Florida Statute 601.98 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 601
FLORIDA CITRUS CODE

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F.S. 601.98

601.98 Shipment, sale, or offer of imported citrus fruit or citrus products.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person to quote, offer for sale, sell, ship, or invoice in or from Florida any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof grown and canned or concentrated in any other state or country other than Florida in such manner as to indicate in any form whatsoever that the citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof were produced and canned in Florida.

(2) Every such person in Florida shall specifically advise and notify the buyer of any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated product thereof produced and canned or concentrated in any state or country other than Florida which is being sold, quoted, offered for sale, or shipped to such buyer that the citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof were not produced in Florida; and the failure to so notify and advise such buyer will be construed as a violation of this section.

History.—s. 98, ch. 25149, 1949.

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Amendments to 601.98

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 601.98

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

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 601.98

Total Results: 4

BM v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-09-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 744 So. 2d 505

Snippet: instant case. We find no error. T.F., 734 So.2d 601. 98-1883, 98-2437 District Court of Appeal of

Kight v. Dugger

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1990-11-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 574 So. 2d 1066

Snippet: quot; Honig v. Doe, 484 U.S. 305, 108 S.Ct. 592, 601, 98 L.Ed.2d 686 (1988); see In re T.W., 551 So.2d 1186

Coca-Cola Co., Food Division v. State, Dept.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1981-06-04T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 406 So. 2d 1079

Snippet: outside of the state, it was in violation of section 601.98, Florida Statutes (1977), which provides that it

Florida Canners Ass'n v. State, Dept. of Citrus

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-05-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 371 So. 2d 503

Snippet: Florida. That law is reflected today in Section 601.98 of the Florida Citrus Code. In 1939, also, the …Acting C.J., and BOARDMAN, J., concur. NOTES [1] § 601.98, Fla. Stat. (1977). [2] The statutory definition