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Florida Statute 607.0620 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 607.0620 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 607.0620 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
607.0620 Subscriptions for shares.
(1) A subscription for shares entered into before incorporation is irrevocable for 6 months unless the subscription agreement provides a longer or shorter period or all the subscribers agree to revocation.
(2) A subscription for shares, whether made before or after incorporation, is not enforceable against the subscriber unless in writing and signed by the subscriber.
(3) The board of directors may determine the payment terms of subscriptions for shares that were entered into before incorporation, unless the subscription agreement specifies them. A call for payment by the board of directors must be uniform as to all shares of the same class or series, unless the subscription agreement specifies otherwise.
(4) Shares issued pursuant to subscriptions entered into before incorporation are fully paid and nonassessable when the corporation receives the consideration specified in the subscription agreement.
(5) If a subscriber defaults in payment of money or property under a subscription agreement entered into before incorporation, the corporation may collect the amount owed as any other debt. Alternatively, unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, the corporation may rescind the agreement and may sell the shares if the debt remains unpaid more than 20 days after the corporation delivers written demand for payment to the subscriber. If the subscription agreement is rescinded and the shares sold, then, notwithstanding the rescission, the defaulting subscriber or his, her, or its legal representative shall be entitled to be paid the excess of the sale proceeds over the sum of the amount due and unpaid on the subscription and the reasonable expenses incurred in selling the shares, but in no event shall the defaulting subscriber or his, her, or its legal representative be entitled to be paid an amount greater than the amount paid by the subscriber on the subscription.
(6) A subscription agreement entered into after incorporation is also subject to s. 607.0621.
History.s. 37, ch. 89-154; s. 12, ch. 93-281; s. 8, ch. 97-102; s. 41, ch. 2019-90; s. 10, ch. 2020-32.

Cases Citing F.S. 607.0620

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·Marcus v. Shapiro, Abramson & Schwimmer, Pa, 620 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...ent memoranda. All of these factors being present, summary judgment is precluded. Former section 607.051(1), Florida Statutes (1989), which was repealed, effective July, 1990 (subsequent to the filing of the complaint in this case) and replaced with section 607.0620, is applicable to savings and loans via section 665.047, Florida Statutes (1991). It provides that subscription agreements are irrevocable for a period of six months unless otherwise set forth under the terms of the subscription agreement. New section 607.0620 is in accord stating, "[a] subscription for shares entered into before incorporation is irrevocable for six months unless the subscription agreement provides for a longer or shorter period or all the subscribers agree to revocation."...
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Jacob v. Bernatek, 764 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 10119, 2000 WL 1140496

...hich Jacob did not pay. The stock certificate was “prematurely issued” without receipt of the $10,000 called for in the minutes, and therefore the corporation canceled the stock certificate “as authorized by law.” The court cited to sections 607.0620 and 607.0621, Florida Statutes (1997), as supporting authority....
...es of material fact remain to be litigated with regard to the nature of the agreement between the parties regarding the issuance of the stock certificate. We agree on both points. In granting summary judgment, the trial court relied on both sections 607.0620 and 607.0621 as authorizing the cancellation of the stock certificate. Section 607.0620 regulates subscriptions for shares in a corporation. However, that section does not apply because no subscription agreement exists, as appellee agrees. Section 607.0620(2) provides that “[a] subscription for shares ... is not enforceable unless in writing and signed by the subscriber.” (Emphasis added). Therefore, because no subscription agreement signed by the subscriber existed, the trial court improperly relied on section 607.0620(2) as controlling authority....

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