The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 451
MARKETPLACE CONTRACTORS

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F.S. 451.01

451.01 Definitions.—For purposes of this chapter, the term:

(1) “Household services” means:

(a) Furniture assembly;

(b) Interior painting;

(d) Local moving help, such as packing, lifting, loading, and rearranging household items, but excluding transporting items;

(e) Hanging pictures, mirrors, curtains, blinds, and shelves;

(f) Home cleaning;

(g) Installation of in-home technology that does not require a hardwired electrical connection; or

(h) Installing or replacing door hardware.

Household services do not include services that require licensure under chapter 489.

(2) “Marketplace contractor” means any individual who:

(a) Enters into an agreement with a marketplace platform to use the platform’s technology application to connect with third-party individuals or entities seeking temporary household services.

(b) In return for compensation, offers or provides temporary household services to third-party individuals or entities through the marketplace platform’s technology application.

(3) “Marketplace platform” or “platform” means an entity operating in this state which:

(a) Offers an online-enabled technology application service, website, or system that enables marketplace contractors to provide services to third-party individuals or entities seeking such temporary household services.

(b) Accepts service requests from the public only through its online-enabled technology application service, website, or system.

History.—s. 50, ch. 2018-118.

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Amendments to 451.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 451.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 451.01.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FINCH, v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES A. s C. s R. a a s s, 861 F. Supp. 2d 145 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)

. . . correspondence with counsel for the City of New York is 1.01 hours which translates at $450 per hour to $451.01 . . .

M. SMITH, v. UNITED STATES, 239 F. Supp. 152 (D. Md. 1965)

. . . Damage or Injury”, Standard Form 95, stating under the “amount of claim” as follows : “Property Damage, $451.01 . . .

v. D. A. P. v. M. v. A. v., 2 T.C. 1160 (T.C. 1943)

. . . gains from $7,483.59 to $10,933.04, and a reduction in long term capital losses from $2,941.54 to $451.01 . . . (The $451.01 just referred to is one-half, or her community share, of her husband’s portion — 20 percent . . .