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Fla. Stat. § 741.08 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 741 / Section 741.08
741.08 Marriage not to be solemnized without a license.
Status: in_force

Before any of the persons named in s. 741.07 shall solemnize any marriage, he or she shall require of the parties a marriage license issued according to the requirements of s. 741.01, and within 10 days after solemnizing the marriage he or she shall make a certificate thereof on the license, and shall transmit the same to the office of the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court from which it issued.

History: ss. 2, 3, Nov. 2, 1829; s. 1, ch. 3890, 1889; RS 2057; GS 2576; RGS 3935; CGL 5854; s. 28, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 74-372; s. 1059, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 588.15 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 588 / Section 588.15
588.15 Liability of owner.
Status: in_force

Every owner of livestock who intentionally, willfully, carelessly, or negligently suffers or permits such livestock to run at large upon or stray upon the public roads of this state shall be liable in damages for all injury and property damage sustained by any person by reason thereof.

History: s. 4, ch. 25236, 1949.
Fla. Stat. § 694.02 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 694 / Section 694.02
694.02 Married women’s conveyances validated.
Status: in_force

All sales, conveyances, transfers, or mortgages made prior to February 14, 1835, by married women of their real estate of inheritance where the husbands of such married women have joined therein shall be as valid as if the same had been conveyed by fine as at common law.

History: s. 2, Feb. 4, 1835; RS 1969; GS 2475; RGS 3816; CGL 5689.
Fla. Stat. § 165.021 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 165 / Section 165.021
165.021 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to provide standards, direction, and procedures for the formation of municipalities in this state and the provision of municipal services so as to:

(1) Allow orderly patterns of urban growth and land use.

(2) Assure adequate quality and quantity of local public services.

(3) Ensure financial integrity of municipalities.

(4) Eliminate or reduce avoidable and undesirable differentials in fiscal capacity among neighboring local governmental jurisdictions.

(5) Promote equity in the financing of municipal services.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-192; s. 36, ch. 89-169.
Fla. Stat. § 467.019 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 467 / Section 467.019
467.019 Records and reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The midwife shall mail or submit a completed birth certificate for each birth, in accordance with the requirements of chapter 382, to the local registrar of vital statistics within 5 days following birth.

(2) The midwife shall instruct the parents regarding the requirement for an infant screening blood test for metabolic diseases as required by s. 383.14 and rules promulgated pursuant thereto, and shall notify the county health department in the county where the birth occurs, within 48 hours following delivery, unless other arrangements for the test have been made by the parents.

(3) Each maternal death, newborn death, and stillbirth shall be reported immediately to the medical examiner.

(4) A midwife shall keep a record of each patient served. Such record must document, but need not be limited to, each consultation, referral, transport, transfer of care, and emergency care rendered by the midwife and must include all subsequent updates and copy of the birth certificate. These records shall be kept on file for a minimum of 5 years following the date of the last entry in the records.

(5) Within 90 days after the death of a midwife, the estate or agent shall place all patient records of the deceased midwife in the care of another midwife licensed in this state who shall ensure that each patient of the deceased midwife is notified in writing. A midwife who terminates or relocates to private practice outside the local telephone directory service area of the midwife’s current practice shall provide notice to all patients as prescribed by department rule.

(6) Patient records of a deceased midwife or a midwife who terminates or relocates a private practice shall be maintained pursuant to department requirements.

(7) A licensed midwife who is or has been employed by a practice or facility, such as a birth center, which maintains patient records as records belonging to the facility may review patient records on the premises of the practice or facility as necessary for statistical purposes.

History: ss. 1, 3, ch. 82-99; s. 8, ch. 84-268; ss. 4, 5, ch. 91-429; s. 19, ch. 92-179; s. 144, ch. 97-101; s. 8, ch. 98-130; s. 37, ch. 2015-4.
Fla. Stat. § 561.18 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 561 / Section 561.18
561.18 License investigation.
Status: in_force

After the application has been filed with the local district office supervisor, the district supervisor shall cause the application to be fully investigated, both as to qualifications of the applicants and a manager or person to be in charge and the premises and location sought to be licensed, except that, in the event of any licenses issued pursuant to s. 561.19(2), the division shall cause only those applications selected by public drawing in the order selected to be fully investigated.

