Florida Statute 507.01 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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

Chapter 507
HOUSEHOLD MOVING SERVICES

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F.S. 507.01

507.01 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Accessorial services” means any service performed by a mover which results in a charge to the shipper and is incidental to the transportation or shipment of household goods, including, but not limited to, valuation coverage; preparation of written inventory; equipment, including dollies, hand trucks, pads, blankets, and straps; storage, packing, unpacking, or crating of articles; hoisting or lowering; waiting time; carrying articles excessive distances to or from the mover’s vehicle, which may be cited as “long carry”; overtime loading and unloading; reweighing; disassembly or reassembly; elevator or stair carrying; boxing or servicing of appliances; and furnishing of packing or crating materials. The term includes services not performed by the mover but performed by a third party at the request of the shipper or mover, if the charges for these services are to be paid to the mover by the shipper at or before the time of delivery.

(2) “Advertise” means to advise, announce, give notice of, publish, or call attention by use of oral, written, or graphic statement made in a newspaper or other publication or on radio or television, any electronic medium, or contained in any notice, handbill, sign, including signage on vehicle, flyer, catalog or letter, or printed on or contained in any tag or label attached to or accompanying any good.

(3) “Compensation” means money, fee, emolument, quid pro quo, barter, remuneration, pay, reward, indemnification, or satisfaction.

(4) “Contract for service” or “bill of lading” means a written document prepared by a registered mover which is approved and electronically acknowledged or signed by the shipper in writing before the performance of any service by the mover and which authorizes the named mover to perform the services and lists all costs associated with the household move and accessorial services to be performed.

(5) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(6) “Estimate” means a written document prepared by a registered mover which sets forth the total costs and describes the basis of those costs relating to a shipper’s household move, including, but not limited to, the loading, transportation or shipment, and unloading of household goods and accessorial services.

(7) “Household goods” or “goods” means personal effects or other personal property commonly found in a home, personal residence, or other dwelling, including, but not limited to, household furniture. The term does not include freight or personal property moving to or from a factory, store, or other place of business.

(8) “Household move” or “move” means the loading of household goods into a vehicle, moving container, or other mode of transportation or shipment; the transportation or shipment of those household goods; and the unloading of those household goods, when the transportation or shipment originates and terminates at one of the following ultimate locations, regardless of whether the mover temporarily stores the goods while en route between the originating and terminating locations:

(a) From one dwelling to another dwelling;

(b) From a dwelling to a storehouse or warehouse that is owned or rented by the shipper or the shipper’s agent; or

(9) “Mover” means a person who, for compensation, contracts for or engages in the loading, transportation or shipment, or unloading of household goods as part of a household move. The term does not include a postal, courier, envelope, or package service that does not advertise itself as a mover or moving service.

(10) “Moving broker” or “broker” means a person who, for compensation, arranges with a registered mover for loading, transporting or shipping, or unloading of household goods as part of a household move or who, for compensation, refers a shipper to a registered mover.

(11) “Moving container” means a receptacle holding at least 200 cubic feet of volume which is used to transport or ship household goods as part of a household move.

(12) “Shipper” means a person who uses the services of a mover to transport or ship household goods as part of a household move.

(13) “Storage” means the temporary warehousing of a shipper’s goods while under the care, custody, and control of the mover.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2002-53; s. 3, ch. 2006-4; s. 1, ch. 2011-121; s. 1, ch. 2024-47.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 507.01

Total Results: 20

O.M., The Father v. Department of Children & Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-22

Snippet: dependent by a preponderance of the evidence. § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2023). A child may be declared

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM vs J.J., FATHER OF E.J., AND C.J., CHILDREN

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-07-24

Snippet: hearing shall be held as soon as practicable. § 39.507(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2022). “For as long as a court

M. S. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-11-22

Snippet: Department's failure of proof, we must reverse. See § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2018) ("[A] preponderance

Fr. Vincenzo Ronchi v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-06-11

Citation: 248 So. 3d 1265

Snippet: voluntary disclosure. See 1 Fla. Prac., Evidence § 507.1 (2018 ed.) (“If the person to whom the privileged

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2011-12-09

Snippet: 9 Section 186.508(1), Fla. Stat. 10 Section 186.507(1), Fla. Stat. 11 See s. 186.506(1), Fla. Stat. 12

A.T.N. v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-05-18

Citation: 70 So. 3d 634, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 7154

Snippet: rules of evidence in use in civil cases." § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2010). Florida Rule of Juvenile

WS v. Department of Children and Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-08-11

Citation: 41 So. 3d 433, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 11716, 2010 WL 3156637

Snippet: adjudicatory hearings *434 under Chapter 39. § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2009). Thus, hearsay is inadmissible

R.K. v. Department of Children & Family Services

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-06-23

Citation: 38 So. 3d 859, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 9130

Snippet: dependency by a preponderance of the evidence. § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2009); see M.C. v. Dep’t of Children

In Re of Rk

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-06-23

Citation: 38 So. 3d 859, 2010 WL 2508845

Snippet: dependency by a preponderance of the evidence. § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2009); see M.C. v. Dep't of Children

S & I Investments v. Payless Flea Market, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-05-27

Citation: 10 So. 3d 699, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 6043, 2009 WL 1456938

Snippet: proceedings." Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 507.1, at 470 (2007 ed.); Permian Corp. v. United States

J.C. v. Department of Children & Family Services

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-02-25

Citation: 6 So. 3d 643, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1498

Snippet: standard applicable in dependency hearings, see 39.507(1)(b), the court may continue the children’s placement

In Re GC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-02-25

Citation: 6 So. 3d 643, 2009 WL 454580

Snippet: standard applicable in dependency hearings, see 39.507(1)(b), the court may continue the children's placement

In Re SM

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-12-31

Citation: 997 So. 2d 513, 2008 WL 5411977

Snippet: imminent abuse or neglect. See §§ 39.01(14)(a),(f), .507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2006). "Abuse" is "any willful

JR v. State, Dept. of Children and Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-11-19

Citation: 995 So. 2d 611, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 17573, 2008 WL 4922953

Snippet: support an adjudication of dependency. See § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. Absent the hearsay testimony, there

MF v. Department of Children and Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-03-05

Citation: 975 So. 2d 622, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 3012, 2008 WL 583892

Snippet: dependent by a preponderance of the evidence. § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2007). *624 In the Order of Adjudication

H.B. v. Department of Children & Family Services

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-12-28

Citation: 971 So. 2d 187, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 20538

Snippet: abandonment, or neglect by the parent.” §§ 39.01(14)®, .507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2006); see also S.G. v. Dep’t of

In Re Jeb

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-12-28

Citation: 971 So. 2d 187

Snippet: abandonment, or neglect by the parent." §§ 39.01(14)(f), .507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2006); see also S.G. v. Dep't of

CJ v. Department of Children & Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-11-21

Citation: 968 So. 2d 121, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 18562, 2007 WL 4126864

Snippet: such as shelter hearings. Nevertheless, section 39.507(1)(b), Florida Statutes, provides that "[a]djudicatory

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2007-02-27

Snippet: the adopted state comprehensive plan. Section186.507(1), Fla. Stat. 6 See Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 01-28 (2001)

LM v. Department of Children and Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-12-13

Citation: 946 So. 2d 42, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 20786

Snippet: established by a preponderance of the evidence. § 39.507(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2006). The following facts were