Florida Statute 517.171 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

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

Chapter 517
SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

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F.S. 517.171

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.

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Moecker v. Antoine

845 So. 2d 904, 2003 WL 1086514

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 2003 | Docket: 1728730

Cited 7 times | Published

462 So.2d 862, 863 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985); see also § 517.171, Fla. Stat. (1997). When sales of securities are

Weinberg v. Pennington

462 So. 2d 862

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 29, 1985 | Docket: 449528

Cited 4 times | Published

exemption, the appellees, bear the burden of proof. § 517.171, Fla. Stat. (1981); State v. Buchman, 361 So.2d