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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 601
FLORIDA CITRUS CODE
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601.64 Citrus fruit dealers; unlawful acts.It is unlawful in, or in connection with, any transaction relative to the purchase, handling, sale, and accounting of sales of citrus fruit:
(1) For any citrus fruit dealer to make or exact any fraudulent charge to or from any person;
(2) For any citrus fruit dealer to reject or fail to deliver in accordance with the terms of the contract without reasonable cause any citrus fruit bought, sold, or contracted to be bought or sold by such citrus fruit dealer;
(3) For any citrus fruit dealer to discard, dump, or destroy without reasonable cause any citrus fruit received by such citrus fruit dealer;
(4) For any citrus fruit dealer to make, for a fraudulent purpose, any false or misleading statement concerning the condition, quality, quantity, or disposition of, or the condition of the market for, any citrus fruit which is received by such citrus fruit dealer or bought or sold or contracted to be bought or sold by such citrus fruit dealer; or the purchase or sale of which is negotiated by such citrus fruit dealer; or to fail or refuse truly and correctly to account and make full payment promptly in respect of any such transaction in any such citrus fruit to the person with whom such transaction is had, or to fail or refuse on such account to make full payment of such amounts as may be due thereon, or to fail without reasonable cause to perform any specification or duty express or implied arising out of any undertaking in connection with any such transaction;
(5) For any citrus fruit dealer to knowingly buy, sell, receive, process, or handle stolen citrus fruit;
(6) For any citrus fruit dealer to violate, or aid or abet in the violation of, any law of Florida governing or applicable to citrus fruit dealers, including any of the provisions of this chapter not herein specifically set forth;
(7) For any citrus fruit dealer to violate or aid or abet in the violation of any rule adopted by the department.
History.s. 64, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 10, ch. 26484, 1951; s. 1, ch. 65-82; s. 22, ch. 71-186; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 3, ch. 85-129; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 49, ch. 2012-182.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 601.64
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S601.64 1 - FRAUD - CITRUS FRUIT DEALER MAKE FRAUDULENT CHARGE - M: F
S601.64 2 - FRAUD - FAIL TO DELIVER ON CONTRACT W/O CAUSE - M: F
S601.64 3 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - DISCARD DESTROY FRUIT W/O CAUSE - M: F
S601.64 4 - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - MAKE FALSE STATEMENT CONDITION OF CITRUS FRUIT - M: S
S601.64 5 - SALE OF STOLEN PROP - BUY/SELL/RECEIVE STOLEN CITRUS FRUIT - M: S
S601.64 5 - RECEIVE STOLEN PROP - BUY RECEIVE STOLEN FRUIT - M: F
S601.64 5 - STOLEN PROP - PROCESS HANDLE STOLEN FRUIT - M: F
S601.64 6 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - VIOL RULES OR LAWS REGARDING CITRUS FRUIT - M: F
S601.64 7 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - VIOL RULES REGS DEPT OF CITRUS - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 601.64

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Townsend Fruit Co. v. Mayo, 98 So. 2d 345 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1957).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...Section 601.67, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., authorized the Commissioner of Agriculture, after notice and hearing, to revoke or suspend the license of any citrus fruit dealer if he determines that such dealer has violated any of the provisions of the Florida Citrus Code. Section 601.64, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., makes it unlawful in connection with any transaction relative to the purchase, handling, sale and accounting of sales of citrus fruit: *346 “(4) For any citrus fruit dealer to make, for a fraudulent purpose...
...had purchased the fruit involved from Conoley, as trustee, and the amount due the trustee for this fruit, and we so hold, the question then arises whether or not the Commissioner had the authority under Section 64(4) of Chapter 25149, Acts of 1949 (Section 601.64(4), Florida Statutes 1955, F.S.A.), to order Townsend Fruit Company, as a citrus fruit dealer, to pay the said sum of money, or in default thereof, to have its license revoked....
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Alderman v. Conner, 205 So. 2d 25 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4192

ALLEN, Judge. The Commissioner of Agriculture held the petitioner Alderman guilty of violation of the Florida Citrus Code, Florida Statutes § 601.64, F.S.A., and ordered him to pay the Hi-Acres Concentrate, Inc., the sum of $52,253.01....

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