History: s. 2, ch. 16774, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(228); s. 5, ch. 25359, 1949; s. 15, ch. 57-420; s. 2, ch. 59-316; s. 1, ch. 72-230; s. 2, ch. 81-158.
Fla. Stat. § 198.15 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 198 / Section 198.15
198.15 When tax due; extension; interest; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) The tax imposed by this chapter is due and payable on or before the last day prescribed by law for paying the federal estate tax pursuant to the initial estate tax return and shall be paid by the personal representative to the department. The department shall extend the time for payment of the tax or any part of the tax if the time for paying the federal estate tax is extended, provided the personal representative files with the department a copy of the approved federal extension notice within 30 days after receiving such notice. No extension shall be for more than 1 year, and the aggregate of extensions with respect to any estate shall not exceed 10 years from the due date. In such case, the amount in respect of which the extension is granted shall be paid on or before the date of the expiration of the period of the extension, unless a further extension is granted. If the time for the payment is thus extended, there shall be collected, as part of such amount, interest thereon at the rate of 1 percent per month of the amount due from the due date of the tax to the date the same is paid.

(2) For any tax that is due on or after July 1, 1991, and that is not paid by the due date or by the due date of any extension granted by the department, in addition to any other penalties, a specific penalty shall be added to the tax in the amount of 10 percent of any unpaid tax if the failure is for not more than 30 days, or 20 percent of the aggregate of any unpaid tax if the failure is for more than 30 days.

History: s. 8, ch. 16015, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 1342(88); s. 3, ch. 28031, 1953; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 71-202; s. 1, ch. 76-261; s. 2, ch. 77-411; s. 1, ch. 80-24; s. 8, ch. 80-153; s. 2, ch. 84-325; s. 39, ch. 85-342; s. 3, ch. 87-102; s. 8, ch. 91-112; s. 3, ch. 92-320.
Fla. Stat. § 17.71 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 17 / Section 17.71
17.71 Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund is created within the Department of Financial Services. The purpose of the trust fund is to act as a depository for a portion of the revenue-sharing payments received by the state under the gaming compact, as the term “compact” is defined in s. 285.710(1).

(2) Funds shall be credited to the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund. Funds received from such revenue-sharing payments and deposited into the trust fund are exempt from the service charges imposed pursuant to s. 215.20.

(3) Pursuant to s. 19(f)(3), Art. III of the State Constitution, the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund is exempt from the termination provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution.

History: s. 1, ch. 2024-59; s. 1, ch. 2025-201.
Fla. Stat. § 709.02 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 709 / Part I / Section 709.02
709.02 Power of appointment; method of release.
Status: in_force

Powers of appointment over any property, real, personal, intangible or mixed, may be released, in whole or in part, by a written instrument signed by the donee or donees of such powers. Such written releases shall be signed in the presence of two witnesses but need not be sealed, acknowledged or recorded in order to be valid, nor shall it be necessary to the validity of such releases for spouses of married donees to join such donees in the execution of releases, in whole or part, of powers of appointment.

History: s. 1, ch. 23007, 1945; s. 795, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 400.512 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part III / Section 400.512
400.512 Screening of home health agency personnel; nurse registry personnel and contractors; and companions and homemakers.
Status: in_force

The agency, registry, or service shall require level 2 background screening for employees or contractors as required in s. 408.809(1)(e) pursuant to chapter 435 and s. 408.809.

History: s. 14, ch. 93-214; s. 21, ch. 94-134; s. 21, ch. 94-135; s. 1057, ch. 95-148; s. 17, ch. 95-152; s. 14, ch. 95-158; s. 1, ch. 95-201; s. 40, ch. 95-228; s. 128, ch. 95-418; s. 11, ch. 96-268; ss. 230, 231, ch. 96-406; s. 12, ch. 99-332; ss. 105, 163, ch. 2000-318; s. 82, ch. 2000-349; s. 24, ch. 2004-267; s. 9, ch. 2005-243; s. 82, ch. 2007-230; s. 8, ch. 2010-114.
Fla. Stat. § 383.17 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 383 / Section 383.17
383.17 Regional perinatal intensive care centers program; authority.
Status: in_force

The department may contract with health care providers in establishing and maintaining centers in accordance with ss. 383.15-383.19. The cost of administering the regional perinatal intensive care centers program shall be paid by the department from funds appropriated for this purpose.

History: s. 3, ch. 76-54; s. 1, ch. 77-171; s. 1, ch. 82-209; s. 2, ch. 85-225; s. 3, ch. 94-140; s. 86, ch. 2014-17.
Fla. Stat. § 674.204 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 674 / Part II / Section 674.204
674.204 Methods of sending and presenting; sending directly to payor bank.
Status: in_force

(1) A collecting bank shall send items by a reasonably prompt method, taking into consideration relevant instructions, the nature of the item, the number of those items on hand, the cost of collection involved, and the method generally used by it or others to present those items.

