§ 724.020.Clerk's Entry of Satisfaction in Register of Actions

This section tells the clerk when the official record has to reflect that a judgment is satisfied. Three triggers do the job, and any one of them is enough. First, a writ returned satisfied for the full amount of a lump-sum judgment closes the loop automatically — no separate acknowledgment is needed in that scenario, which is exactly why § 724.030 exempts full satisfaction by writ from its own filing requirement.

Second, the clerk enters satisfaction once an acknowledgment of satisfaction of judgment — the document described in § 724.060 — is filed with the court. Third, the clerk enters satisfaction whenever the court itself orders entry, which can happen through the enforcement mechanisms in §§ 724.050 or 724.230 when a creditor won't cooperate voluntarily.