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Fla. Stat. § 253.47 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.47
253.47 Board of trustees may lease, sell, etc., bottoms of bays, lagoons, straits, etc., owned by state, for petroleum purposes.
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the state may lease for royalties or for other agreed compensation, or sell and otherwise dispose of the right to drill wells for the discovery and the production of petroleum and natural gas in the bottoms, owned by the state in its sovereign capacity, of the bays, lagoons, straits, sounds, gulf, streams and lakes within the state; provided, that such leases or sales shall not confer upon the person acquiring the same the right to enter upon any private property of another, nor the right to drill any well or otherwise place permanent or stationary obstruction in such waters or upon such bottoms within one-quarter of 1 mile of the shoreline of the lands of any upland owner, without first having the written consent of such upland owner so to do. The leases and sales so made shall convey to the lessee or vendee the rights of ingress and egress to, from, and over the bottoms leased or acquired, and the right to construct and maintain on and over such leased or acquired bottoms, in such manner as not to obstruct transportation, any structures, tanks, docks, stations and other equipment, as may be required for the proper development of such leases and the purposes for which the same are made.

History: s. 1, ch. 12429, 1927; CGL 1445; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 714.08 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 714 / Section 714.08
714.08 Receiver’s bond; alternative security.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a receiver shall post with the court a bond that: (a) Is conditioned on the faithful discharge of the receiver’s duties; (b) Has one or more sureties approved by the court; (c) Is in an amount the court specifies; and (d) Is effective as of the date of the receiver’s appointment.

(2) The court may approve the receiver posting an alternative security with the court, such as a letter of credit or deposit of funds. The receiver may not use receivership property as alternative security. Interest that accrues on deposited funds must be paid to the receiver upon the receiver’s discharge.

(3) The court may authorize a receiver to act before the receiver posts the bond or alternative security required by this section if the action is necessary to prevent or mitigate immediate injury, loss, or damage to the party who sought the appointment of the receiver, or immediate waste, dissipation, impairment, or substantial diminution in value to the receivership property.

(4) A claim against a receiver’s bond or alternative security must be made not later than 1 year after the date the receiver is discharged.

History: s. 1, ch. 2020-106.
Fla. Stat. § 166.0213 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 166 / Part I / Section 166.0213
166.0213 Governing body meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of a municipality having a population of 500 or fewer residents may hold meetings within 5 miles of the exterior jurisdictional boundary of the municipality at such time and place as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution.

(2) The governing body of a municipality may hold joint meetings to receive, discuss, and act upon matters of mutual interest with the governing body of the county within which the municipality is located or the governing body of another municipality at such time and place as shall be prescribed by ordinance or resolution.

History: s. 1, ch. 2011-147; s. 1, ch. 2014-14.
Fla. Stat. § 627.571 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part V / Section 627.571
627.571 Assignment of incidents of ownership in group life insurance policies, including conversion privileges.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this code or in any other law shall be construed to prohibit any person insured under a group life insurance policy from making an assignment of all or any part of her or his incidents of ownership under such policy, including, but not limited to, the privilege of having issued to the person an individual policy of life insurance pursuant and subject to the provisions of ss. 627.566 and 627.567 and the right to name a beneficiary. Subject to the terms of the policy, agreement, or arrangement among the insured, the group policyholder, and the insurer, relating to assignment of incidents of ownership thereunder, such an assignment by an insured, whenever made, is valid for the purpose of vesting in the assignee, in accordance with any provisions included therein as to the time at which it is to be effective, all of such incidents of ownership so assigned, but without prejudice to the insurer on account of any payment it may make or individual policy it may issue in accordance with ss. 627.566 and 627.567 prior to receipt of notice of the assignment.

(2) The purpose of subsection (1) is to declare and codify existing rights under policies of the types described therein.

History: ss. 1, 3, ch. 70-10; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 444, 448, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 339, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 308.04 — Florida Code / Title XXII / Chapter 308 / Section 308.04
308.04 Acting as shipping master without license; penalties.
Status: in_force

Whoever attempts to exercise the calling of a shipping master, or falsely represents himself or herself as a shipping master, in this state, not having been licensed or appointed by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 4, ch. 1750, 1870; RS 2750; GS 3745; RGS 5770; CGL 8000; s. 167, ch. 71-136; s. 277, ch. 95-148.
Fla. Stat. § 514.072 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 514 / Section 514.072
514.072 Certification of swimming instructors for people who have developmental disabilities.
Status: in_force

Any person working at a swimming pool who holds himself or herself out as a swimming instructor specializing in training people who have developmental disabilities, as defined in s. 393.063, may be certified by the Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., in addition to being certified under s. 514.071. The Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., must develop certification requirements and a training curriculum for swimming instructors for people who have developmental disabilities. A person certified under s. 514.071 must meet the additional certification requirements of this section within 6 months after receiving certification under s. 514.071.

