{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-849.40","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 849.40","heading":"Proceeding when no claim filed.","body":"When no claim is filed in the cause within the time required the clerk shall enter a default against all persons, firms and corporations owning, claiming or having an interest in and to the property seized and the cause may then proceed in the same manner as a common-law cause after default, and final judgment shall be entered therein ex parte, except as may be herein otherwise provided.\nHistory.—s. 6, ch. 29712, 1955.","path":["CHAPTER 849 GAMBLING"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0800-0899/0849/0849.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:15:23Z","sha256":"6e70fd6b4f64301562effb8de8b82372461b56d36f0fafb71afc0a0d34c411b0","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-849.39","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-849.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}