Florida Statute 545.6 - 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. 545.06

545.06 Acceptance of anything of value by finance company resulting in lessening competition prohibited.—It is unlawful for any finance company to accept or receive, or contract or agree to accept or receive, either directly or indirectly, any payment, thing or service of value from any manufacturer or wholesale distributor of motor vehicles, if the effect of the acceptance or receipt of any such payment, thing, or service of value may be to lessen or eliminate competition, or to create or tend to create a monopoly in the person who accepts or receives such payment, thing, or service of value, or contracts or agrees to accept or receive the same.

History.—s. 5, ch. 18031, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(464).

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Cases Citing Statute 545.06

Total Results: 7

FIRST FED. S. & L. ASS'N v. Lockwood

385 So. 2d 156

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 25, 1980 | Docket: 1337056

Cited 25 times | Published

Associate Judge, concur. NOTES [1] 12 C.F.R. § 545.6-11 (1975) is the Bank Board regulation governing

FIRST FED. S & L ASS'N OF GADSDEN CTY. v. Peterson

516 F. Supp. 732

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 22, 1981 | Docket: 2521950

Cited 7 times | Published

("Federal law, including specifically 12 C.F.R. § 545.6-11(f) & (g), exclusively governs the validity and

FLORIDA FEDERAL SAV. AND LOAN ASS'N v. Bauer

515 F. Supp. 869

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 9, 1981 | Docket: 1787642

Cited 5 times | Published

authority of 12 U.S.C. § 1464(c)(1)(B) and 12 CFR § 545.6-2. From paragraphs 4-5 of Complaints in 80-730

First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Lockwood

385 So. 2d 156, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 16624

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 25, 1980 | Docket: 64576895

Cited 3 times | Published

CLIFFORD, Associate Judge, concur. . 12 C.F.R. § 545.6-11 (1975) is the Bank Board regulation governing

Washington Savings & Loan Ass'n of Florida v. Concepcion Del Portillo

419 So. 2d 805, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21389

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 1982 | Docket: 64592194

Published

Savings and Loan Associations’.” .12 C.F.R. § 545.6-11(g) (1975) is the pertinent regulation. It provides

First Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Peterson

516 F. Supp. 732, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18120

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 22, 1981 | Docket: 66156279

Published

(“Federal law, including specifically 12 C.F.R. § 545.6-ll(f) & (g), exclusively governs the validity and

Florida Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Bauer

515 F. Supp. 869, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17990

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 9, 1981 | Docket: 66156204

Published

authority of 12 U.S.C. § 1464(c)(1)(B) and 12 CFR § 545.-6-2. From paragraphs 4-5 of Complaints in 80-730