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-153; s. 69, ch. 2012-5; s. 18, ch. 2013-162.
Fla. Stat. § 542.23 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 542 / Part I / Section 542.23
542.23 Equitable remedies.
Status: in_force

In addition to other remedies provided by this part, any person shall be entitled to sue for and have injunctive or other equitable relief in the circuit courts of this state against threatened loss or damage by a violation of this part. In any action under this section in which the plaintiff substantially prevails, the court shall award the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney fee, to the plaintiff.

History: s. 1, ch. 80-28; s. 8, ch. 2025-213.
Fla. Stat. § 932.50 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 932 / Section 932.50
932.50 Evidence necessary in treason.
Status: in_force

No person shall be convicted of treason except by the testimony of two lawful witnesses to the same overt act of treason for which the person is prosecuted, unless he or she confess the same in open court.

History: s. 4, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2909; GS 3980; RGS 6082; CGL 8387; s. 1564, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 817.31 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.31
817.31 Unlawful use of insignia of American Legion; penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully wears the badge, button or other insignia of the American Legion shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the American Legion.

History: s. 1, ch. 8464, 1921; CGL 7301; s. 861, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 8.0111 — Florida Code / Title II / Chapter 8 / Section 8.0111
8.0111 Inclusion of unlisted territory in contiguous districts.
Status: in_force

Any portion of the state which is not stated in this chapter as being included in any district described in this chapter but which is entirely surrounded by a district shall be deemed to be included within the surrounding district. Any portion of the state which is not included in any district described in this chapter and which is not entirely surrounded by a district shall be included within that district contiguous to such portion that contains the least population per representative according to the United States Decennial Census of 2020; however, if every district contiguous to such portion has an equal population, such portion shall be included within the lowest-numbered district that is contiguous to such portion.

History: s. 3, ch. 96-192; s. 3, ch. 2002-12; s. 3, ch. 2012-2; s. 3, ch. 2022-265.
Fla. Stat. § 381.00771 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.00771
381.00771 Definitions of terms used in ss. 381.00771-381.00791.
Status: in_force

As used in ss. 381.00771-381.00791, the term:

(1) “Active license or registration” means a current license or registration issued by the department that is not suspended or revoked.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Health.

(3) “Guest tattoo artist” means a person who is licensed, registered, or certified to practice tattooing in a jurisdiction outside of this state who is registered with the department to practice tattooing in this state.

(4) “Operator” means a person designated by a tattoo establishment or temporary establishment to control the operation of the establishment.

(5) “Stop-use order” means a written notice from the department to a licensee or registrant requiring him or her to remove any tattooing equipment or supplies, or cease conducting any particular procedures, because the equipment or supplies are not being used or the procedures are not being conducted in accordance with ss. 381.00771-381.00791 or any rule adopted under those sections.

(6) “Tattoo” means a mark or design made on or under the skin of a human being by a process of piercing and ingraining a pigment, dye, or ink in the skin.

(7) “Tattoo artist” means a person licensed under ss. 381.00771-381.00791 to practice tattooing.

(8) “Tattoo establishment” means any permanent location, place, area, structure, or business where tattooing is performed.

(9) “Temporary establishment” means any location, place, area, or structure where tattooing is performed during, and in conjunction with, a convention or other similar event that does not exceed 14 consecutive days.

History: s. 1, ch. 2010-220.
Fla. Stat. § 494.0042 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 494 / Part II / Section 494.0042
494.0042 Loan origination fees.
Status: in_force

(1) A loan origination fee earned by a licensee, pursuant to this part, is not considered interest or a finance charge under chapter 687.

