Florida Statute 617.0301 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT

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F.S. 617.0301

617.0301 Purposes and application.—Corporations may be organized under this act for any lawful purpose or purposes not for pecuniary profit and not specifically prohibited to corporations under other laws of this state. Such purposes include, without limitation, charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational, historical, civic, patriotic, political, religious, social, fraternal, literary, cultural, athletic, scientific, agricultural, horticultural, animal husbandry, and professional, commercial, industrial, or trade association purposes. If special provisions are made, by law, for the organization of designated classes of corporations not for profit, such corporations shall be formed under such provisions and not under this act.

History.—s. 23, ch. 90-179.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 617.0301

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 617.0301.

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Cases Citing Statute 617.0301

Total Results: 5

Halifax Hospital Medical Center, etc. v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2019-04-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: . Halifax gleans this conclusion from sections 617.0301 and 617.0303(8)-(9), Florida Statutes (2018),

Bendross v. Readon

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-02-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 89 So. 3d 258, 2012 WL 469832, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 2162

Snippet: governed by the requirements of chapter 617. See § 617.0301, Fla. Stat. (2010). Unless provisions in the by-laws

Gerecitano v. Barrwood Homeowners Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-08-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 882 So. 2d 424, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 12100, 2004 WL 1837928

Snippet: homeowners’ association as defined by Florida Statute § 617.301(7)[now Florida Statute 720.301], Appellee, Frank

Gainer v. Fiddlesticks Country Club, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-03-31T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 710 So. 2d 76

Snippet: to buy memberships in the country club. Cf. § 617.301(4), Fla. Stat. (1997) (defining "declaration

Romero v. Shadywood Villas Homeowners Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-06-07T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 657 So. 2d 1193

Snippet: Within the confines of Chapter 617, are Sections 617.301 through 617.306, which specifically and exclusively