FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Fla. Stat. § 689.05 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 689 / Section 689.05
689.05 How declarations of trust proved.
Status: in_force

All declarations and creations of trust and confidence of or in any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be manifested and proved by some writing, signed by the party authorized by law to declare or create such trust or confidence, or by the party’s last will and testament, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect; provided, always, that where any conveyance shall be made of any lands, messuages or tenements by which a trust or confidence shall or may arise or result by the implication or construction of law, or be transferred or extinguished by the act and operation of law, then, and in every such case, such trust or confidence shall be of the like force and effect as the same would have been if this section had not been made, anything herein contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

History: s. 2, Nov. 15, 1828; RS 1951; GS 2452; RGS 3791; CGL 5664; s. 754, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 626.925 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part VIII / Section 626.925
626.925 Surplus lines insurance valid.
Status: in_force

Insurance contracts procured as surplus lines coverages from unauthorized insurers in accordance with this law shall be fully valid and enforceable as to all parties and shall be given acceptance and recognition in all matters and respects to the same effect and extent as like contracts issued by authorized insurers.

History: s. 364, ch. 59-205; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 318, 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 620.9101 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.9101
620.9101 Law governing foreign limited liability partnership.
Status: in_force

(1) The law under which a foreign limited liability partnership is formed governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership and the liability of partners for obligations of the partnership.

(2) A foreign limited liability partnership may not be denied a statement of foreign qualification by reason of any difference between the laws under which the partnership was formed and the laws of this state.

(3) A statement of foreign qualification does not authorize a foreign limited liability partnership to engage in any business or exercise any power that a partnership may not engage in or exercise in this state as a limited liability partnership.

History: s. 26, ch. 99-285.
Fla. Stat. § 943.0535 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.0535
943.0535 Aliens, criminal records.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the clerk of court to furnish without charge a certified copy of the complaint, information, or indictment and the judgment and sentence and any other record pertaining to the case of any alien to the United States immigration officer in charge of the territory or district in which the court is located in every case in which an alien is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or misdemeanor charge. The state attorney shall assist the clerk of the court in determining if a defendant entering a plea or convicted is an alien.

History: s. 2, ch. 88-248; s. 4, ch. 96-312; s. 11, ch. 99-188; s. 12, ch. 2000-155.
Fla. Stat. § 106.05 — Florida Code / Title IX / Chapter 106 / Section 106.05
106.05 Deposit of contributions; statement of campaign treasurer.
Status: in_force

All funds received by the campaign treasurer of any candidate or political committee shall, prior to the end of the 5th business day following the receipt thereof, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded, be deposited in a campaign depository designated pursuant to s. 106.021, in an account that contains the name of the candidate or committee. Except for contributions to political committees made by payroll deduction, all deposits shall be accompanied by a bank deposit slip containing the name of each contributor and the amount contributed by each. If a contribution is deposited in a secondary campaign depository, the depository shall forward the full amount of the deposit, along with a copy of the deposit slip accompanying the deposit, to the primary campaign depository prior to the end of the 1st business day following the deposit.

History: s. 5, ch. 73-128; s. 1, ch. 76-88; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 43, ch. 77-175; s. 7, ch. 89-256; s. 29, ch. 90-315; s. 8, ch. 2013-37.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0730 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0730
607.0730 Voting trusts.
Status: in_force

(1) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for him or her or for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust (which may include anything consistent with its purpose) and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all voting trust beneficial owners, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation at its principal office. After filing a copy of the list and agreement in the corporation’s principal office, such copy shall be open to inspection by any shareholder of the corporation (subject to the requirements of s. 607.1602(3)) or by any beneficiary of the trust under the agreement during business hours.

(2) A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee’s name.

History: s. 65, ch. 89-154; s. 18, ch. 93-281; s. 17, ch. 97-102; s. 1, ch. 98-101; s. 69, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 744.2007 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 744 / Part II / Section 744.2007
744.2007 Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) A public guardian may serve as a guardian of a person adjudicated incapacitated under this chapter if there is no family member or friend, other person, bank, or corporation willing and qualified to serve as guardian.

(2) The public guardian shall be vested with all the powers and duties of a guardian under this chapter, except as otherwise provided by law.

