Florida Statute 545.3 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

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

Chapter 545
COMBINATIONS RESTRICTING FINANCING OF MOTOR VEHICLES

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F.S. 545.03

545.03 Threats by manufacturer or wholesaler as prima facie evidence of intent to violate law.—Any threat, expressed or implied, made directly or indirectly to any motor vehicle dealer, by any manufacturer, or wholesale distributor on authority or with the knowledge of any such manufacturer, or wholesale distributor, that such person will discontinue to sell, or will terminate a contract to sell motor vehicles to such dealer unless such dealer finances the purchase or sale of motor vehicles only with or through a designated finance company or sells and assigns the conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages, or other paper arising from her or his retail sales of motor vehicles only to a designated finance company, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such manufacturer or wholesale distributor has sold or intends to sell motor vehicles, on the condition or with the agreement or understanding prohibited in s. 545.02.

History.—s. 2, ch. 18031, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(461); s. 759, ch. 97-103.

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Cases Citing Statute 545.03

Total Results: 3

Seidle v. Tashman (In Re Jam Fine Furniture, Inc.)

19 B.R. 578, 1982 Bankr. LEXIS 4258

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Apr 23, 1982 | Docket: 1767622

Cited 2 times | Published

landlord is avoidable by the Trustee under Section 545(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. 21. The Defendant,

Nixon v. Davis Water & Waste Industries, Inc. (In re D.R. Goris Plumbing, Inc.)

49 B.R. 146, 1985 Bankr. LEXIS 6290

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Apr 18, 1985 | Docket: 65778891

Published

Lastly, a statutory lien granted to landlord, § 545(3) and (4) is also invalid under this Section. Even

Beck v. Robb (In re KMM Corp.)

14 B.R. 348, 1981 Bankr. LEXIS 3053

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | Filed: Aug 28, 1981 | Docket: 65777989

Published

essential to the disposition of this case, is Section 545(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code which states