Florida Statute 562.51 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 562.51

562.51 Retail alcoholic beverage establishments; rights as private enterprise.—A licensed retail alcoholic beverage establishment open to the public is a private enterprise and:

(1) May refuse service to any person who is objectionable or undesirable to the licensee, but such refusal of service shall not be on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, or physical handicap.

(2)(a) May not refuse service to any person solely because the person is not purchasing alcoholic beverages if that person is the designated driver for one or more persons who are purchasing alcoholic beverages at the establishment.

(b) This subsection does not excuse a retail alcoholic beverage establishment from complying with any applicable municipal or county ordinance regulating the presence of persons under 21 years of age on the premises of any such establishment.

History.—s. 4, ch. 85-285; s. 1, ch. 2007-135.

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Amendments to 562.51

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.51

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 562.51.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 562.51

Total Results: 10

Hayes Robertson Group v. Cherry

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-12-11T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Initially, section 768.125 was to be numbered 562.51 to follow the “habitual drunkard” statute, section

Luque v. Ale House Management, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-08-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 962 So. 2d 1062

Snippet: Legislature intervened in 1980 and enacted section 562.51," which is now codified in section 768.125

Publix Supermarkets, Inc. v. Austin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-06-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 658 So. 2d 1064

Snippet: Legislature intervened in 1980 and enacted section 562.51, now codified as section 768.125, effectively reviving

Bardy v. WALT DISNEY WORLD COMPANY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-09-23T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 643 So. 2d 46

Snippet: #x27;s death. Section 768.125 (formerly section 562.51) became effective on May 23, 1980. See Ch. 80-37

Ellis v. NGN of Tampa, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1991-09-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 586 So. 2d 1042

Snippet: alcoholic beverages, the legislature enacted section 562.51, now section 768.125, Florida Statutes (1989). …An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51, Florida Statutes [codified as s. 768.125], providing…enacted by chapter 80-37, Laws of Florida, as section 562.51, immediately following the criminal provision pertaining

Ellis v. NGN of Tampa, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-04-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 561 So. 2d 1209

Snippet: was enacted, the legislature numbered it section 562.51, placing it directly after section 562.50. See …introduced, it read as follows (the italics are ours): 562.51 Liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication… liability, the legislature retained in section 562.51 (i.e., 768.125) the other integral component of…the next following provision, section 768.125 (ne 562.51), as a limitation to the existing liability which…section 768.125 was originally enacted as section 562.51. Ch. 80-37, Laws of Fla. [2] As further evidence

Ranger Ins. Co. v. Bal Harbour Club

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-08-31T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 549 So. 2d 1005

Snippet: lodging and restaurants); § 513.118 (in RV parks); § 562.51 (in bars); § 641.3102 (in HMOs); chapter 760 (in

Bankston v. Brennan

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1987-05-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 507 So. 2d 1385

Snippet: relating to the Beverage Law," creating section 562.51, which evidences the fact that the legislature …An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51, Florida Statutes [codified as s. 768.125], providing

Bankston v. Brennan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-12-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 480 So. 2d 246

Snippet: An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51, Florida Statutes [codified as s. 768.125] providing

Migliore v. Crown Liquors of Broward, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1984-03-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 448 So. 2d 978

Snippet: An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51, Florida Statutes [codified as s. 768.125], providing