Florida Statute 201.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE

Chapter 201
EXCISE TAX ON DOCUMENTS

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F.S. 201.01

201.01 Documents taxable, generally.—There shall be levied, collected, and paid the taxes specified in this chapter, for and in respect to the several documents, bonds, debentures or certificates of stock and indebtedness, and other documents, instruments, matters, writings, and things described in the following sections, or for or in respect of the vellum, parchment, paper, or any other medium whether tangible, electronic, or otherwise, upon which such document, instrument, matter, writing, or thing, or any of them, is written, printed, or created electronically or otherwise, by any person who makes, signs, executes, issues, sells, removes, consigns, assigns, records, or ships the same, or for whose benefit or use the same are made, signed, executed, issued, sold, removed, consigned, assigned, recorded, or shipped in the state. Unless exempt under s. 201.24 or under any state or federal law, if the United States, the state, or any political subdivision of the state is a party to a document taxable under this chapter, any tax specified in this chapter shall be paid by a nonexempt party to the document. The documentary stamp taxes shall be paid on all recordable instruments requiring documentary stamp tax according to law, prior to recordation. With respect to mortgages or trust deeds which do not incorporate the certificate of indebtedness, a notation shall be made on the note or certificate that the tax has been paid on the mortgage or trust deed.

History.—s. 1, ch. 15787, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 1279(111); s. 1, ch. 61-278; s. 1, ch. 77-414; s. 6, ch. 87-102; s. 5, ch. 96-395; s. 2, ch. 2007-233.

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Cases Citing Statute 201.01

Total Results: 20

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-05

Snippet: The Court now further amends rules 1.200, 1.201, 1.280, 1.440, and 1.460. The Court also amends Florida

Lisa Johnson, individually and as beneficiary of the Harold Marcus Trust Agreement, etc. v. David Marcus

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-08

Snippet: must be commenced by filing a complaint. § 736.0201(1), Fla. Stat. (2023) (“Except as provided in subsections

Piero Palacios v. Sharnice Lawson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-03-06

Snippet: decreasing the costs of defending claims. § 766.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2020); see also Univ. of Miami v.

BECKY J. KERSEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARY JO C. ABRAHAM LIVING TRUST DATED 4/18/07 v. KENNETH J. ABRAHAM

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-01-05

Snippet: upon distribution. 5 We agree. Section 738.201(1), Florida Statutes (2017), provides: A fiduciary

ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/SUNBELT, INC. D/B/A FLORIDA HOSPITAL ALTAMONTE AND WILLIAM HUETHER, III, M.D. vs SALLY MACHALEK AND MATTHEW APTER, M.D.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-10-06

Snippet: policy” of the State of Florida. 2 Section 766.201(1)(a)-(b) details the Legislature’s 2 The

IN RE: TRUST OF ADEAN E. WINES vs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-02-03

Snippet: Analysis Section 736.0201(1), Florida Statutes (2022), provides that “judicial

BRIAN GILLER v. ANITA GROSSMAN, etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-09-01

Snippet: 2d 1150, 1151 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (“Section 737.201(1)(a) [now § 736.0202, Fla. Stat.] unequivocally confers

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases - Report No. 19-04

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-01-23

Snippet: Before Voir Dire [201.1] Welcome. [I] [The clerk] will now administer your

Baden v. Baden

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-14

Citation: 260 So. 3d 1108

Snippet: by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. § 736.0201(1).2 Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(a)(1)

Baden v. Baden

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-14

Citation: 260 So. 3d 1108

Snippet: by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. § 736.0201(1).2 Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(a)(1)

H. RAY BADEN v. STEVEN CHRISTOPHER BADEN

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-14

Snippet: by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. § 736.0201(1).2 Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(a)(1)

Tm Wireless Communication Services v. All Commerce

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-05-16

Citation: 246 So. 3d 541

Snippet: induce TM Wireless to buy the telephones. See § 672.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2013) (“[A] contract for the sale

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases-Report No. 17-03.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-02-01

Citation: 236 So. 3d 919

Snippet: case: Before Voir Dire [201.1] Welcome. [I] [The clerk] will now administer your

Timothy Carlos Coffey v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-09-05

Citation: 228 So. 3d 179

Snippet: subjective and objective entrapment. Section 777.201(1), Florida Statutes (2013), creates a three-pronged

Indian Creek Country Club, Inc. v. Indian Creek Village

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-01-18

Citation: 211 So. 3d 230, 2017 WL 192013, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 452

Snippet: including guard and gatehouse facilities.” § 170.201(1) Fla. Stat. (2011). This amendment was added to

Eileen Hernandez, M.D. v. Lualhati Crespo

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-12-22

Citation: 211 So. 3d 19, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 625, 2016 WL 7406537, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 2718

Snippet: malpractice insurance for some physicians.” § 766.201(1)(a). The Legislature’s factual and policy

J.N.S. v. A.M.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-06-24

Citation: 194 So. 3d 559, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 9675, 2016 WL 3452536

Snippet: take judicial notice of public statutory law. § 90.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). . Mother's remaining arguments

J.N.S. v. A.M.A.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-06-20

Snippet: take judicial notice of public statutory law. § 90.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). 7 Mother’s remaining

Hill v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-03-09

Citation: 198 So. 3d 830, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 3517, 2016 WL 889024

Snippet: acting as a government agent. See § 777.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2010) (defining entrapment, in part

S.M. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-03-13

Citation: 159 So. 3d 966, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3605, 2015 WL 1088436

Snippet: facts are established without formal proof. Id. § 201.1. In this case, if the court had actually been taking