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Fla. Stat. § 559.27 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 559 / Part III / Section 559.27
559.27 Tag required reflecting value of item offered for sale at auction.
Status: in_force

(1) At all auctions of goods at public outcry, the auctioneer or her or his agent shall place or cause to be placed upon each item to be offered at auction a tag showing the value attributed to the item at the time it is offered. Such tag shall remain affixed to the item and shall be delivered to the buyer along with the item at the time of sale.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply: (a) To agricultural commodities, livestock, agricultural equipment, automobiles, or other items of goods which are most commonly marketed at auction; (b) When a value is not expressed by the auctioneer as a guide to the bidder; or (c) To auctions held as a result of court action.

(3) Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 70-151; s. 555, ch. 71-136; s. 813, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 112.320 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part III / Section 112.320
112.320 Commission on Ethics; purpose.
Status: in_force

There is created a Commission on Ethics, the purpose of which is to serve as guardian of the standards of conduct for the officers and employees of the state, and of a county, city, or other political subdivision of the state, as defined in this part, and to serve as the independent commission provided for in s. 8(f), Art. II of the State Constitution.

History: s. 2, ch. 74-176; s. 11, ch. 91-85.
Fla. Stat. § 713.79 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part II / Section 713.79
713.79 Liens for interior design services.
Status: in_force

Any person who, as part of his or her services performed as an interior designer, furnishes any articles of furniture, including, but not limited to, desks, tables, lamps, area rugs, wall hangings, photographs, paintings or other works of art, or any items of furnishing, subject to compliance with and the limitations imposed by this part, shall have a lien upon all such articles furnished and upon all such articles manufactured or converted from such furnishing, provided that the same shall be tangible personal property and provided further that such furnishings are rendered in accordance with a written contract and under direct contract with the owner.

History: s. 3, ch. 85-103; s. 831, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 679.626 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 679 / Part VI / Section 679.626
679.626 Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue.
Status: in_force

In an action arising from a transaction in which the amount of a deficiency or surplus is in issue, the following rules apply:

(1) A secured party need not prove compliance with the provisions of this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance unless the debtor or a secondary obligor places the secured party’s compliance in issue.

(2) If the secured party’s compliance is placed in issue, the secured party has the burden of establishing that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was conducted in accordance with this part.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in s. 679.628, if a secured party fails to prove that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was conducted in accordance with the provisions of this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance, the liability of a debtor or a secondary obligor for a deficiency is limited to an amount by which the sum of the secured obligation, reasonable expenses, and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law, attorney’s fees exceeds the greater of: (a) The proceeds of the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance; or (b) The amount of proceeds that would have been realized had the noncomplying secured party proceeded in accordance with the provisions of this part relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance.

(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the amount of proceeds that would have been realized is equal to the sum of the secured obligation, expenses, and attorney’s fees unless the secured party proves that the amount is less than that sum.

(5) If a deficiency or surplus is calculated under s. 679.615(6), the debtor or obligor has the burden of establishing that the amount of proceeds of the disposition is significantly below the range of prices that a complying disposition to a person other than the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor would have brought.

History: s. 7, ch. 2001-198; s. 165, ch. 2025-92.
Fla. Stat. § 189.0652 — Florida Code / Title XIII / Chapter 189 / Part VI / Section 189.0652
189.0652 Oversight of special districts created by local ordinance or enacted by local resolution.
Status: in_force

(1) This section applies to any special district created by local ordinance or enacted by local resolution.

(2) If a special district fails to file required reports or requested information under s. 11.45(6) or (7), s. 218.32, s. 218.38(3), s. 218.39, or s. 218.503(3) with the appropriate state agency or office, the chair or equivalent of the local general-purpose government may convene a public hearing on the issue of such noncompliance, as well as general oversight of the special district as provided in s. 189.068, within 3 months after receipt of notice of noncompliance from the Legislative Auditing Committee. Within 30 days after receiving written notice of noncompliance, the local general-purpose government shall notify the Legislative Auditing Committee as to whether a hearing under this section will be held and, if so, provide the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(3) If the local general-purpose government convenes a public hearing under subsection (2), it shall provide the department and the Legislative Auditing Committee with a report containing its findings and conclusions within 60 days after completion of the public hearing.

