Terms Used In Florida Statutes 670.503

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
For proper cause and in compliance with applicable law, a court may restrain:

(1) A person from issuing a payment order to initiate a funds transfer;
(2) An originator’s bank from executing the payment order of the originator; or
(3) The beneficiary‘s bank from releasing funds to the beneficiary or the beneficiary from withdrawing the funds.

A court may not otherwise restrain a person from issuing a payment order, paying or receiving payment of a payment order, or otherwise acting with respect to a funds transfer.