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F.S. 517.021517.021 Definitions.—When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following respective meanings:(1) “Accredited investor” shall be defined by rule of the commission in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 501, 17 C.F.R. s. 230.501, as amended. (2) “Affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with an applicant or registrant. (3) “Angel investor group” means a group of accredited investors who hold regular meetings and have defined processes and procedures for making investment decisions, individually or among the membership of the group, and who are not associated persons, affiliates, or agents of a dealer or investment adviser. (4) “Associated person” means:(a)1. With respect to a dealer, a natural person who is employed, appointed, or authorized by a dealer and who represents the dealer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of securities. 2. The term does not include the following:a. A dealer. b. A partner, an officer, or a director of a dealer or a person having a similar status or performing similar functions as a dealer, unless such person is specified in subparagraph 1. c. A dealer’s employee whose function is only clerical or ministerial. d. A person whose transactions in this state are limited to those transactions described in s. 15(i)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (b)1. With respect to an investment adviser, a natural person, including, but not limited to, a partner, an officer, a director, or a branch manager, or a person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, who:a. Is employed by or associated with, or is subject to the supervision and control of, an investment adviser registered or required to be registered under this chapter; and b. Does any of the following:(I) Makes any recommendation or otherwise gives investment advice regarding securities. (II) Manages accounts or portfolios of clients. (III) Determines which recommendations or advice regarding securities should be given. (IV) Receives compensation to solicit, offer, or negotiate for the sale of investment advisory services. (V) Supervises employees who perform a function under this sub-subparagraph. 2. The term does not include the following:a. An investment adviser. b. An employee whose function is only clerical or ministerial. (c) With respect to a federal covered adviser, a natural person who is an investment adviser representative and who has a place of business in this state, as such terms are defined in Rule 203A-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. (5) “Boiler room” means an enterprise in which two or more persons in a common scheme or enterprise solicit potential investors through telephone calls, e-mail, text messages, social media, chat rooms, or other electronic means. (6) “Branch manager” means a natural person who administers or supervises the affairs or operations of a branch office. (7) “Branch office” means any location in this state of a dealer or investment adviser at which one or more associated persons regularly conduct the business of rendering investment advice or effecting any transactions in, or inducing or attempting to induce the purchase or sale of, any security or any location that is held out as such. The commission may adopt by rule exceptions to this definition for dealers in order to maintain consistency with the definition of a branch office used by self-regulatory organizations authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The commission may adopt by rule exceptions to this definition for investment advisers. (8) “Business entity” means any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, self-employed individual, or trust, which may or may not be fictitiously named, doing business in this state. (9) “Commission” means the Financial Services Commission. (10) “Control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. (11) “Corporation” has the same meaning as the terms “corporation,” “domestic corporation,” or “foreign corporation” in s. 607.01401. (12)(a) “Dealer” includes, unless otherwise specified, a person, other than an associated person of a dealer, that engages, for all or part of the person’s time, directly or indirectly, as agent or principal in the business of offering, buying, selling, or otherwise dealing or trading in securities issued by another person. (b) The term “dealer” does not include any of the following:1. A licensed practicing attorney who renders or performs any such services in connection with the regular practice of the attorney’s profession. 2. A bank authorized to do business in this state, except nonbank subsidiaries of a bank. 3. A trust company having trust powers that it is authorized to exercise in this state, which renders or performs services in a fiduciary capacity incidental to the exercise of its trust powers. 4. A wholesaler selling exclusively to dealers. 5. A person buying and selling for the person’s own account exclusively through a registered dealer or stock exchange. 6. An issuer. 