(3) The public guardian shall primarily serve incapacitated persons who are of limited financial means, as defined by contract or rule of the Department of Elderly Affairs. The public guardian may serve incapacitated persons of greater financial means to the extent the Department of Elderly Affairs determines to be appropriate.

(4) The public guardian shall be authorized to employ sufficient staff to carry out the duties of his or her office.

(5) The public guardian may delegate to assistants and other members of his or her staff the powers and duties of the office of public guardian, except as otherwise limited by law. The public guardian shall retain ultimate responsibility for the discharge of his or her duties and responsibilities.

(6) The public guardian, when appointed guardian of an incapacitated person, shall seek a family member or friend, other person, bank, or corporation who is qualified and willing to serve as guardian. Upon determining that there is someone qualified and willing to serve as guardian, either the public guardian or the qualified person shall petition the court for appointment of a successor guardian.

(7) A public guardian may not commit a ward to a treatment facility, as defined in s. 394.455, without an involuntary placement proceeding as provided by law.

(8) When a person is appointed successor public guardian, he or she immediately succeeds to all rights, duties, responsibilities, and powers of the preceding public guardian.

(9) When the position of public guardian is vacant, subordinate personnel employed under subsection (4) shall continue to act as if the position of public guardian were filled.

History: s. 1, ch. 86-120; s. 99, ch. 89-96; s. 45, ch. 96-169; s. 1790, ch. 97-102; s. 86, ch. 99-3; s. 15, ch. 2003-57; s. 71, ch. 2006-227; s. 15, ch. 2016-40; s. 78, ch. 2016-241; s. 23, ch. 2020-39; s. 12, ch. 2022-36; s. 51, ch. 2024-245.
Fla. Stat. § 1011.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1011 / Part I / Section 1011.04
1011.04 Levying of taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of the certificate of the property appraiser giving the assessed valuation of the county and of each of the special tax school districts pursuant to s. 200.065, the district school board shall determine by resolution the amounts necessary to be raised for current operating purposes and for each district bond interest and sinking fund and the millage necessary to be levied for each such fund, including the voted millage. A certified copy of the resolution shall thereupon be filed with the county property appraiser, and the district school board shall also order the property appraiser to assess the several millages certified by the school board against the appropriate taxable property in the school district.

(2) The property appraiser shall then assess the taxes as ordered by the district school board. Tax millages so assessed shall be clearly designated and separately identified as to source on the tax bill for other county taxes.

(3) The collector shall collect said taxes and pay over the same promptly as collected to the district school depository or depositories to be used as provided by law; provided, that all taxes authorized herein shall be assessed and collected on railroad, street railroad, sleeping car, parlor car, and telegraph company property in the manner now provided by law.

History: s. 607, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 626.839 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part IV / Section 626.839
626.839 Corporations, liability of agent.
Status: in_force

Any health insurance agent who is an officer, director, or stockholder of an incorporated health insurance agency shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable for any wrongful acts, misconduct, or violations of any provisions of this code committed by such licensee or by any person under his or her direct supervision and control while acting on behalf of the corporation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to render any person criminally liable or subject to any disciplinary proceedings for any act unless such person personally committed or knew or should have known of such act and of the facts constituting a violation of this chapter.

History: s. 6, ch. 63-20; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 270(1st), 271, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 117, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 276, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 509.404 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 509 / Part I / Section 509.404
509.404 Writ of distress; venue and jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The action under s. 509.403 shall be brought in a court of appropriate jurisdiction in the county where the property is located. When property consists of separate articles, the value of any one of which is within the jurisdictional amount of a lower court but which, taken together, exceed that jurisdictional amount, the operator may not divide the property to give jurisdiction to the lower court so as to enable the operator to bring separate actions therefor.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-249; ss. 30, 39, 42, ch. 79-240; s. 213, ch. 79-400; ss. 3, 4, ch. 81-161; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 38, 51, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 620.9003 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part II / Section 620.9003
620.9003 Annual report.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited liability partnership, and a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in this state, shall file an annual report in the office of the Secretary of State which contains: (a) The name of the limited liability partnership and the state or other jurisdiction under whose laws the foreign limited liability partnership is formed; (b) The current street address of the partnership’s chief executive office and, if different, the current street address of its principal office in this state, if there is one; (c) The partnership’s Federal Employer Identification Number, if any, or, if none, whether one has been applied for; and (d) The name and street address of the partnership’s current agent for service of process, who must be an individual resident of this state or other person authorized to do business in this state.