History: s. 52, ch. 2014-22; s. 9, ch. 2016-22.
Fla. Stat. § 1005.32 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1005 / Part III / Section 1005.32
1005.32 Licensure by means of accreditation.
Status: in_force

(1) An independent postsecondary educational institution that meets the following criteria may apply for a license by means of accreditation from the commission: (a) The institution has operated legally in this state for at least 5 consecutive years. (b) The institution holds institutional accreditation by an accrediting agency evaluated and approved by the commission as having standards substantially equivalent to the commission’s licensure standards. (c) The institution has no unresolved complaints or actions in the past 12 months. (d) The institution meets minimum requirements for financial responsibility as determined by the commission. (e) The institution is a Florida corporation.

(2) An institution that was exempt from licensure in 2001 under s. 246.085(1)(a), Florida Statutes 2001, may retain an exemption until the commission issues it a license by means of accreditation as provided in this section.

(3) The commission may not require an institution granted a license by means of accreditation to submit reports that differ from the reports required by its accrediting association, except that each institution must file with the commission an annual audit report and follow the commission’s requirements for orderly closing, including provisions for trainout or refunds and arranging for the proper disposition of student and institutional records.

(4) An institution granted a license by means of accreditation must apply for and receive another level of licensure before the institution may offer courses or programs that exceed the scope or level of its accreditation.

(5) Institutions granted a license by means of accreditation must comply with the standards of fair consumer practices as established in rule by the commission.

(6) A license by means of accreditation is valid for the same period as the qualifying grant of accreditation.

(7) A license by means of accreditation may be denied, placed on probation, or revoked for repeated failure to comply with the requirements of this section. The commission shall adopt rules for these actions. Revocation or denial of a license by means of accreditation requires that the institution immediately obtain an annual license.

History: s. 255, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 817.05 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 817 / Part I / Section 817.05
817.05 False statements to merchants as to financial condition.
Status: in_force

Any merchant in the state, before extending credit to any person applying for the same, may require such applicant to furnish a statement in writing showing the property owned and the salary being earned by said applicant, and if said statement, or any part thereof, is false, provided the same be made willfully, and signed by applicant in presence of two witnesses, and any person obtains credit from any merchant by reason of the merchant relying on and being deceived by said false statement, or any part thereof, then said person so obtaining credit or goods shall be deemed guilty of obtaining money or goods under false pretenses and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 19487, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 7264(1); s. 844, ch. 71-136.
Fla. Stat. § 83.512 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 83 / Part II / Section 83.512
83.512 Disclosure of flood risks to prospective tenant of residential real property.
Status: in_force

(1) A landlord must complete and provide a flood disclosure to a prospective tenant of residential real property at or before the execution of a rental agreement for a term of 1 year or longer. The flood disclosure must be in a separate document. The flood disclosure must be made in substantially the following form: FLOOD DISCLOSURE Flood Insurance: Renters’ insurance policies do not include coverage for damage resulting from floods. Tenant is encouraged to discuss the need to purchase separate flood insurance coverage with Tenant’s insurance agent. 1. Landlord has has no knowledge of any flooding that has damaged the dwelling unit during Landlord’s ownership of the dwelling unit. 2. Landlord has has not filed a claim with an insurance provider relating to flood damage in the dwelling unit, including, but not limited to, a claim with the National Flood Insurance Program. 3. Landlord has has not received assistance for flood damage to the dwelling unit, including, but not limited to, assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 4. For the purposes of this disclosure, the term “flooding” means a general or temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of the dwelling unit caused by any of the following: a. The overflow of inland or tidal waters. b. The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff or surface waters from any established water source, such as a river, stream, or drainage ditch. c. Sustained periods of standing water resulting from rainfall.

(2) If a landlord violates this section and a tenant suffers a substantial loss or damage to the tenant’s personal property as a result of flooding, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement by giving a written notice of termination and surrendering possession of the premises to the landlord no later than 30 days after the date of the damage or loss. Termination of a rental agreement under this section is effective upon the tenant surrendering possession of the dwelling unit. For the purpose of this section, the term “substantial loss or damage” means the total cost of repairs to or replacement of the personal property is 50 percent or more of the personal property’s market value on the date the flooding occurred.

