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Fla. Stat. § 679.609 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VI / Section 679.609
679.609 Secured party’s right to take possession after default.
Status: in_force

(1) After default, a secured party: (a) May take possession of the collateral; and (b) Without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor’s premises under s. 679.610.

(2) A secured party may proceed under subsection (1): (a) Pursuant to judicial process; or (b) Without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.

(3) If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-198.
Fla. Stat. § 408.804 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 408 / Part II / Section 408.804
408.804 License required; display.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful to provide services that require licensure, or operate or maintain a provider that offers or provides services that require licensure, without first obtaining from the agency a license authorizing the provision of such services or the operation or maintenance of such provider.

(2) A license must be displayed in a conspicuous place readily visible to clients who enter at the address that appears on the license and is valid only in the hands of the licensee to whom it is issued and may not be sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily. The license is valid only for the licensee, provider, and location for which the license is issued.

(3) Any person who knowingly alters, defaces, or falsifies a license certificate issued by the agency, or causes or procures any person to commit such an offense, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Any licensee or provider who displays an altered, defaced, or falsified license certificate is subject to the penalties set forth in s. 408.815 and an administrative fine of $1,000 for each day of illegal display.

History: s. 5, ch. 2006-192; s. 24, ch. 2012-160.
Fla. Stat. § 338.151 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 338 / Section 338.151
338.151 Authority of the department to establish tolls on the State Highway System.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding s. 338.165(8), the department may establish tolls on new limited access facilities on the State Highway System, lanes added to existing limited access facilities on the State Highway System, new major bridges on the State Highway System over waterways, and replacements for existing major bridges on the State Highway System over waterways to pay, fully or partially, for the cost of such projects. Except for high-occupancy vehicle lanes, express lanes, the turnpike system, and as otherwise authorized by law, the department may not establish tolls on lanes of limited access facilities that exist on July 1, 2012, unless tolls were in effect for the lanes prior to that date. The authority provided in this section is in addition to the authority provided under the Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law and s. 338.166.

History: s. 22, ch. 2012-128; s. 41, ch. 2012-174.
Fla. Stat. § 626.681 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 626 / Part I / Section 626.681
626.681 Administrative fine in lieu of or in addition to suspension, revocation, or refusal of license, appointment, or disapproval.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as to insurance agencies, if the department finds that one or more grounds exist for the suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue, renew, or continue any license or appointment issued under this chapter, or disapproval of a continuing education course provider, instructor, school official, or monitor groups, the department may, in its discretion, in lieu of or in addition to such suspension or revocation, or in lieu of such refusal, or disapproval, and except on a second offense or when such suspension, revocation, or refusal is mandatory, impose upon the licensee, appointee, course provider, instructor, school official, or monitor group an administrative penalty in an amount up to $500 or, if the department has found willful misconduct or willful violation on the part of the licensee, appointee, course provider, instructor, school official, or monitor group up to $3,500. The administrative penalty may, in the discretion of the department, be augmented by an amount equal to any commissions received by or accruing to the credit of the licensee or appointee in connection with any transaction as to which the grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal related.

(2) With respect to insurance agencies, if the department finds that one or more grounds exist for the suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue, renew, or continue any license issued under this chapter, the department may, in its discretion, in lieu of or in addition to such suspension or revocation, or in lieu of such refusal, impose upon the licensee an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 per violation. The administrative penalty may, in the discretion of the department, be augmented by an amount equal to any commissions received by or accruing to the credit of the licensee in connection with any transaction as to which the grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal related.

(3) The department may allow the licensee, appointee, or continuing education course provider, instructor, school official, or monitor group a reasonable period, not to exceed 30 days, within which to pay to the department the amount of the penalty so imposed. If the licensee, appointee, course provider, instructor, school official, or monitor group fails to pay the penalty in its entirety to the department within the period so allowed, the license, appointments, approval, or status of that person shall stand suspended or revoked or issuance, renewal, or continuation shall be refused, as the case may be, upon expiration of such period.

