Florida Statute 520.91 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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

Chapter 520
RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALES

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F.S. 520.91

520.91 Uttering a false completion certificate.—Any person who accepts or receives a completion certificate or other evidence that performance of a home improvement contract is complete or satisfactorily concluded, with knowledge that such document is false and that the performance is not completed, and who utters, offers, or uses such document in connection with making or accepting any assignment or negotiation of the right to receive any payment from the owner, under or in connection with a home improvement contract or for the purpose of obtaining or granting any credit or loan on the security of the right to receive any payment, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 69-44; s. 494, ch. 71-136; 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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Cases Citing Statute 520.91

Total Results: 2

Boles v. Estate of Romer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-03-20

Citation: 595 So. 2d 296, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 2714, 1992 WL 51094

Snippet: POUND, F., Associate Judge. These consolidated appeals follow a final judgment in a complex, confused estate. One of the attorneys, Richard D. Sneed, Jr., was permitted to withdraw in 1989 by an order which provided for a charging lien. A “final judgment” was entered February 6, 1991. Sometime later, an undated motion to “annul, expunge, and to vacate and set aside” was filed by the personal representative, seeking to remove Sneed’s charging lien. The motion contains no certificate of service, and

Florida Power Co. v. Cason

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1920-04-24

Citation: 79 Fla. 619, 84 So. 921

Snippet: in the New York case (Pixley v. Clark, 35 N. Y. 520, 91 Am. Dec. 72), the injury was immediate and resulted