(2) An annual report must be filed between January 1 and May 1 of each year following the calendar year in which a partnership files a statement of qualification or a foreign partnership becomes authorized to transact business in this state.

(3) The Department of State may administratively revoke the statement of qualification of a partnership that fails to file its annual report and pay the required filing fee by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Friday in September. The Department of State shall serve a 60-day notice on the limited liability partnership of its intent to revoke the statement of qualification. If the partnership has provided the department with an electronic mail address, such notice shall be by electronic transmission. Revocation for failure to file an annual report shall occur on the fourth Friday in September of each year. The Department of State shall issue a certificate of revocation of the statement of qualification to each revoked partnership. Issuance of the certificate of revocation of the statement of qualification may be by electronic transmission to any partnership that has provided the department with an electronic mail address.

(4) A revocation under subsection (3) affects only a partnership’s status as a limited liability partnership and is not an event of dissolution of the partnership.

(5) A partnership whose statement of qualification has been administratively revoked may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement within 2 years after the effective date of the revocation. The application must state: (a) The name of the partnership and the effective date of the revocation; and (b) That the ground for revocation either did not exist or has been corrected.

(6) A reinstatement under subsection (5) relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the revocation, and the partnership’s status as a limited liability partnership continues as if the revocation had never occurred.

History: s. 25, ch. 99-285; s. 23, ch. 2009-72.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0842 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0842
607.0842 Resignation and removal of officers.
Status: in_force

(1) An officer may resign at any time by delivering a written notice to the corporation. A resignation is effective as provided in s. 607.0141(5) unless the notice provides for a delayed effectiveness, including effectiveness determined upon a future event or events. If effectiveness of a resignation is stated to be delayed and the board of directors or appointing officer accepts the delay, the board of directors or the appointing officer may fill the pending vacancy before the delayed effectiveness if the board of directors or appointing officer provides that the successor does not take office until the vacancy occurs.

(2) An officer may be removed at any time with or without cause by: (a) The board of directors; (b) The appointing officer, unless the bylaws or the board of directors provide otherwise; or (c) Any other officer, if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the term “appointing officer” means the officer, including any successor to that officer, who appointed the officer resigning or being removed.

History: s. 91, ch. 89-154; s. 106, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 76.12 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 76 / Section 76.12
76.12 Attachment bond.
Status: in_force

No attachment shall issue until the person applying for it, the person’s agent or attorney, makes a bond with surety to be approved by the clerk payable to defendant in at least double the debt demanded conditioned to pay all costs and damages which defendant sustains in consequence of plaintiff’s improperly suing out the attachment. In foreclosure of a mortgage on personal property if the motion states that the property or part of it has been disposed of without the consent of the party holding the mortgage and that plaintiff does not know who has the property or part of it, the bond shall be made payable to the state for the use and benefit of all parties interested, conditioned to pay all costs and damages which are sustained in consequence of plaintiff’s improperly suing out the attachment. Any party aggrieved may sue on the bond but the state is not liable for any costs, damages, or expenses that are incurred. Any bond in attachment is not void as against the obligors, nor are they discharged therefrom on account of any informality, although the attachment is dissolved because of the informality.

History: s. 10, Feb. 15, 1834; RS 1646; GS 2110; RGS 3411; s. 2, ch. 8477, 1921; CGL 5264; s. 26, ch. 67-254; s. 375, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 1012.575 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1012 / Part III / Section 1012.575
1012.575 Alternative preparation programs for certified teachers to add additional coverage.
Status: in_force

A district school board, an organization of private schools, a consortium of charter schools with an approved professional learning system as described in s. 1012.98(7), or the Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation may design alternative teacher preparation programs to enable persons already certificated to add an additional coverage to their certificates. Each alternative teacher preparation program shall be reviewed and approved by the Department of Education to ensure that persons who complete the program are competent in the necessary areas of subject matter specialization. Two or more school districts may jointly participate in an alternative preparation program for teachers.

