Fla. Stat. 222.16
Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments so paid not subject to administration


Any wages, travel expenses, or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments so paid under the authority of s. 222.15 shall not be considered as assets of the estate and subject to administration; provided, however, that the travel expenses so exempted from administration shall not exceed the sum of $300.

Source: Section 222.16 — Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments so paid not subject to administration, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0222.­16 (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

§ 222.16. Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments so paid not subject to administration's source at flsenate​.gov