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Fla. Stat. § 617.1908 (2025)
Applicability of Florida Business Corporation Act.
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617.1908 Applicability of Florida Business Corporation Act.—Except as made applicable by specific reference in any other section of this chapter, part I of chapter 607, the Florida Business Corporation Act, does not apply to any corporations not for profit.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1998–2001 · leading case: Fox v. Prof'l Wrecker Operators of Florida, Inc., 801 So. 2d 175 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).
Fox v. Prof'l Wrecker Operators of Florida, Inc., 801 So. 2d 175 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). “But prior to the 1993 amendment, derivative actions were permitted pursuant to section 617.1908, Florida Statutes (1991), which made the provisions of chapter 607, the Florida Business Corporation Act, applicable to not-for-profit corporations.”
Larsen v. Island Developers, Ltd., 769 So. 2d 1071 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “Section 617.1908, Florida Statutes (1991) made the provisions of chapter 607, the Florida Business Corporation Act, applicable to not-for-profit corporations, except to the extent that such provisions may conflict with chapter 617.”
Ferola v. Blue Reef Holding Corp., Inc., 719 So. 2d 389 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). “…association, does not provide for derivative actions, and Chapter 607 does not apply to non-profit corporations. See § 617.1908, Fla. Stat. (1997).”
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