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Fla. Stat. § 117.215 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 117 / Part II / Section 117.215
117.215 Relation to other laws.
Status: in_force

(1) If a provision of law requires a notary public or other authorized official of this state to notarize a signature or a statement, to take an acknowledgment of an instrument, or to administer an oath or affirmation so that a document may be sworn, affirmed, made under oath, or subject to penalty of perjury, an online notarization performed in accordance with the provisions of this part and any rules adopted hereunder satisfies such requirement.

(2) If a provision of law requires a signature or an act to be witnessed, compliance with the online electronic witnessing standards prescribed in s. 117.285 and any rules adopted thereunder satisfies that requirement.

History: s. 8, ch. 2019-71.
Fla. Stat. § 686.603 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 686 / Section 686.603
686.603 Application.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who engages directly or indirectly in purposeful agreements or contracts within this state in connection with the sale or advertising for sale of new outdoor power equipment and parts is subject to ss. 686.601-686.614 and to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state for violations of such sections in accordance with the provisions of the laws of this state.

(2) Sections 686.601-686.614 apply to all written or oral agreements between a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler with a dealer, including, but not limited to, the dealer agreement; sales of goods, services, and advertising; leases or mortgages of real or personal property; promises to pay; security interests; pledges; insurance contracts; advertising contracts; construction or installation contracts; servicing contracts; and all other such agreements in which the manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler has any direct or indirect interest.

(3) Sections 686.601-686.614 apply to all continuing contracts now in effect which have no expiration date and to all other contracts entered into or renewed after October 1, 1997.

History: s. 1, ch. 97-275.
Fla. Stat. § 768.23 — Florida Code / Title XLV / Chapter 768 / Part I / Section 768.23
768.23 Protection of minors and incompetents.
Status: in_force

The court shall provide protection for any amount awarded for the benefit of a minor child or an incompetent pursuant to the Florida Guardianship Law.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-35.
Fla. Stat. § 14.235 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 14 / Section 14.235
14.235 Federal Grants Trust Fund; Executive Office of the Governor.
Status: in_force

(1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Executive Office of the Governor.

(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by restricted program revenues from federal sources. Moneys to be credited to the trust fund shall consist of grants and funding from the Federal Government, interest earnings, and cash advances from other trust funds. Funds shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the office’s operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.

History: s. 1, ch. 2011-65; s. 2, ch. 2014-48.
Fla. Stat. § 692.02 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 692 / Part I / Section 692.02
692.02 Validation of conveyances.
Status: in_force

Conveyances by corporations of lands in this state, heretofore executed, which have been sealed with the common or corporate seal of such corporation and signed in its name by a vice president or the chief executive officer thereof, shall be as valid and effective and shall bear the same presumptions as if signed in the name of such corporation by its president.

History: s. 2, ch. 6183, 1911; RGS 3800; CGL 5673.
Fla. Stat. § 447.601 — Florida Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 447 / Part II / Section 447.601
447.601 Merit or civil service system; applicability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part shall not be construed to repeal, amend, or modify the provisions of any law or ordinance establishing a merit or civil service system for public employees or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto or to prohibit or hinder the establishment of other such personnel systems unless the provisions of such merit or civil service system laws or ordinances or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto are in conflict with the provisions of this part, in which event such laws, ordinances, or rules and regulations shall not apply, except as provided in s. 447.301(4).

History: s. 3, ch. 74-100; s. 120, ch. 79-164.
Fla. Stat. § 670.303 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 670 / Part III / Section 670.303
670.303 Erroneous execution of payment order.
Status: in_force

(1) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount greater than the amount of the sender’s order, or issues a payment order in execution of the sender’s order and then issues a duplicate order, is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender’s order under s. 670.402(3) if that subsection is otherwise satisfied. The bank is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the erroneous order the excess payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.

(2) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the amount of the sender’s order is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender’s order under s. 670.402(3) if that subsection is otherwise satisfied and the bank corrects its mistake by issuing an additional payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary of the sender’s order. If the error is not corrected, the issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the order it accepted only to the extent of the amount of the erroneous order. This subsection does not apply if the receiving bank executes the sender’s payment order by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the amount of the sender’s order for the purpose of obtaining payment of its charges for services and expenses pursuant to instruction of the sender.

