Fla. Stat. 658.81
Office action; notice and court confirmation

The office, immediately upon appointing such liquidator or receiver, shall serve notice upon any other person having the charge or management of any such bank or trust company, informing him or her of its action in appointing such liquidator or receiver and notifying him or her that the office will apply on a date named therein, not to exceed 10 days from the date of service of such notice, to a circuit judge in the court circuit in which the principal office of such bank or trust company is located for an order confirming its action. A copy of such application together with a notice of hearing thereon shall be served on the person receiving the above notice prior to the time set for such hearing. Such proceedings shall be given precedence over other cases pending in such court and shall in every way be expedited. Upon the office’s showing at the hearing on such application that such bank or trust company is insolvent or threatened with imminent insolvency, the court shall enter an order confirming the action of the office and the appointment of such liquidator or receiver; otherwise, the court shall enter an order dismissing the liquidator or receiver, and such liquidator or receiver shall relinquish his or her control over the assets and affairs of such bank or trust company.

Source: Section 658.81 — Office action; notice and court confirmation, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0658.­81 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

658.12
Definitions 658.16
Creation of banking or trust corporation 658.19
Application for authority to organize a bank or trust company 658.20
Investigation by office 658.21
Approval of application 658.22
Coordination with federal agencies 658.23
Submission of articles of incorporation 658.24
Organizational procedures 658.25
Opening for business 658.26
Places of transacting business 658.27
Control of bank or trust company 658.28
Acquisition of control of a bank or trust company 658.30
Application of the Florida Business Corporation Act 658.32
Annual meetings 658.33
Directors, number, qualifications 658.34
Shares of capital stock 658.35
Share options 658.36
Changes in capital 658.37
Dividends and surplus 658.38
Deposit insurance 658.39
Stockholders 658.40
Definitions for merger and consolidation 658.41
Merger 658.42
Plan of merger and merger agreement 658.43
Approval by office 658.44
Approval by stockholders 658.45
Certificate of merger and effective date 658.48
Loans 658.51
Banks authorized to make commodity loans 658.53
Borrowing 658.60
Depositories of public moneys and pledge of assets 658.67
Investment powers and limitations 658.73
Fees and assessments 658.79
Taking possession of insolvent state banks or trust companies 658.80
Appointment of receiver or liquidator 658.81
Office action 658.82
Receiver 658.83
Liquidator 658.84
Transfers by banks and other acts in contemplation of insolvency 658.90
Receivers or liquidators under supervision of office 658.94
Prima facie evidence 658.95
Voluntary liquidation 658.96
Procedure in voluntary liquidation 658.165
Banker’s banks 658.235
Subscriptions for stock 658.285
Acquisition or ownership of state banks by international banking corporations 658.491
Commercial loans by financial institutions 658.995
Credit Card Bank Act 658.2953
Interstate branching

Current through Fall 2025

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