(2) A collecting bank may send: (a) An item directly to the payor bank; (b) An item to a nonbank payor if authorized by its transferor; and (c) An item other than documentary drafts to a nonbank payor, if authorized by Federal Reserve regulation or operating circular, clearinghouse rule, or the like.

(3) Presentment may be made by a presenting bank at a place where the payor bank or other payor has requested that presentment be made.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 22, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 526.50 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 526 / Part II / Section 526.50
526.50 Definition of terms.
Status: in_force

As used in this part:

(1) “Brake fluid” means the fluid intended for use as the liquid medium through which force is transmitted in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle operated upon the highways.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(3) “Sell” includes give, distribute, barter, exchange, trade, keep for sale, offer for sale or expose for sale, in any of their variant forms.

(4) “Labeling” includes all written, printed or graphic representations, in any form whatsoever, imprinted upon or affixed to any container of brake fluid.

(5) “Container” means any receptacle in which brake fluid is immediately contained when sold, but does not mean a carton or wrapping in which a number of such receptacles are shipped or stored or a tank car or truck.

(6) “Registrant” means any manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or other person who has registered a brake fluid with the department.

(7) “Brand” means the product name appearing on the label of a container of brake fluid.

(8) “Formula” means the name of the chemical mixture or composition of the brake fluid product.

History: s. 1, ch. 61-390; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 79, ch. 92-291; s. 28, ch. 2012-67; s. 15, ch. 2014-147.
Fla. Stat. § 320.0804 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 320 / Section 320.0804
320.0804 Surcharge on license tax.
Status: in_force

A surcharge of $2 shall be imposed on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), which shall be collected in the same manner as the license tax. This surcharge shall be further reduced to $1.20 on September 1, 2014, in order to negate the license plate increase of 80 cents imposed by chapter 2009-71, Laws of Florida. Of this amount, $1 shall be deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund, and 20 cents shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.

History: s. 175, ch. 91-112; s. 18, ch. 2009-71; s. 1, ch. 2013-49; s. 6, ch. 2014-6.
Fla. Stat. § 933.16 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 933 / Section 933.16
933.16 Maliciously procuring search warrant to be issued; penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who maliciously and without probable cause procures a search warrant to be issued and executed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 16, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 7434; s. 1161, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 373.335 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part III / Section 373.335
373.335 Clearinghouse.
Status: in_force

The department, in conjunction with the water management districts, shall establish a statewide clearinghouse which will allow each water management district to access information regarding water well contractor licensees and their license numbers, any violation by any such licensee, and any disciplinary action taken by a water management district.

History: ss. 18, 24, ch. 88-242; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0833 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0833
607.0833 Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations.
Status: in_force

Any corporation may lend money to, guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer, director, or employee of the corporation or of a subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the board of directors, such loan, guaranty, or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty, or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit, or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of any corporation at common law or under any statute. Loans, guarantees, or other types of assistance are subject to s. 607.0832.

History: s. 87, ch. 89-154; s. 102, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 288.14 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 288 / Part II / Section 288.14
288.14 Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund may cooperate.
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund may convey and grant to the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration, and enter into agreements permitting the use and occupation by the division, with or without compensation, of land under its control and not in use for state purposes, including swamps, overflowed lands, bottoms of streams, lakes, rivers, bays, and other waters of the state, and the riparian rights thereto appertaining, as, in the judgment of said board, may be reasonably necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

History: s. 4, ch. 15861, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(113); s. 11, ch. 29788, 1955; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 22, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 265, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.
Fla. Stat. § 153.77 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 153 / Part II / Section 153.77
153.77 District bonds as securities for public bodies.
Status: in_force

All revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, or assessment bonds issued pursuant to this law shall be and constitute legal investments for state, county, municipal, and all other public funds and for banks, savings banks, insurance companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and all other fiduciaries and shall also be and constitute securities eligible as collateral security for all state, county, municipal, or other public funds, subject to the restrictions and limitations of chapters 18, 136, 518, 655, 657, 658, 660-665, and 1011.

History: s. 28, ch. 59-466; s. 64, ch. 81-259; s. 902, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 790.0601 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 790 / Section 790.0601
790.0601 Public records exemption for concealed weapons.
Status: in_force

(1) Personal identifying information of an individual who has applied for or received a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm pursuant to s. 790.06 held by the Division of Licensing of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to such information held by the division before, on, or after the effective date of this section.

