Florida Statute 559.553 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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

Chapter 559
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INVESTMENTS, GENERALLY

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F.S. 559.553

559.553 Registration of consumer collection agencies required; exemptions.—

(1) A person may not engage in business in this state as a consumer collection agency or continue to do business in this state as a consumer collection agency without first registering in accordance with this part, and thereafter maintaining a valid registration.

(2) Each consumer collection agency doing business in this state shall register with the office and renew such registration annually as set forth in s. 559.555.

(3) This section does not apply to:

(a) An original creditor.

(b) A member of The Florida Bar.

(c) A financial institution authorized to do business in this state and any wholly owned subsidiary and affiliate thereof.

(d) A licensed real estate broker.

(e) An insurance company authorized to do business in this state.

(f) A consumer finance company and any wholly owned subsidiary and affiliate thereof.

(g) A person licensed pursuant to chapter 520.

(h) An out-of-state consumer debt collector who does not solicit consumer debt accounts for collection from credit grantors who have a business presence in this state.

(i) An FDIC-insured institution or subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

(4) An out-of-state consumer debt collector as defined in s. 559.55(11) who is not exempt from registration by application of subsection (3) and who fails to register in accordance with this part shall be subject to an enforcement action by the state as specified in s. 559.565.

History.—ss. 5, 13, ch. 93-275; s. 678, ch. 2003-261; s. 2, ch. 2014-116.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 559.553

Total Results: 14

LeBlanc v. Unifund CCR Partners

601 F.3d 1185, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6501, 2010 WL 1200691

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 30, 2010 | Docket: 1578652

Cited 116 times | Published

Office of Financial Regulation as required by Section 559.553 of the FCCPA. Because the court also viewed

McCorriston v. L.W.T., Inc.

536 F. Supp. 2d 1268, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13343, 2008 WL 516384

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 22, 2008 | Docket: 306747

Cited 19 times | Published

LWT's failure to register pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 559.553, both of which were within the statute of limitations

Trent v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

618 F. Supp. 2d 1356, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52826, 2007 WL 2120262

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 20, 2007 | Docket: 306758

Cited 13 times | Published

Florida as a debt collector pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 559.553; and (5) failing to pay the appropriate statutory

Sanz v. Fernandez

633 F. Supp. 2d 1356, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58693, 2009 WL 1965226

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 7, 2009 | Docket: 2375286

Cited 4 times | Published

collectors engaging in debt collection activities. Section 559.553 of the Florida Statutes prohibits a person

Welch v. Florida West Coast, Inc.

816 So. 2d 711, 2002 WL 662272

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 24, 2002 | Docket: 306736

Cited 4 times | Published

the Office of the Comptroller pursuant to section 559.553, Florida Statutes (1995), together with the

Conner v. BCC Financial Management Services, Inc.

489 F. Supp. 2d 1358, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44464, 2007 WL 1687523

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 8, 2007 | Docket: 306629

Cited 3 times | Published

agency. (See Am. Compl. ¶ 8; Ans. ¶ 8; Fla. Stat. § 559.553(1)). Conner alleges that in its application for

Townsend v. Quantum3 Group, LLC

535 B.R. 415, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99556, 2015 WL 4603410

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 29, 2015 | Docket: 65517117

Cited 2 times | Published

consumer collection agency to register to do so. Section 559.553, Florida Statutes, provides “[a] person may

Valle v. First National Collection Bureau, Inc.

252 F. Supp. 3d 1332, 2017 WL 2126830, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 73907

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: May 16, 2017 | Docket: 64314098

Cited 1 times | Published

the Eleventh Circuit held that Florida Statute § 559.553, which requires consumer collection agencies to

Bank of America, N.A. v. Siefker

201 So. 3d 811, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 15179

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 13, 2016 | Docket: 60257093

Cited 1 times | Published

registered or required to be registered under section 559.553 are subject to disciplinary action for failure

Collins v. Erin Capital Management, LLC

991 F. Supp. 2d 1195, 2013 WL 6981174, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 183302

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Oct 28, 2013 | Docket: 65996697

Cited 1 times | Published

collection license as required by Florida Statute section 559.553, and in violation of 15 U.S.C. section 1692e

Erickson v. General Electric Co.

854 F. Supp. 2d 1178, 2012 WL 601171, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22583

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 2012 | Docket: 65980457

Cited 1 times | Published

of action to enforce a violation of Fla. Stat. § 559.553; however, despite this unavailability, the LeBlanc

Conner v. BCC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

597 F. Supp. 2d 1299, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108305, 2008 WL 5597653

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 25, 2008 | Docket: 2319540

Cited 1 times | Published

right of action for violations of Fla. Stat. § 559.553. See Order, 489 F.Supp.2d 1358. This same pattern

Lee v. McCarthy

297 F. Supp. 3d 1343

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 19, 2017 | Docket: 64317605

Published

Consumer Collection Practices Act, Fla. Stat. § 559.553 (the "FCCPA"). D.E. 37 ¶¶ 13, 14; D.E. 60 ¶ 5(iii)

Brindise v. U.S. Bank National Association

183 So. 3d 1215, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 653, 2016 WL 229572

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 20, 2016 | Docket: 3029528

Published

registered or required to be registered under section 559.553 are subject to disciplinary action for failure