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F.S. 501.2075501.2075 Civil penalty.—Except as provided in s. 501.2077, any person, firm, corporation, association, or entity, or any agent or employee of the foregoing, who is willfully using, or has willfully used, a method, act, or practice declared unlawful under s. 501.204, or who is willfully violating any of the rules of the department adopted under this part, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such violation. Willful violations occur when the person knew or should have known that his or her conduct was unfair or deceptive or prohibited by rule. This civil penalty may be recovered in any action brought under this part by the enforcing authority; or the enforcing authority may terminate any investigation or action upon agreement by the person, firm, corporation, association, or entity, or the agent or employee of the foregoing, to pay a stipulated civil penalty. The department or the court may waive any such civil penalty if the person, firm, corporation, association, or entity, or the agent or employee of the foregoing, has previously made full restitution or reimbursement or has paid actual damages to the consumers or governmental entities who have been injured by the unlawful act or practice or rule violation. If civil penalties are assessed in any litigation, the enforcing authority is entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. A civil penalty so collected shall accrue to the state and shall be deposited as received into the General Revenue Fund unallocated.History.—s. 3, ch. 83-117; s. 1, ch. 92-40; s. 5, ch. 92-133; s. 9, ch. 93-38; s. 630, ch. 97-103; s. 4, ch. 2001-39; s. 25, ch. 2001-214.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 501.2075
Total Results: 11
761 So. 2d 1256, 2000 WL 986399
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 19, 2000 | Docket: 1300298
Cited 76 times | Published
part II, Florida Statutes (1997) pursuant to section 501.2075, Florida Statutes (1997).
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
697 So. 2d 524, 1997 WL 193841
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 23, 1997 | Docket: 1777091
Cited 40 times | Published
same as those available in a contract action. § 501.2075, Fla.Stat. (1995).
Finally, we address the plaintiffs'
602 F. Supp. 2d 1239, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28301, 2009 WL 689714
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 2009 | Docket: 1663639
Cited 9 times | Published
damages to which Plaintiffs are entitled. See § 501.2075, Fla. Stat, (containing the FDUTPA's civil penalty
504 F. Supp. 2d 1254, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22260, 2007 WL 951804
District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 2007 | Docket: 2024279
Cited 6 times | Published
"enforcing authority."[5]See § Fla. Stat. 501.2075. Section 501.2075 is entitled "civil penalty" and
794 So. 2d 744, 2001 WL 1110559
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 24, 2001 | Docket: 1473403
Cited 5 times | Published
Hall v. State, 752 So.2d 575 (Fla.2000).
*749 Section 501.2075, Florida Statutes, provides for a civil penalty
643 So. 2d 22, 1994 WL 486557
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 9, 1994 | Docket: 1744412
Cited 4 times | Published
501.203(3), Fla. Stat. (1991). Furthermore, section 501.2075 provides a civil *27 penalty for any entity
701 So. 2d 96, 1997 WL 593912
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 26, 1997 | Docket: 1736801
Cited 3 times | Published
and deceptive trade practices, pursuant to section 501.2075 (a civil penalty of $10,000.00 for each violation)
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2025 | Docket: 69793061
Published
constructive
fraud, civil theft, violation of section 501.2075, Florida Statutes (2022),
Florida’s Deceptive
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 7, 2023 | Docket: 66655403
Published
Argued: Dec 16, 2022
department adopted under
this part.” Id. § 501.2075. Much like with the FTC Act, the mental state
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 24, 2020 | Docket: 17007416
Published
and
Unfair Trade Practices Act. See Fla. Stat. § 501.2075. They observe that the Act
authorizes a maximum
221 So. 3d 691, 2017 WL 2983990, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 10052
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 12, 2017 | Docket: 6088821
Published
whether to grant a civil penalty pursuant to section 501.2075, Florida Statutes (2008), which permits the
