptions

Current through Fall 2025

§ 222.07. Defendant’s rights of selection's source at flsenate​.gov