7. A natural person representing an issuer in the purchase, sale, or distribution of the issuer’s own securities if such person:a. Is an officer, a director, a limited liability company manager or managing member, or a bona fide employee of the issuer; b. Has not participated in the distribution or sale of securities for any issuer for which such person was, within the preceding 12 months, an officer, a director, a limited liability company manager or managing member, or a bona fide employee; c. Primarily performs, or is intended to perform at the end of the distribution, substantial duties for, or on behalf of, the issuer other than in connection with transactions in securities; and d. Does not receive a commission, compensation, or other consideration for the completed sale of the issuer’s securities apart from the compensation received for regular duties to the issuer. (13) “Director” means a person appointed or elected to sit on a board that manages the affairs of a corporation or other organization by electing or exercising control over its officers. (14) “Federal covered adviser” means a person that is registered or required to be registered under s. 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The term does not include any person that is excluded from the definition of investment adviser under subparagraphs (20)(b)1.-7. and 9. (15) “Federal covered security” means a security that is a covered security under s. 18(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or rules and regulations adopted thereunder. (16) “General partner” has the same meaning as in s. 620.1102. The term includes a co-owner or manager of a partnership who has unlimited liability for the partnership’s debts. (17) “Guarantor” means a person that agrees in writing, or that holds itself out to the public as agreeing, to pay the indebtedness of another when due, including, without limitation, payments of principal and interest on a bond, debenture, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, without resort by the holder to any other obligor, whether or not such writing expressly states that the person signing is signing as a guarantor. The obligation of a guarantor hereunder shall be a continuing, absolute, and unconditional guaranty of payment, without regard to the validity, regularity, or enforceability of the underlying indebtedness. (18) “Guaranty” means an agreement in writing in which one party either agrees, or holds itself out to the public as agreeing, to pay the indebtedness of another when due, including, without limitation, payments of principal and interest on a bond, debenture, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, without resort by the holder to any other obligor, whether or not such writing expressly states that the person signing is signing as a guarantor. An agreement that is not specifically denominated as a guaranty shall nevertheless constitute a guaranty if the holder of the underlying indebtedness or the holder’s representative or trustee has the right to sue to enforce the guarantor’s obligations under the guaranty. Words of guaranty or equivalent words that otherwise do not specify guaranty of payment create a presumption that payment, rather than collection, is guaranteed by the guarantor. Any guaranty in writing is enforceable notwithstanding any statute of frauds. (19) “Intermediary” means a person that facilitates through its website the offer or sale of securities of an issuer with a principal place of business in this state. (20)(a) “Investment adviser” means a person, other than an associated person of an investment adviser or a federal covered adviser, that receives compensation, directly or indirectly, and engages for all or part of the person’s time, directly or indirectly, or through publications or writings, in the business of advising others as to the value of securities or as to the advisability of investments in, purchasing of, or selling of securities. (b) The term does not include any of the following:1. A dealer or an associated person of a dealer whose performance of services in paragraph (a) is solely incidental to the conduct of the dealer’s or associated person’s business as a dealer and who does not receive special compensation for those services. 2. A licensed practicing attorney or certified public accountant whose performance of such services is solely incidental to the practice of the attorney’s or accountant’s profession. 3. A bank authorized to do business in this state. 4. A bank holding company as defined in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, authorized to do business in this state. 5. A trust company having trust powers, as defined in s. 658.12, which it is authorized to exercise in this state, which trust company renders or performs investment advisory services in a fiduciary capacity incidental to the exercise of its trust powers. 6. A person that renders investment advice exclusively to insurance or investment companies. 7. A person that, during the preceding 12 months, has fewer than six clients who are residents of this state. As used in this subparagraph, the term “client” has the same meaning as provided in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 275.222-2, 17 C.F.R. s. 275.222-2, as amended. 8. A federal covered adviser. 