Florida Statute 545.04 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 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. 545.04

545.04 Threats by finance company presumed to be made by manufacturer or wholesaler.—Any threat, express or implied, made directly or indirectly to any motor vehicle dealer by any finance company or agent thereof, who is affiliated with or controlled by any manufacturer or wholesale distributor of motor vehicles, that such manufacturer or wholesale distributor will terminate her or his contract with or cease to sell motor vehicles to such dealer unless such dealer finance 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 presumed to be made at the direction of and with the authority of such manufacturer or wholesale distributor of motor vehicles, and shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such manufacturer or wholesale distributor of motor vehicles has sold or intends to sell motor vehicles on the condition or with the agreement or understanding prohibited in s. 545.02.

History.—s. 3, ch. 18031, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(462); s. 760, ch. 97-103.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 545.04

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 545.04.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 545.04

Total Results: 7

Hotels of Key Largo, Inc. v. RHI HOTELS

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-04-16

Citation: 694 So. 2d 74, 1997 WL 180157

Snippet: defects in the goods." Huron Tool, 532 N.W.2d at 545. [4] In Valleyside, 944 F.Supp. at 617, the court

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-10-06

Snippet: by and through Bates v. Sahasranaman,522 So.2d 545 (4 D.C.A.Fla., 1988) (no reason to interpret the provisions

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1984-11-15

Snippet: penalty through foreclosure proceedings under s 316.545(4), F.S. It must be noted preliminarily that the construction

McCarthy v. Florida Ladder Company

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-06-14

Citation: 295 So. 2d 707, 15 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 375

Snippet: 395 F.2d 104. [3] Fla.App.2d, 1967, 197 So.2d 545. [4] E.g. Heise v. J.R. Clark Company, 1955, 245 Minn

Hartford Accident & Ind. Co. v. Shelby Mut. Ins. Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-03-26

Citation: 208 So. 2d 465, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5767

Snippet: National Surety Corp., (5th Cir.1960) 277 F.2d 545. [4] D'Aquilla Bros. Contracting Co. v. Hartford Accident

Caulk v. Fox

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1869-07-01

Citation: 13 Fla. 148

Snippet: being inidmissable. 2 Black., 297; 2 Bac. Ab., 545; 4 Cruise, 433-5. Where the estate granted in the

Branch v. Littleberry Branch

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1855-02-15

Citation: 6 Fla. 314

Snippet: see Duval vs. Craig, et al. 2. Wheaton Reports, 545; 4 Peters Conds Reports, 29. In 2 Williams on Executor’s