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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 559.905559.905 Written motor vehicle repair estimate and disclosure statement required.—(1) When any customer requests a motor vehicle repair shop to perform repair work on a motor vehicle, the cost of which repair work will exceed $150 to the customer, the shop shall prepare a written repair estimate, which is a form setting forth the estimated cost of repair work, including diagnostic work, before effecting any diagnostic work or repair. The written repair estimate must also include all of the following items:(a) The name, address, and telephone number of the motor vehicle repair shop. (b) The name, address, and telephone number of the customer. (c) The date and time of the written repair estimate. (d) The year, make, model, odometer reading, and license tag number of the motor vehicle. (e) The proposed work completion date. (f) A general description of the customer’s problem or request for repair work or service relating to the motor vehicle. (g) A statement as to whether the customer is being charged according to a flat rate or an hourly rate, or both. (h) The estimated cost of repair which must include any charge for shop supplies or for hazardous or other waste removal and, if a charge is included, the estimate must include the following statement:“This charge represents costs and profits to the motor vehicle repair facility for miscellaneous shop supplies or waste disposal.” If a charge is mandated by state or federal law, the estimate must contain a statement identifying the law and the specific amount charged under the law. (i) The charge for making a repair price estimate or, if the charge cannot be predetermined, the basis on which the charge will be calculated. (j) The customer’s intended method of payment. (k) The name and telephone number of another person who may authorize repair work, if the customer desires to designate such person. (l) A statement indicating what, if anything, is guaranteed in connection with the repair work and the time and mileage period for which the guarantee is effective. (m) A statement allowing the customer to indicate whether replaced parts should be saved for inspection or return. (n) A statement indicating the daily charge for storing the customer’s motor vehicle after the customer has been notified that the repair work has been completed. However, storage charges may not accrue or be due and payable for a period of 3 working days from the date after such notification. (2) If the cost of repair work will exceed $150, the shop must present to the customer a written notice conspicuously disclosing, in a separate, blocked section, only the following statement, in capital letters of at least 12-point type:PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, CHECK ONE OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW, AND SIGN: I UNDERSTAND THAT, UNDER STATE LAW, I AM ENTITLED TO A WRITTEN ESTIMATE IF MY FINAL BILL WILL EXCEED $150. I REQUEST A WRITTEN ESTIMATE. I DO NOT REQUEST A WRITTEN ESTIMATE AS LONG AS THE REPAIR COSTS DO NOT EXCEED $ . THE SHOP MAY NOT EXCEED THIS AMOUNT WITHOUT MY WRITTEN OR ORAL APPROVAL. I DO NOT REQUEST A WRITTEN ESTIMATE. SIGNED DATE (3) The information required by paragraphs (1)(h) and (i) need not be provided if the customer waives in writing her or his right to receive a written estimate. (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), a copy of the written repair estimate required by subsection (1) and the disclosure statement required by subsection (2) shall be given to the customer before repair work is begun. The disclosure statement may be provided on the same form as the written repair estimate. (5) If the customer leaves her or his motor vehicle at a motor vehicle repair shop during hours when the shop is not open or if the customer permits the shop or another person to deliver the motor vehicle to the shop, there shall be an implied partial waiver of the written estimate; however, upon completion of diagnostic work necessary to estimate the cost of repair, the shop shall notify the customer as required in s. 559.909(1). (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a motor vehicle repair shop to give a written estimated price if the motor vehicle repair shop does not agree to perform the requested repair. History.—s. 1, ch. 80-139; s. 824, ch. 97-103; s. 27, ch. 97-250; s. 18, ch. 2001-214; s. 29, ch. 2024-137.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 559.905
Total Results: 17
481 So. 2d 1287, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 259
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 23, 1986 | Docket: 548650
Cited 21 times | Published
to a written repair estimate as mandated by section 559.905, Florida Statutes.[3]
The customer orally authorized
834 So. 2d 904, 2003 WL 48034
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 8, 2003 | Docket: 1697645
Cited 11 times | Published
KENNETH D., Associate Judge, concur.
NOTES
[1] Section 559.905, Florida Statutes (1985).
443 So. 2d 260, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 25219
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 1983 | Docket: 1459059
Cited 6 times | Published
to submit a written repair estimate under Section 559.905, Florida Statutes.[1] Lucas also established
483 So. 2d 503, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 469, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6465
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 18, 1986 | Docket: 2577212
Cited 4 times | Published
repair estimate requirements contained in section 559.905 of the Motor Vehicle Repair Act, §§ 559.901
526 So. 2d 102, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2793, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 11390, 1987 WL 2276
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 9, 1987 | Docket: 64635195
Cited 2 times | Published
the Act which precludes such action either.
Section 559.905, Florida Statutes (1985), requires a repair
255 So. 3d 415
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 22, 2018 | Docket: 7713087
Cited 1 times | Published
estimate failed to substantially comply with section
559.905(1)(n) of Florida’s Motor Vehicle Repair Act
136 So. 3d 692, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 1823, 2014 WL 538674
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 12, 2014 | Docket: 60240061
Cited 1 times | Published
invoice for $3220 was not in compliance with section 559.905, which governs written estimates and disclosure
942 So. 2d 1021, 2006 WL 3498508
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 6, 2006 | Docket: 2573198
Cited 1 times | Published
shop had not complied with the provisions of section 559.905, Florida Statutes (2005), which requires an
532 So. 2d 1276, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2299, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4908, 1988 WL 115839
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 5, 1988 | Docket: 1510278
Cited 1 times | Published
waiver of his right to receive an estimate. See § 559.905, Fla. Stat. (1985). Miller did, however, sign
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 25, 2024 | Docket: 69193498
Published
that will cost the
customer more than $100. § 559.905, Fla. Stat. The Repair Act
also prohibits repair
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 7, 2023 | Docket: 67822873
Published
Argued: Sep 22, 2023
not request a written estimate, in violation of § 559.905(2),
which requires a notice with the following
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Feb 6, 2023 | Docket: 66790695
Published
“cost of repair work will exceed $100,” id. § 559.905(2); and to “pro-
vide each customer, upon
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2022 | Docket: 63572762
Published
estimate and disclosure statement, pursuant to section
559.905, Florida Statutes (2018). The document reflected
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 4, 2021 | Docket: 60108421
Published
A motor vehicle repair shop is required by section 559.905 to provide a
customer with a written estimate
81 So. 3d 437, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 10550, 2011 WL 3311742
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2011 | Docket: 60305929
Published
miscellaneous shop supplies or waste disposal.” § 559.905(l)(h), Fla. Stat. (2006). Tire Kingdom requires
724 So. 2d 706, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 650, 1999 WL 30529
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 27, 1999 | Docket: 64785608
Published
received a written estimate as required by section 559.905, Florida Statutes. What is clear is that a
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Feb 9, 1990 | Docket: 3257030
Published
operating fewer than five motor vehicles.2
Section 559.905(1), F.S., provides that when a customer requests
