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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As a follow up, I did find this case which seems to support Lee’s analysis.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Steven F. Thompson, Esq.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br></span><b>Thompson Commercial Law Group</b><br>615 W. DeLeon Street<br>Tampa, Fl. 33606<br>813-387-1821<br>Fax 813-387-1824<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>THE ABOVE MAY CONTAIN OR CONSTITUTE A CONFIDENTIAL <br>AND PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION. 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Thank you.<br><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL CLC-Discussion<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 7, 2020 12:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Who to join when lien boded off under 713.24<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #9C6500 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;padding:2.0p'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:#FFEB9C'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>[EXTERNAL EMAIL]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You should also consider filing a motion pursuant to s. 713.24(3) for an order to increase the cash security to cover your attorney’s fees, as the statutory formula only requires $1,000 or 25% of the amount demanded for attorney’s fees and costs. So if you’re suing on a $100k lien, that’s only $25,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #0D4876 1.5pt'><tr><td width=325 rowspan=2 valign=bottom style='width:243.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #0D4876 1.5pt;border-right:solid #0D4876 1.5pt;padding:.75pt 4.5pt 2.25pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.25pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0D4876'>Reese J. 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You just need to amend your Complaint to reflect that the relief requested is no longer the foreclosure of a lien on real property but a foreclosure against the bond proceeds deposited with the Clerk as substitute security for Plaintiff’s lien claim. You still have to prove up the lien elements but at the end of the day your final judgment is not for the sale of real property to satisfy the lien but a direction to the Clerk to release to the Plaintiff the judgment amount from the funds held by Clerk as substitute security for the lien.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="96%" style='width:96.66%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:54.75pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:54.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#63AD6D'>Michael Gibbons</span></b><br><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Shareholder</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>215 N. 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