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Florida Statute 617.0831 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 617.0831 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 617.0831 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
617.0831 Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents.—Except as provided in s. 617.0834, s. 607.0831 and ss. 607.0850-607.0859 apply to a corporation organized under this act and a rural electric cooperative organized under chapter 425. Any reference to “directors” in those sections includes the directors, managers, or trustees of a corporation organized under this act or of a rural electric cooperative organized under chapter 425. However, the term “director” as used in s. 607.0831 and ss. 607.0850-607.0859 does not include a director appointed by the developer to the board of directors of a condominium association under chapter 718, a cooperative association under chapter 719, a homeowners’ association defined in s. 720.301, or a timeshare managing entity under chapter 721. Any reference to “shareholders” in those sections includes members of a corporation organized under this act and members of a rural electric cooperative organized under chapter 425.
History.—s. 53, ch. 90-179; s. 1, ch. 94-165; s. 51, ch. 95-274; s. 55, ch. 2000-258; s. 274, ch. 2019-90.

Cases Citing F.S. 617.0831

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·Fox v. Prof'l Wrecker Operators of Florida, Inc., 801 So. 2d 175 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).

Cited 30 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 16954, 2001 WL 1516949

...617.0834, which specifies that it only applies to corporations recognized under sections 501(c)(3), (c)(4), and (c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and agricultural or horticultural organizations recognized under (c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, section 617.0831 applies. Section 617.0831 makes section 607.0831 of the general corporations chapter applicable to nonprofit corporations....
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