Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 468.531 (2025)

Prohibitions; penalties.

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468.531 Prohibitions; penalties.—

(1) No person or entity shall:

(a) Practice or offer to practice as an employee leasing company, an employee leasing company group, or a controlling person unless such person or entity is licensed pursuant to this part;

(b) Practice or offer to practice as an employee leasing company or employee leasing company group unless all controlling persons thereof are licensed pursuant to this part;

(c) Use the name or title “licensed employee leasing company,” “employee leasing company,” “employee leasing company group,” “professional employer,” “professional employer organization,” “controlling person,” or words that would tend to lead one to believe that such person or entity is registered pursuant to this part, when such person or entity has not registered pursuant to this part;

(d) Present as his or her own or his or her entity’s own the license of another;

(e) Knowingly give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof; or

(f) Use or attempt to use a license that has been suspended or revoked.

(2) Any person or entity that violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 13, 17, ch. 91-93; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 44, ch. 94-119; s. 310, ch. 97-103; s. 22, ch. 2000-356.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 468.531

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§468.531(2)PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESVIOL EMPLOYEE LEASING REGSM · 1st

§468.531(1a)PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESPRACTICE EMPLOYEE LEASING W/O LICM · 1st

§468.531(1b)PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESCONTROL EMPLOYEE LEASING COMPANY W/O LICM · 1st

§468.531(1c)FRAUD-IMPERSONUSE NAME TITLE EMP LEASING W/O LICM · 1st

§468.531(1d)FRAUD-IMPERSONPRESENT AS OWN EMP LEASING LIC OF ANOTHERM · 1st

§468.531(1e)FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENTEVIDENCE TO BOARD OR MEMBERM · 1st

§468.531(1e)PASS FORGEDEVIDENCE TO BOARD OR MEMBERM · 1st

§468.531(1f)PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESUSE SUSP RVKD EMP LEASING LICM · 1st

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2019 · leading case: United States v. Total Emp. Co., Inc., 305 B.R. 333 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2004).

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United States v. Total Emp. Co., Inc., 305 B.R. 333 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2004). · cites it 2× “Fla. Stat. § 468.531 (1)(a). 5 . Revenue ruling 87-41, 1987- 1 C.”

TMH Med. Servs., LLC v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA (11th Cir. 2019). “Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 468.531 ; 468.525(3)(a), (4).”

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