(3) If a receiving bank executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order to a beneficiary different from the beneficiary of the sender’s order and the funds transfer is completed on the basis of that error, the sender of the payment order that was erroneously executed and all previous senders in the funds transfer are not obliged to pay the payment orders they issued. The issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the order the payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.

History: s. 1, ch. 91-70.
Fla. Stat. § 624.601 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part V / Section 624.601
624.601 Definitions not mutually exclusive.
Status: in_force

It is intended that certain insurance coverages may come within the definitions of two or more kinds of insurance as defined in this part of this chapter. The inclusion of such coverage within one definition shall not exclude it from being considered as any other kind of insurance, the definition of which reasonably includes such coverage.

History: s. 99, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 78(1st), 86, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 849.0915 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 849 / Section 849.0915
849.0915 Referral selling.
Status: in_force

(1) Referral selling, whereby the seller gives or offers a rebate or discount to the buyer as an inducement for a sale in consideration of the buyer’s providing the seller with the names of prospective purchasers, is declared to be a lottery if earning the rebate or discount is contingent upon the occurrence of an event subsequent to the time the buyer agrees to buy.

(2) Any person conducting a lottery by referral selling is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) In addition to the penalty provided herein, the Attorney General and her or his assistants, the state attorneys and their assistants, and the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are authorized to apply to the circuit court within their respective jurisdictions, and such court shall have jurisdiction, upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating the provisions of this section, whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, and such injunction shall issue without bond.

History: s. 1, ch. 72-110; s. 34, ch. 73-334; s. 1361, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 716.07 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 716 / Section 716.07
716.07 Recovery of escheated property by claimant.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who claims any property, funds, or money delivered to the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer under this chapter, shall, within 5 years from the date of receipt of such property, funds, or money, file a verified claim with the Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the facts upon which such party claims to be entitled to recover such money or property. All claims made for recovery of property, funds, or money, not filed within 5 years from the date that such property, funds, or money is received by the Chief Financial Officer, shall be forever barred, and the Chief Financial Officer shall be without power to consider or determine any claims so made by any claimant after 5 years from the date that the property, funds, or money was received by the Chief Financial Officer.

(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall approve or disapprove the claim. If the claim is approved, the funds, money, or property of the claimant, less any expenses and costs which shall have been incurred by the state in securing the possession of said property, as provided by this chapter, shall be delivered to the claimant by the Chief Financial Officer upon warrant issued according to law and her or his receipt taken therefor. If the court finds, upon any judicial review, that the claimant is entitled to the property, money, or funds claimed, and shall render judgment in her or his or its favor, declaring that the claimant is entitled to such property, funds, or money, then upon presentation of said judgment or a certified copy thereof to the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Financial Officer shall draw her or his warrant for the amount of money stated in such judgment, without interest or cost to the state, less any sum paid by the state as costs or expenses in securing possession of such property, funds, or money. When payment has been made to any claimant, no action thereafter shall be maintained by any other claimant against the state or any officer thereof, for or on account of such money, property, or funds.

History: s. 7, ch. 24333, 1947; s. 30, ch. 63-559; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 78-95; s. 848, ch. 97-102; s. 1886, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 497.274 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 497 / Part II / Section 497.274
497.274 Standards for grave spaces.
Status: in_force

(1) A standard adult grave space shall measure at least 42 inches in width and 96 inches in length, except for preinstalled vaults in designated areas. For interments, except cremated remains, the covering soil shall measure no less than 12 inches from the top of the outer burial container at time of interment, unless such level of soil is not physically possible. In any interment, a legally authorized person may waive the 12-inch coverage minimum.

(2)(a) Prior to the sale of grave spaces in any undeveloped areas of a licensed cemetery, the cemetery company shall prepare a map documenting the establishment of recoverable internal survey reference markers installed by the cemetery company no more than 100 feet apart in the areas planned for development. The internal reference markers shall be established with reference to survey markers that are no more than 200 feet apart which have been set by a surveyor and mapper licensed under chapter 472 and documented in a certified land survey. Both the map and the certified land survey shall be maintained by the cemetery company and shall be made available upon request to the department or members of the public. (b) The map of the area proposed to be developed shall show: 1. The number of grave spaces available for sale. 2. The location of each grave space. 3. The number designation assigned to each grave space. 4. The dimensions of a standard adult grave space.

