Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 516.17 (2025)
Assignment of wages, etc., given to secure loans.
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516.17 Assignment of wages, etc., given to secure loans.—No assignment of, or order for the payment of, any salary, wages, commissions, or other compensation for services, earned or to be earned, given to secure any such loans shall be valid.
History.—s. 16, ch. 10177, 1925; CGL 4014; s. 1, ch. 28011, 1953; s. 8, ch. 73-192; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 16, 17, ch. 88-342; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1945–1986 · leading case: Space Coast Credit Union v. Walt Disney World Co., 483 So. 2d 35 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).
Space Coast Credit Union v. Walt Disney World Co., 483 So. 2d 35 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). “5 Since it is clearly established in this case that Walt Disney World did not consent to this partial wage assignment, it was entitled to ignore it, and to pay Montgomery pursuant to its original undertaking under his contract of employment.”
Giles v. Fam. Fin. Serv., Inc., 20 So. 2d 805 (Fla. 1945). “of the 1941 Florida Statutes, served on the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, plaintiff Giles’ employer, pursuant to Section 516.17 of the said Statutes, two certified copies of assignments of wages, one executed by John K.”
Parliament Loan Corp. v. Cowart Bros., 7 Fla. Supp. 14 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Duval Cty. 1955). “Thereafter, on May 28, 1954, plaintiff served on defendant (as the then-employer of James Willis) a copy of the wage assignment and a verified statement of the balance due plaintiff by Willis — all as provided under section 516.17 of the Florida Statutes prior to the 1953…”
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