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Florida Statute 501.025 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 501.025 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 501.025 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
501.025 Home solicitation sale; buyer’s right to cancel.In addition to any other right to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase. Cancellation is evidenced by the buyer giving written notice of cancellation in person, by telegram, or by mail to the seller at the address stated in the agreement or offer to purchase. The written notice of cancellation given by mail shall be effective upon postmarking. The notice of cancellation need not take a particular form and is sufficient if it indicates by any form of written expression the intention of the buyer not to be bound by the home solicitation sale. Notice of a buyer’s right to cancel must appear on every note or other evidence of indebtedness given pursuant to any home solicitation sale. For the purposes of this section, unless a mortgage also creates the buyer’s promise to pay the secured debt, it is not an evidence of indebtedness.
History.s. 2, ch. 70-363; s. 1, ch. 77-350; s. 1, ch. 84-63; s. 6, ch. 99-307; s. 37, ch. 99-391.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 501.025

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§501.025PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESFAIL ALLOW BUYER TO CANCEL ORDERM · 1st

Cases Citing F.S. 501.025

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·In Re Adoption of Baby Girl C, 511 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1687

...his case, she did so before any would-be adoptive parents took custody of the child? Why, if a person agreeing in writing to purchase encyclopedias from a door to door salesman is entitled to cancel that agreement three days later, as is provided in section 501.025, Florida Statutes (1985), should not a natural mother be entitled to cancel one week later her consent to the permanent loss to her of the child to whom she gave birth? Also, was the natural mother's consent under the circumstances of...
...Had the Mother waited a substantial period of time, it is doubtful that her credibility would have been established as well as it is." Yet, we should add that if there were to be a specific "cooling off period" during which a consent to an adoption may be withdrawn, similar in principle to that provided by section 501.025 for purchase agreements with door to door salesmen, that is a matter for the legislature to decide....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1977).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

qualify as home solicitation sales because: Section 501.025, F. S., provides that the buyer's rights arise
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E.H. v. K.S., 511 So. 2d 345 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1687, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 9270

...his case, she did so before any would-be adoptive parents took custody of the child? Why, if a person agreeing in writing to purchase encyclopedias from a door to door salesman is entitled to cancel that agreement three days later, as is provided in section 501.025, Florida Statutes (1985), should not a natural mother be entitled to cancel one week later her consent to the permanent loss to her of the child to whom she gave birth? Also, was the natural mother’s consent under the circumstances...
...Had the Mother waited a substantial period of time, it is doubtful that her credibility would have been established as well as it is.” Yet, we should add that if there were to be a specific “cooling off period” during which a consent to an adoption may be withdrawn, similar in principle to that provided by section 501.025 for purchase agreements with door to door salesmen, that is a matter for the legislature to decide....

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