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Florida Statute 559.919 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 559.919 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 559.919 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
559.919 Enforcement of liens restricted.—No motor vehicle repair shop may refuse to return a customer’s motor vehicle by virtue of any miscellaneous lien, nor may it enforce such a lien in any other fashion if it has failed to substantially comply with the provisions of this part.
History.—s. 1, ch. 80-139; s. 10, ch. 93-219.

Cases Citing F.S. 559.919

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·Lieberman v. Collision Specialists, Inc., 526 So. 2d 102 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2793, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 11390, 1987 WL 2276

...Section 559.905, Florida Statutes (1985), requires a repair shop to prepare a written estimate prior to performing repair work which will exceed $50.00. This section defines the estimate as a form setting forth the estimated cost of repair work, and provides that the estimate may be waived in writing. Section 559.919, Florida Statutes, provides that no repair shop may refuse to return a customer’s car or enforce its lien if it has “failed to substantially comply with the provisions of ss....
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·Gov't Employees Ins. Co. v. Glassco, Inc. (11th Cir. 2023).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Argued: Sep 22, 2023

Sunrise involved a § 559.919 lien under the Repair Act. At the time, § 559.919 provided that a repair
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Joshua Citron v. H.G.C. Auto Collision, Inc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2022).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Stat. “No motor vehicle repair shop may refuse to return a customer’s motor vehicle by virtue of any miscellaneous lien, nor may it enforce such a lien in 6 any other fashion if it has failed to substantially comply with the provisions of [the Act].” § 559.919, Fla....
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Fgap Inv. Corp v. A1 Body & Glass of Coral Springs, LLC & Pablo Henao (Fla. 4th DCA 2021).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...with the Florida Motor Vehicle Repair Act, So Summary Judgment Was Inappropriate 2 Sections 559.901-559.9221, Florida Statutes, is the Florida Motor Vehicle Repair Act (the “Act”). § 559.901, Fla. Stat. (2019). Section 559.919 of the Act provides that a repair shop may not enforce a lien on a motor vehicle if “it has failed to substantially comply with the provisions of” the Act. § 559.919, Fla....
...the body shop was required to prepare a written estimate. § 559.905(1), Fla. Stat. (2019). Where a motor vehicle repair shop fails to substantially comply with the provisions of the Act, it may not enforce a lien to secure payment or proceed under a theory of implied contract. § 559.919, Fla....

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