(3) A landlord shall refund the tenant all rent or other amounts paid in advance under the rental agreement for any period after the effective date of the termination of the rental agreement.

(4) This section does not affect a tenant’s liability for delinquent, unpaid rent or other sums owed to the landlord before the date the rental agreement was terminated by the tenant under this section.

History: s. 1, ch. 2025-166.
Fla. Stat. § 466.02751 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 466 / Section 466.02751
466.02751 Establishment of practitioner profile for designation as a controlled substance prescribing practitioner.
Status: in_force

The Department of Health shall establish a practitioner profile for dentists licensed under this chapter for a practitioner’s designation as a controlled substance prescribing practitioner as provided in s. 456.44.

History: s. 29, ch. 2011-141; s. 23, ch. 2016-224.
Fla. Stat. § 361.12 — Florida Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 361 / Part II / Section 361.12
361.12 Joint electric power supply project.
Status: in_force

In addition to its existing powers, any electric utility, or any organization, association, or separate legal entity whose membership consists only of electric utilities, by participating in an agreement to implement a project, is authorized and empowered to join with any one or more of the following:

(1) Any other electric utility;

(2) Any organization, association, or separate legal entity whose membership consists only of electric utilities;

(3) One or more foreign public utilities; or

(4) Any other person, if the right to full possession and to all of the use, services, output, and capacity of any such project during the original estimated useful life thereof is vested, subject to creditors’ rights, in any one or more electric utilities, in any one or more of any such legal entity, in any one or more foreign public utilities, or in any combination thereof;

for the purpose or purposes of jointly financing, acquiring, constructing, managing, operating, or owning any project or projects. In the implementation of this act, any group of electric utilities may create any organization, association, or separate legal entity whose membership consists only of electric utilities for the accomplishment of the purposes of this act. However, no such organization, association, or separate legal entity may own, operate, or exercise the power of eminent domain with respect to any facilities for the retail distribution of electrical energy.

History: s. 3, ch. 75-200; s. 4, ch. 82-53.
Fla. Stat. § 400.906 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part VI / Section 400.906
400.906 Initial application for license; zoning.
Status: in_force

In addition to the requirements of part II of chapter 408, the application must contain the location of the facility for which a license is sought and documentation, signed by the appropriate local government official, which states that the applicant has met local zoning requirements.

History: ss. 6, 17, ch. 87-290; ss. 4, 14, ch. 93-66; ss. 22, 71, ch. 98-171; ss. 19, 20, ch. 98-288; s. 87, ch. 2000-349; s. 25, ch. 2001-53; s. 2, ch. 2001-67; s. 148, ch. 2001-277; s. 53, ch. 2004-267; s. 95, ch. 2007-230.
Fla. Stat. § 400.118 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 400 / Part II / Section 400.118
400.118 Quality assurance; early warning system; monitoring; rapid response teams.
Status: in_force

(1) The agency shall establish an early warning system to detect conditions in nursing facilities that could be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of residents. The early warning system shall include, but not be limited to, analysis of financial and quality-of-care indicators that would predict the need for the agency to take action pursuant to the authority set forth in this part.

(2) The agency shall also create teams of experts that can function as rapid response teams to visit nursing facilities identified through the agency’s early warning system. Rapid response teams may visit facilities that request the agency’s assistance. The rapid response teams shall not be deployed for the purpose of helping a facility prepare for a regular survey.

History: s. 10, ch. 99-394; s. 17, ch. 2000-263; s. 18, ch. 2001-45; s. 38, ch. 2009-223.
Fla. Stat. § 520.157 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 520 / Part I / Section 520.157
520.157 Excess wear and use waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, the term “excess wear and use waiver” means a contractual agreement wherein a lessor agrees, regardless of whether subject to a separate fee, to cancel or waive all or part of amounts that may become due under a lease agreement as a result of excess wear and use of a motor vehicle, which agreement must be part of, or a separate addendum to, the lease agreement. Such waivers may also cancel or waive amounts due for excess mileage.

