Florida Statute 509.151 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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

Chapter 509
LODGING AND FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS; MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS

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F.S. 509.151

509.151 Obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud; penalty.—

(1) Any person who obtains food, lodging, or other accommodations having a value of less than $1,000 at any public food service establishment, or at any transient establishment, with intent to defraud the operator thereof, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; if such food, lodging, or other accommodations have a value of $1,000 or more, such person commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) This section does not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payments. This section shall not be used to circumvent the procedural requirements of the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

History.—ss. 1-3, ch. 6954, 1915; RGS 5157; CGL 7260; s. 45, ch. 16042, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 7260; s. 1, ch. 63-546; s. 474, ch. 71-136; s. 10, ch. 73-325; s. 1, ch. 74-314; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 11, 39, 42, ch. 79-240; ss. 3, 4, ch. 81-161; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 15, 51, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 93-53; s. 22, ch. 2019-167.

Note.—Former s. 511.38.

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Amendments to 509.151

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 509.151

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S509.151 - FRAUD-SWINDLE - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8769 - F: T

S509.151 - FRAUD-SWINDLE - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8768 - M: S

S509.151 1 - FRAUD-SWINDLE - DEFRAUD OPERATOR FOOD LODGING ACCOM LT 1K DOLS - M: S

S509.151 1 - FRAUD-SWINDLE - DEFRAUD OPERATOR FOOD LODGING ACCOM 1K OR MORE - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 509.151

Total Results: 11

State v. Rygwelski

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-04-22T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 899 So. 2d 498

Snippet: similar to the one at issue in this case. Section 509.151 prohibited obtaining lodging with the intent to

Lashley v. Bowman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-05-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 561 So. 2d 406

Snippet: with intent to defraud him by failing to pay. §§ 509.151, 509.161, Florida Statutes (1987). Although the

JCB v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-09-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 512 So. 2d 1073

Snippet: based on the value of the property involved. See § 509.151, Florida Statutes (obtaining food or lodging through…the penalty increases to 5 years imprisonment. § 509.151. In Michutka v. State, 506 So.2d 1 (Fla. 1st DCA

In Interest of J.C.B. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-09-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 512 So. 2d 1073, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2209, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 10259

Michutka v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-12-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 506 So. 2d 1

Snippet: third degree felonies. §§ 509.151(1) and 812.014, Fla. Stat. (1983). Section 509.151(1) provides that if the…value of the goods obtained by fraud pursuant to § 509.151 charges a misdemeanor. Hinson v. State, 436 So.2d…Michutka was not charged with a felony under § 509.151 he cannot be convicted of or sentenced for a felony

Michutka v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 478 So. 2d 868, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2571, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 6136

Snippet: credit card, whereas section 509.151 has no such requirement. Section 509.151 requires a showing that the…defrauding an innkeeper, in violation of section 509.151, Florida Statutes, and grand larceny by use of …through improper use of a credit card, and section 509.151 applies to any situation in which a person obtains

State v. Tamburri

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-02-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 463 So. 2d 489, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 366, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 14575

Snippet: defrauding an innkeeper in violation of section 509.-151(1), Florida Statutes (1983). The state also charged

Hinson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-08-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 436 So. 2d 437, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22598

Snippet: sentenced for a felonious violation of section 509.151, Florida Statutes (1981) — the statute which prohibits

Hamilton v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1976-02-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 329 So. 2d 283

Snippet: violation of Section 509.151, Florida Statutes, which reads as follows: "509.151 Obtaining lodging … memorandum Appellant argued that both Section 509.151 ("Obtaining lodging with intent to defraud…evidence of intent to defraud provided by Section 509.151, Florida Statutes, is no more of an incursion into…presumptions upheld in Dirk and Barnes, supra. In Section 509.151, Florida Statutes, there are four requirements

Duran v. Wells

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1975-01-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 307 So. 2d 259

Snippet: intent to defraud the owner under Fla. Stat. § 509.151.[1] She appeared the following day before County…prosecuted in Judge Wells' court under Fla. Stat. § 509.151, and "all persons in the State of Florida …requests a declaratory judgment that Fla. Stat. § 509.151 is unconstitutional, asks that Judge Wells be enjoined….J., and McNULTY, J., concur. NOTES [1] "509.151 Obtaining lodging with intent to defraud; penalty

Adler v. Segal

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1959-02-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 108 So. 2d 773

Snippet: violating the "board bill fraud" statute [§§ 509.151 and 509.161, Fla. Stat., F.S.A.]. He was arrested