History: s. 247, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 78-95; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 214, 217, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 62, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 98-103; s. 32, ch. 98-199; s. 952, ch. 2003-261; s. 50, ch. 2004-390.
Fla. Stat. § 376.320 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 376 / Section 376.320
376.320 Applicability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of ss. 376.320-376.326 apply only to specified mineral acids when stored in aboveground tanks. The purpose of ss. 376.320-376.326 is to prevent the release of specified mineral acids from aboveground tanks and to register the aboveground tanks in which specified mineral acids are stored.

History: s. 1, ch. 90-98; s. 16, ch. 92-30.
Fla. Stat. § 839.17 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 839 / Section 839.17
839.17 Misappropriation of moneys by commissioners to make sales.
Status: in_force

Any commissioner or general or special magistrate, having received the purchase money or the securities resulting from any of the sales authorized by law, who shall fail to deliver such moneys and securities, or either of them, to the executor or administrator, or the person entitled to receive the same, upon the order of the court, unless she or he is rendered unable to do so by some cause not attributable to her or his own default or neglect, shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount received from the purchaser, and commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 30, ch. 1628, 1868; RS 2576; GS 3492; RGS 5372; CGL 7506; s. 1027, ch. 71-136; s. 1327, ch. 97-102; s. 100, ch. 2004-11.
Fla. Stat. § 903.20 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 903 / Section 903.20
903.20 Surrender of defendant.
Status: in_force

The defendant may surrender himself or herself or a surety may surrender the defendant any time before a breach of the bond.

History: s. 63, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(63); s. 29, ch. 70-339; s. 1481, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 933.01 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 933 / Section 933.01
933.01 Persons competent to issue search warrant.
Status: in_force

A search warrant authorized by law may be issued by any judge, including the committing judge of the trial court having jurisdiction where the place, vehicle, or thing to be searched may be.

History: RS 3006; GS 4082; RGS 6186; s. 3, ch. 9321, 1923; CGL 8500, 8505; s. 42, ch. 73-334; s. 35, ch. 2004-11.
Fla. Stat. § 526.142 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 526 / Part I / Section 526.142
526.142 Air and vacuum devices.
Status: in_force

A retail outlet as defined in s. 526.303 is not required to provide air or vacuum supply without charge. A political subdivision of this state may not adopt any ordinance regarding the pricing of such commodities. All such ordinances, whether existing or proposed, are preempted and superseded by general law.

History: s. 40, ch. 2014-216.
Fla. Stat. § 243.56 — Florida Code / Title XVI / Chapter 243 / Part II / Section 243.56
243.56 Acquisition of real property.
Status: in_force

The authority may directly, or by and through a participating institution as its agent, acquire by purchase or lease solely from funds provided under ss. 243.50-243.77, or by gift or devise, any lands, structures, real property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands lying underwater and riparian rights, which are located within the state as it considers necessary or convenient for the construction or operation of a project, upon terms and at prices that are considered by it to be reasonable and that can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of the authority or in the name of a participating institution as its agent or as an owner and borrower.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-79.
Fla. Stat. § 985.032 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 985 / Part I / Section 985.032
985.032 Legal representation for delinquency cases.
Status: in_force

(1) For cases arising under this chapter, the state attorney shall represent the state.

(2) A juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent or has adjudication of delinquency withheld shall be assessed costs of prosecution as provided in s. 938.27.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-170; s. 13, ch. 94-209; s. 1334, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 97-101; s. 10, ch. 97-238; s. 6, ch. 2006-120; s. 3, ch. 2013-112.
Fla. Stat. § 206.48 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 206 / Part I / Section 206.48
206.48 Reports required of terminal suppliers, importers, exporters, blenders, and wholesalers.
Status: in_force

(1) Each terminal supplier, importer, blender, or wholesaler of motor fuels, when making a report to the Department of Revenue of the amount of such products sold in this state upon which the tax provided is due and payable by him or her to the department, shall at the same time report to the department each and every sale made by such person of any quantity of motor fuel which shall not have been at the time of such sale divested of its interstate or foreign character, which report shall show the name and business location of the person to whom the same is sold in this state. Every terminal supplier, importer, blender, or wholesaler shall, at the time other reports are required to be made to the department, report to the department each and every purchase of such products not theretofore divested of their interstate or foreign character made by such person upon which the tax is shown by the invoice thereof to have been assumed for report and payment by the terminal supplier, importer, blender, or wholesaler selling to him or her.

