Florida Statute 604.16 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 604
GENERAL AGRICULTURAL LAWS

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F.S. 604.16

604.16 Exceptions to provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34.—Except for s. 604.22(2), the provisions of ss. 604.15-604.34 do not apply to:

(1) Farmers or groups of farmers in the sale of agricultural products grown by themselves.

(2) A dealer in agricultural products who pays at the time of purchase with United States cash currency or a cash equivalent, such as a money order, cashier’s check, wire transfer, electronic funds transfer, or PIN-based debit transaction, or who pays with a credit card as defined in s. 658.995(2)(a).

(3) A dealer in agricultural products who operates as a bonded licensee under the federal Packers and Stockyards Act.

(4) Dealers who purchase less than $1,000 worth of agricultural products from Florida producers or their agents or representatives during the peak month of such purchases within the calendar year.

(5) A dealer in agricultural products to the extent that the dealer purchases agricultural products from a producer that is owned by the same person who owns the dealer, a producer that is owned solely by the dealer, or a producer that solely owns the dealer.

History.—s. 2, ch. 20678, 1941; s. 1, ch. 21878, 1943; s. 2, ch. 23812, 1947; s. 1, ch. 59-437; s. 1, ch. 63-351; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 76-185; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 12, 14, ch. 79-238; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 2, ch. 84-347; s. 4, ch. 85-36; ss. 9, 10, ch. 90-161; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 2, ch. 2005-206; s. 159, ch. 2014-150; s. 38, ch. 2017-85.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 604.16

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 604.16.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 604.16

Total Results: 2

Southern Cucumber Co. v. Henderson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-06-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 432 So. 2d 771, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19559

Snippet: buyer” entitling it to exemption, under Section 604.16, Florida Statutes (1979),5 from the accounting …status of purchaser for its own account. . Section 604.16 provides, in part, that the provisions of Section…the time of purchase” per the language of Section 604.16, as to these particular growers. . Despite some

Myers v. Hawkins

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1978-09-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 362 So. 2d 926

Snippet: 645, 646 (1909); Halle v. Einstein, 34 Fla. 589, 604, 16 So. 554, 558-59 (1894). [9] As to the governor