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Fla. Stat. § 562.131 (2025)
Solicitation for sale of alcoholic beverage prohibited; penalty.
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562.131 Solicitation for sale of alcoholic beverage prohibited; penalty.—
(1) It is unlawful for any licensee, his or her employee, agent, servant, or any entertainer employed at the licensed premises or employed on a contractual basis to entertain, perform or work upon the licensed premises to beg or solicit any patron or customer thereof or visitor in any licensed premises to purchase any beverage, alcoholic or otherwise, for such licensee’s employee, agent, servant, or entertainer.
(2) It is unlawful for any licensee, his or her employee, agent, or servant to knowingly permit any person to loiter in or about the licensed premises for the purpose of begging or soliciting any patron or customer of, or visitor in, such premises to purchase any beverage, alcoholic or otherwise.
History.—ss. 1-3, ch. 61-234; s. 1, ch. 65-111; s. 565, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 862, ch. 97-103.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 562.131
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§562.131(2)LIQUORPERMIT LOITERER ON LICENSED PREMISES
§562.131(2)LIQUORPERMIT LOITERER ON LIC PREMISES SUBSQ OFF
§562.131LIQUORSOLICITATION OF DRINKS
§562.131LIQUORSOLICITATION OF DRINKS SUBSQ OFF
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1962–1979 · leading case: Shevin v. Bocaccio, Inc., 379 So. 2d 105 (Fla. 1979).
Shevin v. Bocaccio, Inc., 379 So. 2d 105 (Fla. 1979). “This case is before the Court on direct appeal from a circuit court which held the “B-girl” prohibition statute, section 562.131, Florida Statutes (1977), unconstitutional on its face and as applied to the appellees.”
De Joris v. Lee, 151 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 1963). “The complaint prays that § 562.131, Florida Statutes 1961, F.S.A., be decreed to be void, unconstitutional and without force of law as to appellants’ business and that appellants be not required to comply with the provisions of said act.”
215-22nd Street, Inc. v. Bd. of Bus. Reg., Div. of Beverage of the Dep't of Bus. Reg., 330 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “Surely this activity is near the core of the evil at which Fla.Stat. § 562.131 (1973) 1 is directed.”
Torch Club, Inc. v. Keating, 174 So. 2d 746 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965). “The license was revoked on the grounds that employees of the licensee begged or solicited customers to purchase for them alcoholic beverages in violation of Section 562.131, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., and that an employee offered to commit or engage in prostitution, lewdness or…”
Ent. Clubs of Florida, Inc. v. State Beverage Dep't, 19 Fla. Supp. 82 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Leon Cty. 1962). “n, for the original plaintiff herein, the substituted parties being the real parties in interest and representatives of their respective classes as owners, operators, and employees of entertainment clubs which are licensees of the Beverage Department of the state of Florida; and…”
— 562.131(1) — 1 case
215-22nd Street, Inc. v. Bd. of Bus. Reg., Div. of Beverage of the Dep't of Bus. Reg., 330 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “Surely this activity is near the core of the evil at which Fla.Stat. § 562.131 (1973) 1 is directed.”
— 562.131(2) — 1 case
215-22nd Street, Inc. v. Bd. of Bus. Reg., Div. of Beverage of the Dep't of Bus. Reg., 330 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “Surely this activity is near the core of the evil at which Fla.Stat. § 562.131 (1973) 1 is directed.”
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