(2) Personal identifying information of an individual who has applied for a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm pursuant to s. 790.0625 which is held by a tax collector appointed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to receive applications and fees is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to such information held by the tax collector before, on, or after the effective date of this subsection.

(3) Information made confidential and exempt by this section shall be disclosed: (a) With the express written consent of the applicant or licensee or his or her legally authorized representative. (b) By court order upon a showing of good cause. (c) Upon request by a law enforcement agency in connection with the performance of lawful duties, which shall include access to any automated database containing such information maintained by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-102; s. 1, ch. 2011-136; s. 1, ch. 2014-206; s. 1, ch. 2019-34.
Fla. Stat. § 112.27 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part II / Section 112.27
112.27 Authority to interchange employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the state, the Federal Government, or another state, as a sending or receiving agency.

(2) The period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shall not exceed 12 months, nor shall any person be assigned or detailed for more than 12 months during any 36-month period. Details relating to any matter covered in this part may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.

History: s. 3, ch. 65-524; s. 3, ch. 98-331.
Fla. Stat. § 580.111 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 580 / Section 580.111
580.111 Detained commercial feed and feedstuff.
Status: in_force

(1) STOP-SALE, STOP-USE, REMOVAL, OR HOLD ORDERS. — When the department has cause to believe any lot of commercial feed or feedstuff is being distributed in violation of this chapter or of any of the prescribed rules under this chapter, it may issue and enforce a written or printed stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold order, warning the possessor not to dispose of the commercial feed or feedstuff in any manner until written permission is given by the department or a court of competent jurisdiction. The department shall release the commercial feed or feedstuff so withdrawn when the provisions and rules have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in the withdrawal have been paid. The department may permit any lot of commercial feed or feedstuff under stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold order to be sold to a consumer who shall sign a statement at the time of purchase professing knowledge of the violation. If compliance is not obtained within 30 days, the department may begin proceedings for condemnation.

(2) CONDEMNATION AND CONFISCATION. — Any lot of commercial feed or feedstuff not in compliance with this chapter or rules promulgated hereunder shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the department to the circuit court of the circuit in which the commercial feed or feedstuff is located. In the event the court finds the commercial feed or feedstuff to be in violation of this chapter or rules promulgated hereunder and orders the condemnation of the commercial feed or feedstuff, it shall be disposed of in the manner provided by the circuit court in the order of condemnation. In no instance shall the disposition of the commercial feed or feedstuff be ordered by the court without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the commercial feed or feedstuff or to apply for permission to process or relabel the commercial feed or feedstuff to bring it into compliance with this chapter.

History: s. 11, ch. 29755, 1955; s. 10, ch. 61-440; s. 8, ch. 69-62; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 79-66; s. 9, ch. 86-112; s. 33, ch. 92-143; ss. 6, 7, ch. 93-90; ss. 9, 16, ch. 94-282.
Fla. Stat. § 28.01 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 28 / Section 28.01
28.01 Bond of circuit court clerks; small counties.
Status: in_force

In each county of the state having a population of 150,000 or less according to the last state census, the clerk of the circuit court shall give bond as required by the board of county commissioners of the county, to be filed with the clerk of the circuit court and be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of office.

History: ss. 1, 3, ch. 3724, 1887; RS 1381; GS 1821; RGS 3066; CGL 4847; s. 1, ch. 17754, 1937; s. 1, ch. 20719, 1941; ss. 10, 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 152, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 95-312; s. 7, ch. 98-34.
Fla. Stat. § 335.093 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.093
335.093 Scenic highway designation.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Transportation may, after consultation with other state agencies and local governments, designate public roads as scenic highways. Public roads designated as scenic highways are intended to preserve, maintain, and protect a part of Florida’s cultural, historical, and scenic routes for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian travel.

(2) The department may by rule adopt appropriate criteria for the designation of scenic highways and may specify appropriate planning and design standards including corridor management plans on such scenic highways.

(3) The designation of scenic highways by the department and the criteria adopted by the department for the designation of scenic highways are not intended to affect or limit existing or customary uses in commercial or industrial areas that are adjacent to designated scenic highways nor is designation intended to limit the ability of local government entities to control or limit land uses in commercial or industrial areas within their jurisdictions. This subsection shall take effect on July 1, 1996.

History: s. 54, ch. 93-164; s. 43, ch. 94-237; s. 17, ch. 99-385.