56.27  Executions; payment to execution creditor of money collected.--All money received under executions shall be paid to the party in whose favor the execution was issued or his or her attorney. The receipt of the attorney shall be a release of the officer paying the money to him or her. When the name of more than one attorney appears in the court file, the money shall be paid to the attorney who originally commenced the action or who made the original defense unless the file shows that another attorney has been substituted. When property sold under execution brings more than the amount of the execution, the surplus must be paid to the defendant or, if there is another writ against the defendant docketed and indexed with the sheriff, the surplus must be paid to the junior writ.

History.--s. 57, Nov. 23, 1828; RS 1206; GS 1636; RGS 2840; CGL 4527; s. 11, ch. 67-254; s. 307, ch. 95-147; s. 5, ch. 98-410.