Florida Statute 537.007 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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

Chapter 537
TITLE LOANS

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F.S. 537.007

537.007 Remedies for title loans made without licensure.—Any title loan made without benefit of a license is void, in which case the person making the title loan forfeits the right to collect any moneys, including principal and interest charged on the title loan, from the borrower in connection with such agreement. The person making the title loan shall return to the borrower the loan property, the titled personal property pledged or the fair market value of such titled personal property, and all principal and interest paid by the borrower. The borrower is entitled to receive reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in any action brought by the borrower to recover from the person making the title loan the loan property, the titled personal property, or the principal and interest paid by the borrower.

History.—s. 7, ch. 2000-138.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 537.007

Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 537.007

Total Results: 2

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1989-08-09T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: exempted by this part.2 (e.s.) Furthermore, s. 489.537(7), F.S. (1988 Supp.), provides that "[t]he scope

Sanderson's Administrators v. Sanderson

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1880-06-15T00:00:02-07:52:58

Citation: 17 Fla. 820

Snippet: doubt of the jurisdiction. 5 Mason, 105; 14 Fla., 537; 7 Fla., 45; 5 Fla., 542; 52 Ala., 238; 4 Bibb, 266