Florida Statute 222.29

“No exemption for fraudulent transfers”

What it means

Section 222.29 is one sentence. An exemption from attachment, garnishment, or legal process provided by chapter 222 is not effective if it results from a fraudulent transfer or conveyance as provided in chapter 726.

Chapter 726 defines when a transfer is fraudulent, including a transfer made with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud a creditor (s. 726.105). Section 222.29 ties the chapter 222 exemptions to that definition: property that reaches an exemption through such a transfer does not get the exemption's protection. Section 222.30 separately addresses fraudulent conversions of non-exempt assets into exempt form.

Text of the statute (2026)

Excerpts are the subsections the summary relies on. Read the full official text of § 222.29.

History. s. 4, ch. 93-256.

How it applies

Section 222.29 applies when a creditor challenges an exemption claim on the ground that the property became exempt through a fraudulent transfer. The creditor's case is then argued under chapter 726, including the factors in s. 726.105(2) and the time limits in s. 726.110. In an estate, the same analysis can arise if the decedent made transfers shortly before death and a creditor of the decedent challenges them.

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• Sudden wealth collapse

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Sources

• Florida Statutes s. 222.29 (2026), Florida Senate (“is not effective if it results from a fraudulent transfer or conveyance as provided in chapter 726.”)
• Florida Statutes s. 726.105 (2026), Florida Senate (Defines transfers that are fraudulent as to present and future creditors.)

Last checked: October 17, 2026