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Florida Statute 617.1904 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 617.1904 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 617.1904 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
617.1904 Estoppel.No body of persons acting as a corporation shall be permitted to set up the lack of legal organization as a defense to an action against them as a corporation, nor shall any person sued on a contract made with the corporation or sued for an injury to its property or a wrong done to its interests be permitted to set up the lack of such legal organization in his or her defense.
History.s. 113, ch. 90-179; s. 104, ch. 97-102.

Cases Citing F.S. 617.1904

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Zolt Sabo v. Carnival Corp., 762 F.3d 1330 (11th Cir. 2014).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2014 A.M.C. 2493, 2014 WL 3906488, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 15398

...its DLC when it represents itself as a singular company. . . . Appellee should be estopped from denying this company’s existence as a defense.” 9 Corporation by estoppel is a recognized theory in the state of Florida, having been codified at Section 617.1904: No body of persons acting as a corporation shall be permitted to set up the lack of legal organization as a defense to an action against them as a corporation, nor shall any person sued on a contract made with the corporation or sued for an injury to its property or a wrong done to its interests be permitted to set up the lack of such legal organization in his or her defense. Fla. Stat. § 617.1904 (1997)....

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