9. The United States, a state, or any political subdivision of a state, or any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any such entity; a business entity that is wholly owned directly or indirectly by such a governmental entity; or any officer, agent, or employee of any such governmental or business entity who is acting within the scope of his or her official duties. (21) “Issuer” means a person that proposes to issue, has issued, or shall hereafter issue any security. A person that acts as a promoter for and on behalf of a corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other legal entity of any kind to be formed shall be deemed an issuer. (22) “Limited liability company” has the same meaning as in s. 605.0102. The term includes a foreign limited liability company as defined in s. 605.0102. (23) “Limited liability company manager” or “limited liability managing member” means a person who is responsible alone, or in concert with others, for performing the management functions of a limited liability company. (24) “Limited partner” has the same meaning as in s. 620.1102. The term includes a co-owner of a partnership who has limited liability for the partnership’s debts. (25) “Offer to sell,” “offer for sale,” or “offer” means an attempt or offer to dispose of, or solicitation of an offer to buy, a security or interest in a security, or an investment or interest in an investment, for value. (26) “Office” means the Office of Financial Regulation of the commission. (27) “Partnership” means two or more persons who are the co-owners of a business, including those operating as a foreign limited liability limited partnership, a foreign limited partnership, a limited liability limited partnership, or a limited partnership as those terms are defined in s. 620.1102. (28) “Predecessor” means a person whose major portion of assets has been acquired directly or indirectly by an issuer. (29) “Principal” means an executive officer of a corporation, partner of a partnership, sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship, trustee of a trust, or any other person with similar supervisory functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated. (30) “Promoter” includes the following:(a) A person that, acting alone or in conjunction with one or more other persons, directly or indirectly takes the initiative in founding and organizing the business or enterprise of an issuer. (b) A person that, in connection with the founding or organizing of the business or enterprise of an issuer, directly or indirectly receives in consideration of services or property, or both services and property, 10 percent or more of any class of securities of the issuer or 10 percent or more of the proceeds from the sale of any class of securities. However, a person that receives such securities or proceeds either solely as underwriting commissions or solely in connection with property shall not be deemed a promoter if such person does not otherwise take part in founding and organizing the enterprise. (31) “Qualified institutional buyer” means a qualified institutional buyer, as defined in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 144A, 17 C.F.R. s. 230.144A(a), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any foreign buyer that satisfies the minimum financial requirements set forth in such rule. (32) “Sale” or “sell” means a contract of sale or disposition of an investment, security, or interest in a security, for value. With respect to a security or interest in a security, the term does not include preliminary negotiations or agreements between an issuer or any person on whose behalf an offering is to be made and any underwriter or among underwriters who are or are to be in privity of contract with an issuer. Any security given or delivered with, or as a bonus on account of, any purchase of securities or any other thing shall be conclusively presumed to constitute a part of the subject of such purchase and to have been offered and sold for value. Every sale or offer of a warrant or right to purchase or subscribe to another security of the same or another issuer, as well as every sale or offer of a security which gives the holder a present or future right or privilege to convert into another security or another issuer, is considered to include an offer of the other security. (33) “Security” includes any of the following:(a) A note. (b) A stock. (c) A treasury stock. (d) A bond. (e) A debenture. (f) An evidence of indebtedness. (g) A certificate of deposit. (h) A certificate of deposit for a security. (i) A certificate of interest or participation. (j) A whiskey warehouse receipt or other commodity warehouse receipt. (k) A certificate of interest in a profit-sharing agreement or the right to participate therein. (l) A certificate of interest in an oil, gas, petroleum, mineral, or mining title or lease or the right to participate therein. (m) A collateral trust certificate. (n) A reorganization certificate. (o) A preorganization subscription. (p) A transferable share. (q) An investment contract. (r) A beneficial interest in title to property, profits, or earnings. (s) An interest in or under a profit-sharing or participation agreement or scheme. (t) An option contract that entitles the holder to purchase or sell a given amount of the underlying security at a fixed price within a specified period of time. (u) Any other instrument commonly known as a security, including an interim or temporary