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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 520
RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALES
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F.S. 520.12
520.12 Penalties.
(1) Any person who willfully and intentionally violates any provision of s. 520.995 or engages in the business of a retail installment seller without obtaining a license as required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) In the case of a willful violation of this part with respect to any retail installment sale, the buyer may recover from the person committing such violation, or may set off or counterclaim in any action against the buyer by such person, an amount equal to any finance charge and any fees charged to the buyer by reason of delinquency, plus attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the buyer to assert rights under this part.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any violation of the requirement in s. 520.07(1)(c) that the seller deliver or mail to the buyer a copy of the contract signed by the seller, if the seller delivered to the buyer at the time the buyer signed the contract an exact copy of the contract that the buyer signed.
History.s. 11, ch. 57-799; s. 9, ch. 59-456; s. 491, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 5, ch. 87-91; ss. 7, 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 32, ch. 2001-196.

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Amendments to 520.12


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 520.12
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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STATE v. BEACH BLVD AUTOMOTIVE, INC. a a O. Sr., 139 So. 3d 380 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . We find no merit in Appellant’s argument that it properly pled damages pursuant to section 520.12(2), . . .

BENGAL MOTOR COMPANY, LTD. d b a v. CUELLO,, 121 So. 3d 57 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . We disagree, however, with the trial court’s award of damages to Cuello based on section 520.12(2), as . . . Section 520.12(2), Florida Statutes (2011), states: (2) In the case of a willful violation of this part . . . delinquency, plus attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the buyer to assert rights under this part. § 520.12 . . .

VEAL, v. CROWN AUTO DEALERSHIPS, INC., 236 F.R.D. 572 (M.D. Fla. 2006)

. . . with Crown Auto, no later than September 4, 1999, in which Crown violated Florida Statutes, section 520.12 . . . with Crown Auto, no later than September 4, 1999, in which Crown violated Florida Statutes, section 520.12 . . .

TROTTER v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION,, 868 So. 2d 593 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . cause of action for restitution is based solely on alleged violations of sections 520.07(2), 520.07(7), 520.12 . . . The remedies for violations of the Act are stated in sections 520.12 and 520.13. . . . See § 520.12(2). No such allegation was made concerning FMCC. . . .

HOLT v. O BRIEN IMPORTS OF FORT MYERS, INC. d b a, 862 So. 2d 87 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . Section 501.2105 provides for prevailing party attorney’s fees for FDUTPA violations, sections 520.12 . . .

F. CANNON C. v. METRO FORD, INC., 242 F. Supp. 2d 1322 (S.D. Fla. 2002)

. . . . § 520.12(2). . . . The statute was amended, effective June 8, 2001, to provide: Section 520.12(2) does not apply to any . . . Stat. § 520.12(3) (amended by Laws 2001, c.2001-196, § 32, eff. June 8, 2001). . . .

In CORCORAN, R. v., 268 B.R. 882 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2001)

. . . The Debtors therefore contend that, pursuant to § 520.12(2) of the Florida ■ Statutes, they are entitled . . .

CHARBONNEAU, v. MORSE OPERATIONS, INC. d b a Ed, 727 So. 2d 1017 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . 501.2105, Florida Statutes and Count III sought statutory damages and attorney’s fees under section 520.12 . . . without authority to deny her claim for attorney’s fees available pursuant to statutes 501.2105 and 520.12 . . . and Unfair Trade Practices Act, section 501.2105(1) and the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, section 520.12 . . . Section 520.12, Florida Statutes (1997) provides that ”[i]n the case of a willful violation of this part . . .

STEWART SELECT CARS, INC. v. MOORE, 619 So. 2d 1037 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . appellees moved for the assessment of prevailing party attorney’s fees pursuant to sections 501.2106 and 520.12 . . .

A. BACCUS, v. KARGER, M. E. Jr. J. A. D. S. W. II, J. F. Jr. W., 692 F. Supp. 290 (S.D.N.Y. 1988)

. . . . & Regs. tit. 22, §§ 520.1-520.12 (1986) (the “Rules”) have been promulgated pursuant to that authority . . . Comp.Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22, § 520.12 (1986). . . .

JONES v ORLANDO SECOND CAR CENTER, INC., 30 Fla. Supp. 2d 105 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1988)

. . . . §520.12(2), Fla. Stat. (1985). . . . for lack of any misrepresentation, despite the clear mandate of sections 520.08 (rate ceilings) and 520.12 . . . Sedima, SPRL v Imrex Co., 105 S.Ct. 3275 (1985). § 520.12(1), Fla. Stat. (1985). . . .

ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES,, 677 F. Supp. 455 (E.D. La. 1988)

. . . Hospital 472.78 724.83 472.78 Mercy Hospital of New Orleans 530.91 631.58 544.69 Hotel Dieu Hospital 520.12 . . . 613.97 520.12 Seventh Ward General Hospital 391.66 508.36 443.35 Lakeside Hospital 396.68 679.53 405.08 . . .

DONOGHUE, v. L. WALLACH, d b a, 455 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . However, the court pointed out that section 520.12, Florida Statutes (1981), the penalty section, which . . .

S. SHAPIRO, v. H. COOKE J. L. R. D. S., 552 F. Supp. 581 (N.D.N.Y. 1982)

. . . Under 22 NYCRR § 520.12, the Court of Appeals may “vary the application or waive any provision of these . . .

GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA v. EMANUEL, 21 Fla. Supp. 175 (Dade Cty. Small Cl. Ct. 1963)

. . . Under §520.12 (2), F.S., a wilful violation of §520.08, F.S., by the lender bars the lender from recovering . . . The legal effect of §520.12 (2) providing for penalty against lenders for wilfully exacting excessive . . .