(2) A person may not charge or exact, directly or indirectly, from the borrower a fee or commission in excess of the maximum fee or commission specified in this section. The maximum fees or commissions that may be charged for mortgage loans are as follows: (a) On a mortgage loan of $1,000 or less: $250. (b) On a mortgage loan exceeding $1,000 and not exceeding $2,000: $250 for the first $1,000 of the mortgage loan, plus $10 for each additional $100 of the mortgage loan. (c) On a mortgage loan exceeding $2,000 and not exceeding $5,000: $350 for the first $2,000 of the mortgage loan, plus $10 for each additional $100 of the mortgage loan. (d) On a mortgage loan exceeding $5,000: $250 plus 10 percent of the entire mortgage loan. For the purpose of determining the maximum fee, the amount of the mortgage loan is based on the amount of mortgage loan actually funded exclusive of the authorized maximum fees or commissions.

(3) At the time of accepting a mortgage loan application, a mortgage broker may receive from the borrower a nonrefundable application fee. If the mortgage loan is funded, the nonrefundable application fee shall be credited against the amount owed as a result of the loan being funded. A person may not receive any form of compensation for acting as a loan originator other than a nonrefundable application fee or a fee based on the mortgage amount being funded.

History: ss. 29, 50, ch. 91-245; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 12, ch. 95-313; s. 38, ch. 2009-241; s. 44, ch. 2014-91.
Fla. Stat. § 662.120 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 662 / Section 662.120
662.120 Maximum number of designated relatives.
Status: in_force

(1) A family trust company may not have more than one designated relative.

(2) A licensed family trust company may have up to two designated relatives. The designated relatives may not have a common ancestor within three generations.

History: s. 9, ch. 2014-97; s. 4, ch. 2016-35.
Fla. Stat. § 627.4237 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.4237
627.4237 Sickness disability or disability due to sickness.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the term “sickness disability” or “disability due to sickness,” as used in individual or group disability insurance policies 1 issued in this state on or after October 1, 1992, includes any restriction of a health care practitioner’s ability to perform her or his 2 occupation because of action taken by the state licensing board as a result of the practitioner’s testing positive on a human immunodeficiency virus test. The provisions of this section do not require payment of disability income benefits under any policy without the insured experiencing an actual loss of income as may be required under the terms of the policy as a condition of receiving such benefits.

History: s. 120, ch. 92-33; s. 1, ch. 92-171; s. 330, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 250.5201 — Florida Code / Title XVII / Chapter 250 / Part I / Section 250.5201
250.5201 Stay of proceedings where troops called out into state active duty or active duty.
Status: in_force

(1) Any civil action or proceeding in any court which involves a person called into state active duty as defined in subsection (3) may be stayed by the court during such service and for a period thereafter not exceeding 30 days.

(2) The stay may be granted by the court on its own motion, and shall be granted upon the motion of a plaintiff or defendant unless, in the opinion of the court, the ability to prosecute or defend the action is not materially affected by reason of the movant’s state active duty.

(3) Notwithstanding the definition in s. 250.01, “state active duty or active duty” as used in ss. 250.5201-250.5205 is limited to service that exceeds 17 days and that is ordered by the Governor.

(4) Before a soldier is entitled to any of the provisions of this section, that soldier must furnish to the affected creditor, landlord, court, or other affected person a copy of his or her orders, together with a written statement from the Adjutant General of the State of Florida, or his or her designee, that the soldier has served continuously on state orders for the period commencing with the date of the orders through the date of the statement. The court may require the soldier to furnish a recertification every 30 days thereafter, which shall be furnished to the soldier by the Adjutant General upon request.

History: s. 2, ch. 96-342; s. 50, ch. 2003-68.
Fla. Stat. § 83.22 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 83 / Part I / Section 83.22
83.22 Removal of tenant; service.
Status: in_force

(1) After at least two attempts to obtain service as provided by law, if the defendant cannot be found in the county in which the action is pending and either the defendant has no usual place of abode in the county or there is no person 15 years of age or older residing at the defendant’s usual place of abode in the county, the sheriff shall serve the summons by attaching it to some part of the premises involved in the proceeding. The minimum time delay between the two attempts to obtain service shall be 6 hours.

(2) If a landlord causes, or anticipates causing, a defendant to be served with a summons and complaint solely by attaching them to some conspicuous part of the premises involved in the proceeding, the landlord shall provide the clerk of the court with two additional copies of the complaint and two prestamped envelopes addressed to the defendant. One envelope shall be addressed to such address or location as has been designated by the tenant for receipt of notice in a written lease or other agreement or, if none has been designated, to the residence of the tenant, if known. The second envelope shall be addressed to the last known business address of the tenant. The clerk of the court shall immediately mail the copies of the summons and complaint by first-class mail, note the fact of mailing in the docket, and file a certificate in the court file of the fact and date of mailing. Service shall be effective on the date of posting or mailing, whichever occurs later; and at least 5 days from the date of service must have elapsed before a judgment for final removal of the defendant may be entered.

