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Fla. Stat. § 201.16 (2025)

Other laws made applicable to chapter.

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201.16 Other laws made applicable to chapter.All revenue laws relating to the assessment and collection of taxes are hereby extended to and made a part of this chapter, so far as applicable, for the purpose of collecting stamp taxes omitted through mistake or fraud from any instrument, document, paper, or writing named herein.
History.s. 3, ch. 15787, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 1279(115).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1972–1984 · leading case: Assocs. Com. Corp. v. Sel-O-Rak Corp., 746 F.2d 1441 (11th Cir. 1984).
Assocs. Com. Corp. v. Sel-O-Rak Corp., 746 F.2d 1441 (11th Cir. 1984). “Fla.Stat. § 201.16 (1983). The statute does not explicitly provide that failure to affix documentary stamps to promissory instruments prevents either the valid filing of a financing statement or perfection of a security interest.”
Local 1115, Nursing Home, Hosp., Senior Citizens Hotel Union v. Hialeah Convalescent Home, Inc., 348 F. Supp. 405 (S.D. Fla. 1972). “These interpretive and procedural decisions were replaced on December 7, 1971, the date of the arbitrator’s decision herein, by Pay Board regulation § 201.16, “Retroactivity, self-determinations ; criteria for severe inequities,” which provided, effective November 14, 1971:…”
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