History: s. 731, ch. 2002-387; s. 7, ch. 2021-228; s. 30, ch. 2023-39; s. 25, ch. 2024-159.
Fla. Stat. § 561.422 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.422
561.422 Nonprofit civic organizations, charitable organizations, municipalities, and counties; temporary permits.
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of an application, presentation of a local building and zoning permit, and payment of a fee of $25 per permit, the director of the division may issue a permit authorizing a bona fide nonprofit civic organization, charitable organization, municipality, or county to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises only, for a period not to exceed 3 days, subject to any state law or municipal or county ordinance regulating the time for selling such beverages. All net profits from sales of alcoholic beverages collected during the permit period by a nonprofit or civic organization must be retained by such organizations. All net profits from sales of alcoholic beverages collected during the permit period by a municipality or county must be donated to a nonprofit civic or charitable organization within 90 days after the permitted event. A municipality or county may only be issued such a temporary permit if it has attempted to solicit a qualified nonprofit civic or charitable organization to conduct such sales but has been unable to find such a qualifying organization in a reasonably practicable manner and timeframe. A nonprofit civic organization, charitable organization, municipality, or county may be issued no more than 12 permits per calendar year. Notwithstanding other provisions of the Beverage Law, a nonprofit civic organization, charitable organization, municipality, or county licensed under this section may purchase alcoholic beverages from a distributor or vendor licensed under the Beverage Law. The division may adopt rules and conduct audits to ensure compliance with this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-380; s. 1, ch. 83-79; s. 5, ch. 84-262; s. 2, ch. 2003-20; s. 6, ch. 2016-190.
Fla. Stat. § 948.063 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 948 / Section 948.063
948.063 Violations of probation or community control by designated sexual offenders and sexual predators.
Status: in_force

(1) If probation or community control for any felony offense is revoked by the court pursuant to s. 948.06(2)(e) and the offender is designated as a sexual offender pursuant to s. 943.0435 or s. 944.607 or as a sexual predator pursuant to s. 775.21 for unlawful sexual activity involving a victim 15 years of age or younger and the offender is 18 years of age or older, and if the court imposes a subsequent term of supervision following the revocation of probation or community control, the court must order electronic monitoring as a condition of the subsequent term of probation or community control.

(2) If the probationer or offender is required to register as a sexual predator under s. 775.21 or as a sexual offender under s. 943.0435 or s. 944.607 for unlawful sexual activity involving a victim 15 years of age or younger and the probationer or offender is 18 years of age or older and has violated the conditions of his or her probation or community control, but the court does not revoke the probation or community control, the court shall nevertheless modify the probation or community control to include electronic monitoring for any probationer or offender not then subject to electronic monitoring.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-28; s. 2, ch. 2006-235; s. 57, ch. 2016-24; s. 23, ch. 2016-104; s. 27, ch. 2021-156; ss. 48, 78, 94, ch. 2025-156.
Fla. Stat. § 567.05 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 567 / Section 567.05
567.05 Inspectors, returns, and canvass.
Status: in_force

Inspectors of election shall be appointed and qualified as in cases of general elections, and they shall canvass the vote cast and make due returns of the same to the county commissioners without delay. The county canvassing board shall canvass the returns and declare the result, and cause the same to be recorded as provided in the general law concerning elections, as far as applicable.

History: s. 1, ch. 3700, 1887; RS 861; GS 1213; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(200).
Fla. Stat. § 556.110 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 556 / Section 556.110
556.110 Costs assessed among member operators.
Status: in_force

Member operators shall proportionately share in the cost of operating the system through monthly assessments made upon each member operator.

History: s. 10, ch. 93-240; s. 7, ch. 97-306; s. 7, ch. 2010-100.
Fla. Stat. § 501.2065 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part II / Section 501.2065
501.2065 Confidentiality of intelligence or investigative information.
Status: in_force

Whenever criminal or civil intelligence, investigative information, or any other information held by any state or federal agency is available to the department on a confidential or a similarly restricted basis, the department, in the course of the investigation of any violation of this part, may obtain and use such information. Any such intelligence or investigative information that is confidential or exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) retains its status as confidential or exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).

History: s. 5, ch. 90-190; s. 2, ch. 92-1; s. 7, ch. 93-38; s. 334, ch. 96-406.
Fla. Stat. § 171.20 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 171 / Part II / Section 171.20
171.20 Short title.
Status: in_force

This part may be cited as the “Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-218.