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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 201.01

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Cases Citing Statute 201.01

Total Results: 20

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

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-05-08T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-03-06T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: decreasing the costs of defending claims. § 766.201(1), Fla. Stat. (2020); see also Univ. of Miami v. …to damages for non-frivolous claims. See §§ 766.201(1)(d), (2), .207(2), Fla. Stat. (2020); see also Echarte

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

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-01-05T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: upon distribution. 5 We agree. Section 738.201(1), Florida Statutes (2017), provides: A fiduciary…income remaining after the application of s. 738.201(1)-(3), which is equal to the beneficiary’s fractional

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-10-06T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: policy” of the State of Florida. 2 Section 766.201(1)(a)-(b) details the Legislature’s 2 The…early determination of the merit of claims,” § 766.201(1)(c)-(d), Fla. Stat., the Legislature explicitly

IN RE: TRUST OF ADEAN E. WINES vs

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-02-03T00:00:00-08:00

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

BRIAN GILLER v. ANITA GROSSMAN, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-09-01T00:53:00-07:00

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: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-01-22T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Before Voir Dire [201.1] Welcome. [I] [The clerk] will now administer your… - 11 - [continuation of 201.1] Now that you have been sworn, I’d like to give

Baden v. Baden

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-11-14T00:00:00-08:00

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) …The plain and unambiguous language of section 736.0201(1) mandates that, with three exceptions not relevant…the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure." § 736.0201(1) (emphasis added). Thus, the legislature has set…means for the trial court to sidestep section 736.0201(1)'s mandate that the Florida Rules of Civil…Florida Rules of Civil Procedure in section 736.0201(1). But section 736.0206 is also inapplicable here

Baden v. Baden

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-11-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 260 So. 3d 1108

H. RAY BADEN v. STEVEN CHRISTOPHER BADEN

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-11-13T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. § 736.0201(1).2 Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(a)(1)…The plain and unambiguous language of section 736.0201(1) mandates that, with three exceptions not relevant… Florida Rules of Civil Procedure." § 736.0201(1) (emphasis added). Thus, the legislature has set…Florida Rules of Civil Procedure in section 736.0201(1). But section 736.0206 is also inapplicable here…means for the trial court to sidestep section 736.0201(1)'s mandate that the Florida Rules of Civil

Tm Wireless Communication Services v. All Commerce

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-05-16T00:53:00-07:00

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: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-02-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 236 So. 3d 919

Snippet: case: Before Voir Dire [201.1] Welcome. [I] [The clerk] will now administer your…so help you God]? [continuation of 201.1] Now that you have been sworn, I'd like to

Timothy Carlos Coffey v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-09-05T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-01-18T00:00:00-08:00

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: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-12-22T00:00:00-08:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-06-24T00:00:00-07:00

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

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

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-06-20T00:53:00-07:00

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

Hill v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-03-09T00:00:00-08:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-03-13T00:00:00-07:00

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

Doris Rich Corya, etc. v. Roy Sanders

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-02-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 155 So. 3d 1279, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 1846

Snippet: an accounting as early as 1974. §§ 737.303, 737.201(1), Fla. Stat. (1974). There was no evidence that