(2) Each importer of taxable motor or diesel fuels, when making a report to the department of the amount of such product brought into this state upon which the tax provided is due and payable by him or her directly to the department, shall at the same time report to the department each and every sale or storage, other than in a bulk facility, made by such person of any quantity of motor fuel in net gallons, the county to which said fuel was delivered, the terminal supplier of the imported fuel, the shipping paper number, the import authorization number required by s. 206.051, and any other information necessary as specified by the department.

(3) A licensed exporter shall file a report each month disclosing all gallons exported, including the following information: supplier name, terminal location, destination state, shipping manifest number, carrier name, carrier federal employer identification number, mode of transportation, destination address, state of destination, origin terminal identification, purchaser’s name, purchaser’s federal employer identification number or, if such number is not available, social security number, shipping paper number, invoice number, net gallons, gross gallons, billed gallons, product identification, and a copy of the return accounting for the import of these fuels to the destination state.

History: s. 12, ch. 15659, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167 (27); s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 5, ch. 65-371; s. 2, ch. 65-420; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 108, ch. 85-342; s. 1079, ch. 95-147; s. 52, ch. 95-417; s. 12, ch. 96-323.
Fla. Stat. § 171.091 — Florida Code / Title XII / Chapter 171 / Part I / Section 171.091
171.091 Recording.
Status: in_force

Any change in the municipal boundaries through annexation or contraction shall revise the charter boundary article and shall be filed as a revision of the charter with the Department of State within 30 days. A copy of such revision must be submitted to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research along with a statement specifying the population census effect and the affected land area.

History: s. 1, ch. 74-190; s. 10, ch. 2009-96; s. 9, ch. 2011-14.
Fla. Stat. § 507.09 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 507 / Section 507.09
507.09 Administrative remedies; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may enter an order doing one or more of the following if the department finds that a mover or moving broker, or a person employed or contracted by a mover or moving broker, has violated or is operating in violation of this chapter or the rules or orders issued pursuant to this chapter: (a) Issuing a notice of noncompliance under s. 120.695. (b) Imposing an administrative fine in the Class II category pursuant to s. 570.971 for each act or omission. However, the department must impose an administrative fine in the Class IV category for each violation of s. 507.07(10) if the department does not seek a civil penalty for the same offense. (c) Directing that the person cease and desist specified activities. (d) Refusing to register or revoking or suspending a registration. (e) Placing the registrant on probation, subject to the conditions specified by the department.

(2) The department, upon notification and subsequent written verification by a law enforcement agency, a court, a state attorney, or the Department of Law Enforcement, must immediately suspend a registration or the processing of an application for a registration if the registrant, applicant, or officer or director of the registrant or applicant is formally charged with a crime involving fraud, theft, larceny, embezzlement, or fraudulent conversion or misappropriation of property or a crime arising from conduct during a movement of household goods until final disposition of the case or removal or resignation of that officer or director.

(3) The administrative proceedings that could result in the entry of an order imposing any of the penalties specified in subsection (1) or subsection (2) are governed by chapter 120.

(4) The department may adopt rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this chapter.

History: s. 9, ch. 2002-53; s. 11, ch. 2006-4; s. 46, ch. 2014-150; s. 3, ch. 2017-79; s. 8, ch. 2024-47.
Fla. Stat. § 672.613 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 672 / Part VI / Section 672.613
672.613 Casualty to identified goods.
Status: in_force

Where the contract requires for its performance goods identified when the contract is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of either party before the risk of loss passes to the buyer, or in a proper case under a “no arrival, no sale” term (s. 672.324) then:

(1) If the loss is total the contract is avoided; and

(2) If the loss is partial or the goods have so deteriorated as no longer to conform to the contract the buyer may nevertheless demand inspection and at his or her option either treat the contract as avoided or accept the goods with due allowance from the contract price for the deterioration or the deficiency in quantity but without further right against the seller.