(2) A retail lessee may contract with a retail lessor for an excess wear and use waiver in connection with a lease agreement.

(3) The terms of the related motor vehicle lease may not be conditioned upon the consumer’s payment for any excess wear and use waiver. However, excess wear and use waivers may be discounted or given at no charge in connection with the purchase of other noncredit-related goods.

(4) A lease agreement that includes an excess wear and use waiver must disclose all of the following: (a) The total charge for the excess wear and use waiver. (b) Any exclusions or limitations on the amount of excess wear and use which may be waived under the excess wear and use waiver. (c) The terms, restrictions, or conditions governing cancellation of the excess wear and use waiver before the termination or expiration of the excess wear and use waiver, which may include an administrative fee of not more than $75.

(5) An excess wear and use waiver is not insurance for purposes of the Florida Insurance Code.

History: s. 9, ch. 2024-142.
Fla. Stat. § 373.314 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part III / Section 373.314
373.314 Citation of rule.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other provisions within this part or any rules promulgated hereunder, the permitting agency shall, when requesting information for a permit application pursuant to this part or such rules promulgated hereunder, cite a specific rule. If a request for information cannot be accompanied by a rule citation, failure to provide such information cannot be grounds to deny a permit.

History: s. 5, ch. 79-161.
Fla. Stat. § 484.047 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 484 / Part II / Section 484.047
484.047 Renewal of license.
Status: in_force

(1) The board by rule shall provide a method for the biennial renewal of a license.

(2) In addition to the other requirements for renewal provided in this section and by the board, the department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and the renewal fee. A licensee must maintain, if applicable, a certificate from a manufacturer or independent testing agent certifying that the testing room meets the requirements of s. 484.0501(6) and, if applicable, a certificate from a manufacturer or independent testing agent stating that all audiometric testing equipment used by the licensee has been calibrated acoustically to American National Standards Institute standards on an annual basis. Possession of an applicable certificate is a prerequisite to renewal.

(3) A licensee shall notify the board in writing of any change of address.

(4) The board may adopt rules to require no more than 30 approved hours of mandatory continuing education for the renewal of a hearing aid specialist’s license.

History: ss. 7, 18, ch. 83-153; ss. 1, 7, ch. 84-94; s. 1, ch. 84-239; s. 83, ch. 85-81; ss. 9, 19, 20, ch. 86-283; s. 3, ch. 90-38; s. 22, ch. 90-341; s. 11, ch. 90-345; s. 30, ch. 91-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 249, ch. 94-119; s. 31, ch. 2016-230.
Fla. Stat. § 669.104 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 669 / Part I / Section 669.104
669.104 Rights in controllable account, controllable electronic record, and controllable payment intangible.
Status: in_force

(1) This section applies to the acquisition and purchase of rights in a controllable account or controllable payment intangible, including the rights and benefits under subsections (3)-(5), (7), and (8) of a purchaser and qualifying purchaser, in the same manner in which this section applies to a controllable electronic record.

(2) In determining whether a purchaser of a controllable account or a controllable payment intangible is a qualifying purchaser, the purchaser obtains control of the account or payment intangible if it obtains control of the controllable electronic record that evidences the account or payment intangible.

(3) Except as provided in this section, law other than this part determines whether a person acquires a right in a controllable electronic record and the right that the person acquires.

(4) A purchaser of a controllable electronic record acquires all rights in the controllable electronic record which the transferor had, or had power to transfer, except that a purchaser of a limited interest in a controllable electronic record acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.

(5) A qualifying purchaser acquires its rights in the controllable electronic record free of a claim of a property right in the controllable electronic record.

(6) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (5) for a controllable account and a controllable payment intangible or in law other than this part, a qualifying purchaser takes a right to payment, right to performance, or other interest in property evidenced by the controllable electronic record subject to a claim of a property right in the right to payment, right to performance, or other interest in property.

(7) An action may not be asserted against a qualifying purchaser based on both a purchase by the qualifying purchaser of a controllable electronic record and a claim of a property right in another controllable electronic record, regardless of whether the action is framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory.

(8) Filing of a financing statement under chapter 679 is not notice of a claim of a property right in a controllable electronic record.

History: s. 6, ch. 2025-92.