bond, debenture, note, or certificate. (v) A receipt for a security, or for subscription to a security, or a right to subscribe to or purchase any security. (w) A viatical settlement investment. (34) “Trust” has the same meaning as in s. 731.201. (35) “Underwriter” means a person that has purchased from an issuer or an affiliate of an issuer with a view to, or offers or sells for an issuer or an affiliate of an issuer in connection with, the distribution of any security, or participates or has a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or participates or has a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking; except that a person is presumed not to be an underwriter with respect to any security which it has owned beneficially for at least 1 year; and, further, a dealer is not considered an underwriter with respect to any securities which do not represent part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the dealer as a participant in the distribution of such securities by the issuer or an affiliate of the issuer; and, further, in the case of securities acquired on the conversion of another security without payment of additional consideration, the length of time such securities have been beneficially owned by a person includes the period during which the convertible security was beneficially owned and the period during which the security acquired on conversion has been beneficially owned. (36) “Viatical settlement investment” means an agreement for the purchase, sale, assignment, transfer, devise, or bequest of all or any portion of a legal or equitable interest in a viaticated policy as defined in chapter 626. History.—s. 1, ch. 78-435; s. 147, ch. 79-164; ss. 1, 15, ch. 79-381; s. 5, ch. 80-254; ss. 1, 6, ch. 81-115; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 83-184; s. 3, ch. 83-265; s. 2, ch. 84-159; s. 2, ch. 85-165; s. 3, ch. 86-85; s. 3, ch. 87-237; s. 2, ch. 87-316; ss. 1, 14, 15, ch. 90-362; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 5, ch. 97-35; s. 682, ch. 97-103; ss. 1, 2, ch. 97-224; s. 1, ch. 98-221; s. 32, ch. 99-7; s. 50, ch. 2000-154; s. 583, ch. 2003-261; s. 93, ch. 2004-5; s. 1, ch. 2005-237; s. 32, ch. 2006-213; s. 2, ch. 2009-242; s. 1, ch. 2015-171; s. 1, ch. 2023-205; s. 1, ch. 2024-168; s. 1, ch. 2025-28.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 517.021
Total Results: 68
18 F.3d 899, 40 Fed. R. Serv. 843, 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 6530, 1994 WL 91268
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 7, 1994 | Docket: 2167478
Cited 67 times | Published
"investment advisers.”
See
Fla.Stat. § 517.021(10)(a) and § 517.12(4). The district court found
715 F. Supp. 1512, 109 A.L.R. Fed. 377, 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6906, 1989 WL 68010
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 1989 | Docket: 1357590
Cited 42 times | Published
as defined in the Florida Securities Act, Section 517.021.
8. The VEMCO 1981 program units were not registered
489 F. Supp. 1209, 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9301
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1980 | Docket: 1882948
Cited 27 times | Published
securities are registered as provided in the Act. Section 517.021 provides the remedy for a sale without proper
667 F. Supp. 802, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7642
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 14, 1987 | Docket: 2028919
Cited 26 times | Published
the purchaser contracts to buy the security. § 517.021(17), Fla.Stat. (1985).
The land sales contracts
246 So. 2d 631
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 2, 1971 | Docket: 403074
Cited 19 times | Published
the law (Sections 517.02(1), 517.07, F.S.A.). Section 517.21(1) declares that "every sale made in violation
528 F. Supp. 692, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16439
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 21, 1981 | Docket: 2534070
Cited 17 times | Published
limitations then to be found at Fla.Stat. § 517.21. Fla.Stat. § 517.21 was repealed in November, 1978 but replaced
320 So. 2d 436, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 15437
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 23, 1975 | Docket: 1733738
Cited 16 times | Published
517.301 and the remedies set forth in Fla. Stat. § 517.21, but finds that Defendants would have had to have
263 So. 2d 835
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 9, 1972 | Docket: 1693286
Cited 15 times | Published
of Chapter 517, under the provisions of F.S. Section 517.21(1), F.S.A., such sale is declared "voidable
443 So. 2d 1003
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 1983 | Docket: 1458120
Cited 14 times | Published
membership constituted the sale of a security. Section 517.021(15), Florida Statutes (1981), defines "security"
148 So. 2d 53
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 28, 1962 | Docket: 1732996
Cited 13 times | Published
plaintiff, appellee here. The action, brought under § 517.21, Florida Statutes,[1] was for recovery of the
508 F. Supp. 882, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10918
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1981 | Docket: 967693
Cited 12 times | Published
mode of procedure.
