Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61B - Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes › Chapter 61B-15 - FORMS AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61B-15.0011 - Definitions for Filings and Documents

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For purposes of these rules and Sections
				  718.502,
				  718.503 and
				  718.504, Florida Statutes, the
				  following definitions shall apply:
(1)
				"Documents" means any or all of the documents comprising the "filing" as that
				term is defined in these rules.
(2)
				"Days" means calendar days and, in computing any period of time prescribed or
				allowed for a filing or response, the day of the act from which the designated
				period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period
				shall be included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which
				event the period shall run until the end of the next day which is neither a
				Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. The term "legal holiday" means those days
				on which State of Florida government offices are closed for legal holiday as
				provided by Section 110.117, Florida
				Statutes.
(3) "File" means to
				submit required documents to the division in the Tallahassee, Florida, office
				via ground mail, airmail, facsimile, e-mail, or other means, so long as the
				division actually receives the filing and has the equipment and software
				necessary to view and review the filing.
(4) "Filing" means the documents required to
				be submitted to the division pursuant to Sections
				718.502,
				718.503 or
				718.504, Florida Statutes. The
				documents or filing may be comprised of paper, CD-ROM, facsimile, e-mail, or
				other media, so long as the division actually receives the filing and has the
				equipment and software necessary to view and review the filing.
(5) "Medium" or "media" means the format used
				to file documents with the division or deliver documents to purchasers.
				Examples of "media" include: paper, e-mail, facsimile, CD-ROM, and Internet
				website.
(6) "Offer" means any
				advertisement, inducement, solicitation, or attempt to encourage any person to
				acquire an interest in a condominium unit, either proposed or existing, if
				undertaken for gain or profit.
(7)
				"Received" or "receipt" by the division refers to the date on which the
				division or department actually receives a filing or documents related to a
				filing. If a filing is delivered to the division via facsimile or e-mail, the
				facsimile or e-mail confirmation sheet shall be evidence of the date on which
				the division received the filing. If the filing is delivered to the division
				via ground mail, airmail, or overnight service, the carrier's delivery receipt
				shall be evidence of the date on which the division received the filing. In the
				absence of any of the foregoing evidence of division receipt, the division will
				use the earliest department or division date stamp on the filing as the date
				received.
(8) "Written" means and
				includes paper, CD-ROM, facsimile, e-mail, or other media so long as the
				division actually receives the filing and has the equipment and software
				necessary to view and review the filing.
Specific Authority
					 718.501(1)(f),
					 718.502(1)(c)
					 FS. Law Implemented 718.502,
					 718.503,
					 718.504
					 FS.
New 12-23-02.