History: s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 598, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 471.011 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 471 / Section 471.011
471.011 Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The board by rule may establish fees to be paid for applications, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, inactive status application and reactivation of inactive licenses, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. The board may also establish by rule a delinquency fee. The board shall establish fees that are adequate to ensure the continued operation of the board. Fees shall be based on department estimates of the revenue required to implement this chapter and the provisions of law with respect to the regulation of engineers.

(2) The initial application and examination fee shall not exceed $125 plus the actual per applicant cost to the management corporation to purchase the examination from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or a similar national organization. The examination fee shall be in an amount which covers the cost of obtaining and administering the examination and shall be refunded if the applicant is found ineligible to sit for the examination. The application fee shall be nonrefundable.

(3) The initial license fee shall not exceed $125.

(4) Qualification of a business organization under s. 471.023 shall not require payment of a fee.

(5) The biennial renewal fee shall not exceed $125.

(6) The fee for a temporary registration or certificate to practice engineering shall not exceed $25 for an individual or $50 for a business firm.

(7) The fee for licensure by endorsement shall not exceed $150.

(8) The fee for application for inactive status or for reactivation of an inactive license shall not exceed $150.

History: ss. 4, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 20, ch. 88-205; ss. 6, 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 212, ch. 94-119; s. 1, ch. 97-312; s. 34, ch. 2000-356; s. 5, ch. 2000-372; s. 4, ch. 2019-86.
Fla. Stat. § 617.0128 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 617 / Section 617.0128
617.0128 Certificate of status.
Status: in_force

(1) Anyone may apply to the Department of State to furnish a certificate of status for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a foreign corporation.

(2) A certificate of status or authorization sets forth: (a) The domestic corporation’s corporate name or the foreign corporation’s corporate name used in this state; (b)1. That the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the law of this state and the date of its incorporation, or 2. That the foreign corporation is authorized to conduct its affairs in this state; (c) That all fees and penalties owed to the department have been paid, if: 1. Payment is reflected in the records of the department, and 2. Nonpayment affects the existence or authorization of the domestic or foreign corporation; (d) That its most recent annual report required by s. 617.1622 has been delivered to the department; and (e) That articles of dissolution have not been filed.

(3) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of status or authorization issued by the department may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to conduct its affairs in this state.

History: s. 11, ch. 90-179; s. 3, ch. 95-211.
Fla. Stat. § 513.051 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 513 / Section 513.051
513.051 Preemption.
Status: in_force

The department is the exclusive regulatory and permitting authority for sanitary and permitting standards for all mobile home parks, lodging parks, recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps in accordance with this chapter.

History: s. 8, ch. 93-150; s. 3, ch. 2020-126.
Fla. Stat. § 501.613 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 501 / Part IV / Section 501.613
501.613 General disclosures.
Status: in_force

(1) Within the first 30 seconds of a telephone call, a commercial telephone seller or salesperson shall identify herself or himself by stating her or his true name, the company on whose behalf the solicitation is being made, and the consumer goods or services being sold.

(2) If a sale or an agreement to purchase is completed, the commercial telephone seller must inform the purchaser of her or his cancellation rights as provided in this part, state the license number issued by the department for both the commercial telephone seller and the salesperson, and give the street address of the commercial telephone seller.

(3) All oral disclosures required by this section shall be made in a clear and intelligible manner.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 91-237; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 638, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 950.04 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 950 / Section 950.04
950.04 Penalty for neglect of duty in keeping prisoners of the United States.
Status: in_force

The keeper of each jail shall be subject to the same penalties for any neglect or failure of duty in keeping prisoners who are committed to his or her charge under the authority of the United States as he or she would be subject to under the laws of this state for the like neglect or failure in the case of prisoners committed under the authority of the said laws; provided, the United States pays or causes to be paid to the jailer such fees as the jailer would be entitled to for like service rendered by virtue of the existing laws of this state during the time such prisoners shall be therein confined; and moreover, supports such of the prisoners as shall be committed for offenses.

History: s. 2, ch. 85, 1847; RS 3030; GS 4107; RGS 6211; CGL 8543; s. 1693, ch. 97-102.