History: s. 2, ch. 3248, 1881; RS 1753; GS 2229; RGS 3537; CGL 5401; s. 1, ch. 22731, 1945; s. 34, ch. 67-254; s. 2, ch. 83-151; s. 3, ch. 84-339; s. 440, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 64.205 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 64 / Part II / Section 64.205
64.205 Commissioners.
Status: in_force

If the court appoints commissioners pursuant to s. 64.061, each commissioner, in addition to the requirements and disqualifications applicable to commissioners in part I of this chapter, must be disinterested and impartial and not a party to or a participant in the action.

History: s. 2, ch. 2020-55.
Fla. Stat. § 924.17 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 924 / Section 924.17
924.17 Costs when appellant is indigent.
Status: in_force

If the court determines that the defendant is indigent and unable to pay costs, the appeal shall be a supersedeas without payment of costs.

History: s. 293d, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(306); s. 1, ch. 28009, 1953; s. 154, ch. 70-339.
Fla. Stat. § 394.926 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 394 / Part V / Section 394.926
394.926 Notice to victims and others of release of persons in the custody of the department.
Status: in_force

(1) As soon as is practicable, the department shall give written notice of the release of a person in the custody of the department to any victim of the person who is alive and whose address is known to the department or, if the victim is deceased, to the victim’s family, if the family’s address is known to the department. Failure to notify is not a reason for postponement of release. This section does not create a cause of action against the state or an employee of the state acting within the scope of the employee’s employment as a result of the failure to notify pursuant to this part.

(2) If a person in the custody of the department who has an active or pending term of probation, community control, parole, conditional release, or other court-ordered or postprison release supervision is released, the department must immediately notify the Department of Corrections’ Office of Community Corrections in Tallahassee. The Florida Commission on Offender Review must also be immediately notified of any releases of a person who has an active or pending term of parole, conditional release, or other postprison release supervision that is administered by the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

(3) If a person in the custody of the department is released, the department must notify the Department of Law Enforcement and the sheriff of the county in which the person intends to reside, or if unknown, the sheriff of the county in which the person was last convicted.

(4)(a) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Law Enforcement, shall enroll and maintain a sexually violent offender in the arrest notification program through the Florida Criminal Justice Network maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement upon such offender’s release from the department’s custody. Upon receiving an alert that a sexually violent offender has been arrested for a criminal offense subsequent to his or her release, the department must immediately notify the state attorney of the circuit in which the arrest occurred. (b) As used in this subsection, the term “sexually violent offender” means a person who has been committed to the department as a sexually violent predator or who has been in the department’s custody based upon a court finding of probable cause to believe the person is a sexually violent predator.

History: s. 18, ch. 98-64; s. 21, ch. 99-222; s. 7, ch. 2014-2; s. 10, ch. 2014-191.
Fla. Stat. § 316.082 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.082
316.082 Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions.
Status: in_force

(1) Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right.

(2) Upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction, each driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the main-traveled portion of the roadway, as nearly as possible.

(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History: s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 86-36; s. 105, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 220.739 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 220 / Part VIII / Section 220.739
220.739 Procedure for notices.
Status: in_force

Whenever notice is required by this chapter, such notice shall, if not otherwise provided, be given to the taxpayer by personal delivery by an agent of the department or issued by mailing it by registered or certified mail to the taxpayer concerned at his or her last known address as shown on the most recently filed return under applicable law or, if no return has previously been filed, at the address shown on the corporation report last filed under s. 607.1622. Alternatively, notice may be issued by registered or certified mail to the taxpayer at any other address which the taxpayer has designated in writing as his or her current mailing address.

History: s. 19, ch. 71-359; s. 54, ch. 78-95; s. 2, ch. 79-9; s. 24, ch. 86-152; s. 130, ch. 90-179; s. 60, ch. 91-112; s. 1191, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 744.514 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part VII / Section 744.514
744.514 Surrender of property upon removal.
Status: in_force

The successor guardian shall demand of the removed guardian or her or his heirs, personal representative, or surety all the property of the ward and copies of all records of the ward. The removed guardian or her or his heirs, personal representative, or surety shall turn over the items to her or his duly qualified successor.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-106; ss. 21, 26, ch. 75-222; s. 87, ch. 89-96; s. 61, ch. 90-271; s. 1108, ch. 97-102.