The amendment to Fla.Stat. § 517.21 is "procedural" (simply a condition precedent
386 So. 2d 1216
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 2, 1980 | Docket: 1518299
Cited 12 times | Published
amended November 1, 1978 and now appears as section 517.021(15). The revision has left the prior definition
294 So. 2d 403
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 30, 1974 | Docket: 1736297
Cited 11 times | Published
Ruden in accordance with the terms of Fla. Stat. § 517.21, F.S.A. tendered the debentures to the defendant
349 F. Supp. 1057, 1972 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11483
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Oct 20, 1972 | Docket: 991106
Cited 11 times | Published
Florida limitations statute is Florida Statute § 517.21, F.S.A., Florida's Blue Sky Law two-year limitations
630 So. 2d 1199, 1994 WL 10800
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 19, 1994 | Docket: 418867
Cited 10 times | Published
court the definitions of agent as contained in section 517.021, Florida Statutes (1985). On appeal both appellant
448 So. 2d 1098
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 1984 | Docket: 429428
Cited 10 times | Published
security. The definition of "security" in section 517.021(15), Florida Statutes (1981), embraces a variety
348 F. Supp. 799, 1972 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12607, 1972 Trade Cas. (CCH) 74,127
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 1972 | Docket: 344700
Cited 10 times | Published
private actions for fraud are provided for by F.S. § 517.21 F.S.A., which sets the limitation at two (2) years
339 F. Supp. 3d 1323
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 17, 2018 | Docket: 64321080
Cited 9 times | Published
defined as a "note," among other things. Fla. Stat. 517.021(22)(a). "[T]he definition of 'security' under
909 F.2d 456, 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 14231, 1990 WL 108016
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 17, 1990 | Docket: 826702
Cited 9 times | Published
for Ainsworth within the meaning of Fla.Stat. § 517.021(9).
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It is clear under § 517.12 that
168 So. 2d 95
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 9, 1964 | Docket: 1584654
Cited 9 times | Published
grant the writ.
By their suit brought under Section 517.21 of the Uniform Sale of Securities Law, Chapter
571 F. Supp. 380
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 1983 | Docket: 980705
Cited 8 times | Published
two year period of limitations contained in Section 517.21, Florida Statutes.
Arthur Young was under an
363 So. 2d 590
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 25, 1978 | Docket: 1513630
Cited 7 times | Published
purchased additional fractional interests. Section 517.21 provides that sales made in violation of the
232 So. 2d 200
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 1970 | Docket: 285676
Cited 7 times | Published
complaint on August 23, 1966, pursuant to F.S. § 517.21, F.S.A., seeking to recover from the defendants
212 So. 2d 341
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 1968 | Docket: 460566
Cited 7 times | Published
securities themselves to be registered. Under section 517.21, every sale made in violation of these laws
752 F. Supp. 2d 1254, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118362, 2010 WL 4639308
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Nov 8, 2010 | Docket: 2342661
Cited 6 times | Published
term "sale" is defined in Florida Statutes Section 517.021(20). (Doc. No. 2, ¶ 61). Furthermore, the County
670 So. 2d 986, 1996 WL 34045
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 31, 1996 | Docket: 1671427
Cited 6 times | Published
within the Uniform Sale of Securities Law:
F.S.A. § 517.21 created an entirely new right of action that did
172 F.R.D. 479, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21244, 1996 WL 814728
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 17, 1996 | Docket: 66315439
Cited 5 times | Published
a boiler room operation as defined by Fla.St. § 517.021(5). Plaintiffs seek rescissionary damages for
591 So. 2d 904, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 608, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 1589, 1991 WL 181925
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 12, 1991 | Docket: 541368
Cited 5 times | Published
for Ainsworth within the meaning of Fla. Stat. § 517.021(9). It is clear under § 517.12 that one who is
352 F. Supp. 66, 1972 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13468
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 1, 1972 | Docket: 1832346
Cited 4 times | Published
Fifth Circuit did not consider whether or not § 517.21 might apply. In the case of Fowler v. Matheny
