Florida Statute 421.101 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

421.101 False representations to obtain lower rent in housing accommodations; penalty.—Whoever makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in order to obtain a lower rent for housing accommodations in a low-rent housing development operated pursuant to this chapter, than the rental such person is required to pay pursuant to federal or state statutes, schedule of rents or rules and regulations as determined and fixed by housing authorities created pursuant to this chapter, aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; and each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact as aforesaid shall constitute a separate offense.

History.—s. 1, ch. 61-468; s. 362, ch. 71-136.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 421.101
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§421.101FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENTMAKE FALSE STATEMENT TO OBTAIN LOWER RENTM · 2nd
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