(3) Adult grave spaces established prior to October 1, 2005, are not required to meet the standards established under this section for the dimensions or separation of grave spaces.

History: s. 56, ch. 2004-301; s. 12, ch. 2016-172.
Fla. Stat. § 607.1322 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.1322
607.1322 Appraisal notice and form.
Status: in_force

(1) If a proposed corporate action requiring appraisal rights under s. 607.1302(1) becomes effective, the corporation must deliver a written appraisal notice and form required by paragraph (2)(a) to all shareholders who satisfied the requirements of s. 607.1321(1), (2), or (3). In the case of a merger under s. 607.1104, the parent must deliver a written appraisal notice and form to all record shareholders who may be entitled to assert appraisal rights.

(2) The appraisal notice must be delivered no earlier than the date the corporate action became effective, and no later than 10 days after such date, and must: (a) Supply a form that specifies the date that the corporate action became effective and that provides for the shareholder to state: 1. The shareholder’s name and address. 2. The number, classes, and series of shares as to which the shareholder asserts appraisal rights. 3. That the shareholder did not vote for or consent to the transaction. 4. Whether the shareholder accepts the corporation’s offer as stated in subparagraph (b)4. 5. If the offer is not accepted, the shareholder’s estimated fair value of the shares and a demand for payment of the shareholder’s estimated value plus accrued interest, if and to the extent applicable. (b) State: 1. Where the form must be sent and where certificates for certificated shares must be deposited and the date by which those certificates must be deposited, which date may not be earlier than the date by which the corporation must receive the required form under subparagraph 2. 2. A date by which the corporation must receive the form, which date may not be fewer than 40 nor more than 60 days after the date the subsection (1) appraisal notice and form are sent, and state that the shareholder shall have waived the right to demand appraisal with respect to the shares unless the form is received by the corporation by such specified date. 3. The corporation’s estimate of the fair value of the shares. 4. An offer to each shareholder who is entitled to appraisal rights to pay the corporation’s estimate of fair value set forth in subparagraph 3. 5. That, if requested in writing, the corporation will provide to the shareholder so requesting, within 10 days after the date specified in subparagraph 2., the number of shareholders who return the forms by the specified date and the total number of shares owned by them. 6. The date by which the notice to withdraw under s. 607.1323 must be received, which date must be within 20 days after the date specified in subparagraph 2. (c) If not previously provided, be accompanied by a copy of ss. 607.1301-607.1340.

History: s. 26, ch. 2003-283; s. 166, ch. 2019-90; s. 6, ch. 2021-13.
Fla. Stat. § 489.124 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 489 / Part I / Section 489.124
489.124 Business records requirements; address of record; service.
Status: in_force

(1) All contractors who are registered or certified pursuant to this chapter shall maintain complete financial and business records for the immediately preceding 3 years. The business and financial records to be maintained shall include minutes of corporate meetings, business contacts, telephone records, insurance policies, letters of complaint, notices received from government entities, bank statements, canceled checks, records of accounts receivable and payable, financial statements, loan documents, tax returns, and all other business and financial records the contractor maintains in the regular course of business.

(2) Each certificateholder or registrant of the department shall be solely responsible for notifying the department in writing of the certificateholder’s or registrant’s current mailing address and phone number. If the mailing address is not the certificateholder’s or registrant’s physical address, the certificateholder or registrant shall also supply the physical address. (a) A certificateholder’s or registrant’s failure to notify the department of a change of address or phone number shall constitute a violation of this section. (b) The certificateholder or registrant shall be responsible for retaining proof that the certificateholder or registrant has notified the department of the certificateholder’s or registrant’s current address of record.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service by regular mail to a certificateholder’s or registrant’s address of record shall constitute adequate and sufficient notice to the certificateholder or registrant for any official communication to the certificateholder or registrant by the board or the department, except when other service is required pursuant to the provisions of s. 455.224 or s. 455.225.