876 So. 2d 36, 2004 WL 1196812
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 2, 2004 | Docket: 1245279
Cited 3 times | Published
are expressly defined as securities under section 517.021(20)(q), Florida Statutes, and the ABS program
774 So. 2d 7, 2000 WL 801133
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 23, 2000 | Docket: 1330988
Cited 3 times | Published
731.201(31) of the probate code refers to section 517.021 for the definition of security, and subsection
440 F. Supp. 585, 1977 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12908
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Nov 16, 1977 | Docket: 1397302
Cited 3 times | Published
entitled him to rescind the transaction under Section 517.21(1), F.S.A. The defendants counter this argument
301 So. 2d 101
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 24, 1974 | Docket: 1338816
Cited 3 times | Published
enjoin the unlawful sale of securities, and section 517.21 gives purchasers the right to recover the purchase
384 So. 2d 179
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 13, 1980 | Docket: 1269240
Cited 2 times | Published
Jose D. Susacasa, who they claimed violated Section 517.21(1), Florida Statutes (1975) and was therefore
183 So. 2d 281
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1966 | Docket: 2541773
Cited 2 times | Published
prescribed in the statute comes into play. Section 517.21 provides "that no action shall be brought for
859 So. 2d 1260, 2003 WL 22768431
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 25, 2003 | Docket: 1684348
Cited 1 times | Published
items under the definition of security, see section 517.021(19)(q), Florida Statutes (2000), but is otherwise
710 So. 2d 700, 1998 WL 211649
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 1, 1998 | Docket: 1445345
Cited 1 times | Published
victims involved the sale of a "security" under section 517.021(18), Florida Statutes.
The defendant held himself
141 F.R.D. 337, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16028, 1991 WL 323438
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 20, 1991 | Docket: 66306578
Cited 1 times | Published
offer to buy, a security ... for value.” Id. § 517.021(12) (1989 & Supp. II 1990).
Plaintiffs’ complaint
540 So. 2d 884, 1988 WL 125349
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 1989 | Docket: 1688947
Cited 1 times | Published
proceedings. The Department countered that the section 517.021(4) definition of an "associated person," as
500 So. 2d 1374, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 289, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 6346
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 20, 1987 | Docket: 64624368
Cited 1 times | Published
section 517.-211(1) when read in conjunction with section 517.21 l(4)(a).
Accordingly, we reverse those portions
276 So. 2d 198
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 9, 1973 | Docket: 1439198
Cited 1 times | Published
together with incidental relief authorized by § 517.21, F.S. The trial court dismissed the complaint
184 So. 2d 676, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 5726
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1966 | Docket: 64496200
Cited 1 times | Published
court dismissed the cause of action citing F.S.A. § 517.21 which provides that “ * * * no action shall be
150 So. 2d 260
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 27, 1963 | Docket: 60210175
Cited 1 times | Published
affirmative defense of estoppel. In an action based on § 517.21, Florida Statutes, for the recovery of the amount
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 9, 2025 | Docket: 70740034
Published
participation agreements were securities under section 517.021(22)(s),
Florida Statutes (2018), and Zurita
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 7, 2024 | Docket: 68471735
Published
for the ten percent membership
5 Under section 517.021(23)(q), the definition of a "security"
172 So. 3d 973, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 12559, 2015 WL 4950094
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 21, 2015 | Docket: 60250181
Published
securities and began regulating them as such. § 517.021(21)(w), Fla. Stat. (2005). The new law included
115 So. 3d 441, 2013 WL 3100394, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 9801, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1376
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 21, 2013 | Docket: 60232191
Published
constituted investment contracts, which, pursuant to section 517.021(19)(q), Florida Statutes (2003), were listed
98 So. 3d 189, 2012 WL 4009546, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 15370
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 2012 | Docket: 60312201
Published
AFFIRMED.
THOMAS and WETHERELL, JJ„ concur.
