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Fla. Stat. § 517.171 (2025)

Burden of proof.

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517.171 Burden of proof.—It shall not be necessary to negate any of the exemptions provided in this chapter in any complaint, information, indictment, or other writ or proceedings brought under this chapter; and the burden of establishing the right to any exemption shall be upon the party claiming the benefit of such exemption.

History.—s. 5, ch. 78-435; s. 5, ch. 80-254; s. 394, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 90-362; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1985–2003 · leading case: Barnebey v. E.F. Hutton & Co., 715 F. Supp. 1512 (M.D. Fla. 1989).

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Barnebey v. E.F. Hutton & Co., 715 F. Supp. 1512 (M.D. Fla. 1989). · cites it 4× “F.S. A. § 517.171; Weinberg v. Pennington, 462 So.”

Moecker v. Antoine, 845 So. 2d 904 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003). · cites it 2× “3d DCA 1985); see also § 517.171, Fla. Stat. (1997). When sales of securities are made to five or more persons in Florida, a fact not in dispute here, subparagraph 5 of subsection 517.”

Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Am. Metals Exch. Corp., 775 F. Supp. 767 (D.N.J. 1991). “See Fla. Stat. § 517.171 (Westlaw 1991). None of the defendants have asserted the right to such an exemption.”

Weinberg v. Pennington, 462 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). · cites it 2× “§ 517.171, Fla. Stat. (1981); State v. Buchman, 361 So.”

Barton v. Peterson, 733 F. Supp. 1482 (N.D. Ga. 1990). “Fla.Stat.Ann. § 517.171; Weinberg v. Pennington, 462 So.”

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