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. 520.38

520.38 Transfer of contracts.—Any retail seller may assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise transfer a retail installment contract or revolving account to any person, firm or corporation on such terms and conditions and for such price as may be mutually agreed upon. Filing of the assignment, notice to the buyer of the assignment, and any requirement that any person maintain dominion over the payments under the contract or account or over the goods if repossessed, shall not be necessary to the validity of a written assignment or transfer of a contract or account as against creditors, subsequent purchasers, pledgees, mortgagees and lien claimants of the seller. Unless the buyer has notice of the assignment, payment thereunder made by the buyer to the last known owner of the contract or account shall be binding on all subsequent owners thereof.

History.—s. 9, ch. 59-414; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Amendments to 520.38

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 520.38

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 520.38.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

W. B. DUNN CO. INC. v. MERCANTILE CREDIT CORPORATION, a, 275 So. 2d 311 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)

. . . The last matter which we need to discuss is F.S. 520.38, F.S.A. . . . even if the instant transactions and loans and the interest rate extracted are usurious, that F.S. 520.38 . . . Section 520.38, Florida Statutes, F. . . .