. See § 517.021(2), Fla. Stat. (2012) (defining "associated person”);
93 So. 3d 1051, 2012 WL 1698130, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 7846
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 16, 2012 | Docket: 60310416
Published
” and a “note,” among other transactions. See § 517.021(21)(a)-(w), Fla. Stat. It is apparent that genuine
820 So. 2d 372, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 6589, 2002 WL 985161
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 15, 2002 | Docket: 64816212
Published
Foodtrader rather than soliciting sales or offers. See § 517.021(12)(a), Fla. Stat. (1999).
The last exemption
689 So. 2d 328, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 923, 1997 WL 43387
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 5, 1997 | Docket: 64771615
Published
Fla. Stat. (1995). Securities are defined in section 517.021(17), Florida Statutes (1995). It is undisputed
630 So. 2d 1205, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 148, 1994 WL 10815
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 19, 1994 | Docket: 64746018
Published
broker was a dealer *1206as defined under section 517.021(9), Florida Statutes (1989), who was not registered
522 So. 2d 503, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 734, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1081, 1988 WL 22255
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 18, 1988 | Docket: 64633677
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an “agent,” as those words are defined in section 517.021, were negatively answered in granting the motions
452 So. 2d 1011, 83 Oil & Gas Rep. 490, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 13805
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 26, 1984 | Docket: 64605901
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. The system has since been suspended.
. § 517.021(15), Fla.Stat. (1981):
"Security" means any note
441 So. 2d 659, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22467
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 12, 1983 | Docket: 64601134
Published
an investment contract is a security under section 517.021(15), Florida Statutes (1981). Hence, in my
418 So. 2d 468, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21420
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 1, 1982 | Docket: 64591823
Published
BERANEK, JJ., concur.
. A ‘security’ as defined in § 517.021(15), Fla. Stat. (1981).
. The language of the
373 So. 2d 709, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15506
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 31, 1979 | Docket: 64571421
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rescission of certain transactions, pursuant to Section 517.21, Florida Statutes (1977).
The case went to
356 So. 2d 1299, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15610
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 1978 | Docket: 64563725
Published
Plumbing Company to the Plaintiff purchaser under Section 517.21 Florida Statutes. The Plaintiff has tendered
346 So. 2d 612, 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 15714
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 27, 1977 | Docket: 64558888
Published
individual defendants (Count II) pursuant to Section 517.21(1), Florida Statutes (1975). Defendants Dennard
332 So. 2d 682, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14456
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 14, 1976 | Docket: 64553867
Published
directly liable to the purchaser by virtue of § 517.-21(1).
Before Holborn’s case against Beckham went
298 So. 2d 522, 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 8932
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 16, 1974 | Docket: 64540560
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F.S. § 517.13 (1971).
. F.S. § 517.21(1) (1971).
. F.S. § 517.21(2) (1971) reads:
“(2) Any person
257 So. 2d 62, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 7316
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 4, 1972 | Docket: 64524074
Published
this action is for rescission pursuant to F.S. Section 517.21, F.S.A., and for damages in excess of $1,000
249 So. 2d 67, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6342
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 6, 1971 | Docket: 64520867
Published
the purchase price paid for her stock under F.S. § 517.21, F.S.A., which provides that “Every sale made
221 So. 2d 451, 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5957
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 15, 1969 | Docket: 64509366
Published
counts. The first count sought recovery under § 517.21 Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The second count was based on
174 So. 2d 459, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 4568
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 27, 1965 | Docket: 64492890
Published
beneficial interest in title to property.” Section 517.21(1) provides that a sale made in violation of
172 So. 2d 516
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 26, 1965 | Docket: 64492266
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Plaintiff-appellee brought this action under § 517.21, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., seeking in count 1 of his
171 So. 2d 30, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 4613
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 1965 | Docket: 64491813
Published
said security?”
and then recited Florida Statute, § 517.21, F.S.A.:
“Every sale made in violation of any
142 So. 2d 307, 1962 Fla. App. LEXIS 3328
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 1962 | Docket: 60205240
Published
registered therein shall be open to public inspection.”
§ 517.21 provides in part:
“Every sale made in violation