History: s. 62, ch. 92-149; s. 15, ch. 93-166.
Fla. Stat. § 627.516 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part IV / Section 627.516
627.516 Advance payment of premiums.
Status: in_force

Each insurer shall allow a refund or discount on advance premiums paid for an industrial life insurance policy if such premiums are paid in a single sum covering a period of at least 13 weeks. Such refund or discount shall reflect the difference in costs between weekly or monthly premium payment and the advance premiums being paid, with an interest factor used to reflect the time value of money.

History: s. 522, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 2, ch. 80-156; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 420, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Fla. Stat. § 253.121 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.121
253.121 Conveyances of such lands heretofore made, ratified, confirmed, and validated.
Status: in_force

All conveyances of sovereignty lands heretofore made by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund subsequent to the enactment of chapters 6451 (June 5, 1913), 6960 (June 2, 1915), and 7304 (May 21, 1917), Acts of 1913, 1915, and 1917, respectively, where advertisement therefor was published in the county of sale but not in the county seat, are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated in all respects, including all defects subject to ratification, confirmance, and validation by the Legislature. Said conveyances shall be deemed valid notwithstanding defects in the publication of newspaper notices and the publication of such newspaper notices in newspapers not published at the county seat of the county in which the lands are located.

History: s. 1, ch. 29763, 1955; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 27, 35, ch. 69-106.
Fla. Stat. § 401.38 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 401 / Part III / Section 401.38
401.38 Participation in federal programs.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop federal funding proposals and apply for all federal funds available to carry out the purposes of this part. The department is authorized to participate in those federal programs aimed at the development of an integrated system of emergency medical service delivery to include injury control, rural system development, training, trauma system development, maternal and child health, highway safety, and the delivery of basic life support service and advanced life support service.

History: s. 19, ch. 73-126; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 8, 10, ch. 79-280; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 17, 24, 25, ch. 82-402; s. 13, ch. 83-196; s. 64, ch. 86-220; ss. 19, 36, ch. 92-78.
Fla. Stat. § 583.10 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 583 / Section 583.10
583.10 Dealer records, invoices, and information; inspection; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Each dealer shall keep for a period of 2 years all invoices, manifests, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, receiving and delivery receipts, records of checks issued, bank deposits, bank account statements, and paid checks, ledgers, books of accounts, and memoranda or other equivalent information, relating to the purchase, sale, or transfer of eggs or poultry, and showing the name of the seller or consignor, the name of the purchaser or consignee, and the quantity and source; and the dealer shall make such records readily available to the department during all business hours for the purposes of inspection, examination, and audit.

(2) Upon request, the holder of a certificate or permit under this chapter shall mail to the department in Tallahassee duplicate copies of all invoices or equivalent documents, showing the consignor, the consignee, and the quantity, source, grades, and standards of eggs or poultry included in each purchase or sale, or such other information as the department may require. The department may prescribe the forms to be used for furnishing such information.

(3) Any person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in s. 583.20.

History: s. 5, ch. 16012, 1933; s. 7, ch. 16982, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4126(7); s. 1, ch. 59-425; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 73-81; s. 11, ch. 84-102.
Fla. Stat. § 601.85 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 601 / Section 601.85
601.85 Standard shipping box for fresh fruit.
Status: in_force

The specifications for the standard shipping box, when used as a unit of trade or for reporting purposes, shall be as established by the department, but the unit of a standard-packed box, commonly called 1 3 / 5 bushels, shall contain an inside cubical measurement of 3,456 cubic inches.

History: s. 85, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 22, ch. 71-186; s. 62, ch. 2012-182.
Fla. Stat. § 784.031 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 784 / Section 784.031
784.031 Battery by strangulation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits battery by strangulation if he or she knowingly and intentionally, against the will of another person, impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of that person so as to create a risk of or cause great bodily harm by applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person or by blocking the nose or mouth of the other person. This subsection does not apply to any act of medical diagnosis, treatment, or prescription which is authorized under the laws of this state.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 1, ch. 2023-237.