Florida Statute 497.001 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 497
FUNERAL, CEMETERY, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

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497.001 Short title.—This chapter may be cited as the “Florida Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services Act.”

History.—s. 1, ch. 59-363; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 1, 39, 40, ch. 80-238; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 36, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 3, ch. 2004-301.

Note.—Former s. 559.30.

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2000).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...da Statutes, makes municipal cemeteries of more than 5 acres subject to investigation and mediation procedures by the Department of Banking and Finance in the event of a consumer complaint. Sincerely, Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tgh 1 Section 497.001 , Fla....

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SCI Funeral Servs. of Florida, Inc. v. Muñoz, 146 So. 3d 1273 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 4628520

...cious disregard or indifference to the life, safety, or rights of persons exposed to such conduct. (3) In the case of an employer, principal, corporation, or other legal 1 The Florida Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services Act. § 497.001, Fla....

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Schwartz v. SCI Funeral Servs. of Florida, Inc., 931 F. Supp. 2d 1191 (S.D. Fla. 2013).

Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2013 WL 1164490

Cemetery and Consumer Services Act, FI. Stat. § 497.001, et seq.; (3) negligence; (4) tortious interference

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Maribel Capote v. SCI Funeral Servs. of Florida, LLC (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Stat. 2 recognize a purchaser’s right to assign burial services or burial merchandise. This limitation on assignments, Plaintiffs alleged, violated the terms of the preneed contracts and the Florida Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services Act (“Funeral Act”), section 497.001 et seq., Florida Statutes. Section 497.459(6)(c), Florida Statutes, provides that “[p]ersons who purchase merchandise or burial rights pursuant to this chapter shall have the right to sell, alienate, or otherwise transfer the mer...

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