Fla. Stat. § 173.07

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173.07 Tender of correct amount as condition precedent.

Official statutory text

If any person shall claim that any tax, tax certificate or assessment is improper or illegal, and seek to contest the same, then such person at the time of filing an answer resisting the foreclosure of any tax lien, tax certificate or assessment lien shall tender into the registry of the court such amount as he or she claims was properly assessable or for which the property of such person was properly assessable.

History: s. 5, ch. 15038, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 3004(6); s. 917, ch. 95-147.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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