As used in this chapter, the term:
- (1) “Claimant” means any person other than the judgment debtor who claims any property levied on.
- (2) “Corporate judgment debtor” means a judgment debtor other than an individual, an estate, or a trust that is not a business trust.
- (3) “Judgment creditor” means the holder of an unsatisfied judgment, order, or decree for the payment of money, including a transferee or a surety having the right to control and collect the judgment under s. 55.13.
- (4) “Judgment debtor” means each person who is liable on a judgment, an order, or a decree subject to execution under this chapter.
- (5) “Levying creditor” means the levying judgment creditor.
- (6) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, or any other legal or commercial entity.
- (7) “Relative” means an individual related by consanguinity within the third degree as determined by the common law, a spouse, or an individual related to a spouse within the third degree as determined by the common law, and includes an individual in an adoptive relationship within the third degree.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2016-33.