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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 520
RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALES
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520.85 Delinquency and collection charges; court costs and attorney’s fees.—A home improvement contract may provide for the payment by the owner of a delinquency and collection charge on each installment in default for a period of not less than 10 days in an amount not in excess of 5 percent of such installment. However, only one such delinquency and collection charge may be collected on any installment, regardless of the period during which it remains in default. A contract may also provide for the payment of court costs actually incurred and of attorney’s fees not exceeding 20 percent of the amount due and payable under such contract, if it is referred to an attorney not a salaried employee of the seller or holder for collection.
History.—s. 1, ch. 69-44; s. 1, ch. 70-149; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 29, 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Corcoran v. TranSouth Fin. Corp. (In Re Corcoran), 268 B.R. 882 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2001).

Cited 1 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 1, 2001 Bankr. LEXIS 1413, 2001 WL 1326912

be determined as directed by § 520.07(2). Section 520.085 provides that the finance charge may be computed
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Nolden v. Summit Fin. Corp., 244 So. 3d 322 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

permitted by section 520.08 on the unpaid balance. § 520.085, Fla. Stat. (2009). Here, it is undisputed that
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Adrianne Nolden v. Summit Fin. Corp. (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

permitted by section 520.08 on the unpaid balance. § 520.085, Fla. Stat. (2009). Here, it is undisputed that

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