Florida Statute 475.31 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 475
REAL ESTATE BROKERS, SALES ASSOCIATES, SCHOOLS, AND APPRAISERS

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475.31 Final orders.—

(1) An order revoking or suspending the license of a broker shall automatically cause the licenses of all sales associates and broker associates registered with the broker, and, if a partnership or corporation, of all members, officers, and directors thereof to become involuntarily inactive, while the license of the broker is inoperative or until new employment or connection is secured.

(2) The commission may publish and distribute in such manner and form as it may prescribe any of its final orders or decisions made under this chapter, after they become final by lapse of time or upon affirmance on appeal, or opinions of appellate courts for the guidance of registrants and the public; and it may publish or withhold from publication the names and addresses of any parties concerned. This subsection shall not be construed to affect the operation of chapter 119.

History.—s. 33, ch. 12223, 1927; CGL 4094; s. 2, ch. 22861, 1945; s. 8, ch. 24090, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 3, ch. 59-197; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 3, ch. 77-355; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 48, ch. 78-95; ss. 21, 42, 43, ch. 79-239; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 23, 38, ch. 82-1; ss. 14, 28, 30, ch. 88-20; s. 10, ch. 91-89; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 11, ch. 93-261; s. 37, ch. 2003-164.

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Cases Citing Statute 475.31

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State Ex Rel. Bie v. Swope, 30 So. 2d 748 (Fla. 1947).

Cited 25 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 159 Fla. 18, 1947 Fla. LEXIS 673

be granted separate trials upon petition." Section 475.31 provides: "After submission of the cause upon

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City of Umatilla v. Pub. Employees Relations Comm'n, 422 So. 2d 905 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...ing the findings of the hearing examiner who alone heard the witnesses testify and observed their demeanor. Scheuerman is based on the holding in Thorn v. Florida Real Estate Commission, 146 So.2d 907 (Fla. 2d DCA 1962), wherein it was observed that section 475.31(4), Florida Statutes, as then applicable, made no provision for, nor did it give any force or effect to, findings of the examiner....

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Thorn v. Florida Real Est. Comm'n, 146 So. 2d 907 (Fla. 2d DCA 1962).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...d defend against or rebut such proof. § 475.26, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Section 475.27, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides that the Examiner shall receive the evidence and shall transcribe the same and shall report the testimony to the Commission. Section 475.31 provides that upon the filing of a final report of the Examiner, the cause may be heard by the Commission and that the defendant may file a brief not more than fifteen days after service of a notice that the report of the Examiner has been filed....

...informations as it may find warranted by the facts and the provisions of law. Section 475.30(2) provides that in the event of the necessity of procedure not specifically provided for, then the procedure applicable in chancery practice shall govern. Section 475.31(4) provides that the findings of fact of the Commission shall have the same force and effect as the findings of a general master in chancery....

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Harris v. Florida Real Est. Com'n, 358 So. 2d 1123 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...without delegation ...", Section 475.29 vests the Commission with power to grant, deny, revoke or suspend registration, and to enter a final order on an application for registration upon proceedings as otherwise provided under Chapter 475. Moreover Section 475.31 places the responsibility for final orders in the Commission....

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Scheuerman v. Florida Real Est. Comm'n, 215 So. 2d 29 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 4769

...al requirements of law, and the petition for wirt of certiorari is therefore denied. Petition denied. WALDEN, C. J., and REED, J., concur. . F.S.1967, Section 475.27, F.S.A.; F.S. 1967, Chapter 120, F.S.A. . F.S.1967, Chapter 120, F.S.A. . F.S.1967, Section 475.31(1), F.S.A.; F. S.1967, Section 475.31(4), F.S.A....

...Universal Camera Corp. v. N.L.R.B., 1951, 340 U.S. 474 , 71 S.Ct. 456 , 95 L.Ed. 456 ; Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp., 1955, 349 U.S. 358 , 75 S.Ct. 855 , 99 L.Ed. 1147 . . 2 Davis, Adm.Law, Section 10.03 et seq. . F.S.1967, Section 475.31(4), F.S.A....

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Pritchett v. Florida Real Est. Comm'n, 143 So. 2d 45 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1962).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1962 Fla. App. LEXIS 3005

...also must accord with the essential requirements of the law. It is clear that certiorari is in the nature of an appellate process. It is a method of obtaining review, as contrasted to a collateral assault.” The Florida Real Estate Commission Act, § 475.31(4) Florida Statutes, 31 F.S.A., provides: “ * * * The findings of fact of the Commission shall have the same force and effect as the findings of a general master in chancery.” In the case of Shelton v....

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Potter v. Curry, 104 So. 2d 127 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1958 Fla. App. LEXIS 2956

...the owner and the purchaser had wrongfully conspired to close the purchase in a manner to deprive the broker of a commission. After a hearing, the commission found that the evidence preponderated against the broker, and ordered a 90 day suspension. Section 475.31(5), Fla.Stat., F.S.A., provides “The findings of fact of the commission shall have the same force and effect as the findings of a general master in chancery.” See Curry v....

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Fry v. Benson, 132 So. 2d 617 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1961 Fla. App. LEXIS 2531

the findings of a general master in chancery.” § 475.31(5). In the Graham case, in the Condermann case

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All. for Conservation of Nat. Resources in Pinellas Cnty. v. Furen, 110 So. 2d 55 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

real estate broker. By terms of the statute, Section 475.31(5), Florida Statutes, 1957, F. S.A., the findings

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