Florida Statute 627.401 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS

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F.S. 627.401

627.401 Scope of this part.—No provision of this part of this chapter applies to:

(1) Reinsurance.

(2) Policies or contracts not issued for delivery in this state nor delivered in this state, except as otherwise provided in this code.

(3) Wet marine and transportation insurance, except ss. 627.409 and 627.420.

(4) Title insurance, except ss. 627.406, 627.415, 627.416, 627.419, and 627.427.

(5) Credit life or credit disability insurance, except s. 627.419(5).

History.—s. 450, ch. 59-205; s. 1, ch. 70-322; s. 1, ch. 70-371; s. 1, ch. 71-45; s. 163, ch. 73-333; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 358, 377, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 19, ch. 2023-15.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 627.401

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 627.401.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 627.401

Total Results: 18

Lopez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-05-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 139 So. 3d 402

Snippet: language of section 627.401. Lopez alternatively maintains that if section 627.401 prevents recovery of…because the policy was issued in Texas, section 627.401, Florida Statutes negated any claim for fees under… decree rendered in the case. However, section 627.401(2) provides: No provision of this part of this …Notwithstanding the unambiguous language of section 627.401(2), Lopez nonetheless seeks to *405avail himself

United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Salgado

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-08-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 22 So. 3d 594

Snippet: State of Florida. Part II of Chapter 627, sections 627.401-627.442, is entitled "The Insurance Contract…insurance, except ss. 627.419(5) and 627.428. § 627.401, Fla. Stat. (2003). "It is, of course, a general…of insurance in the list enumerated in section 627.401. See Vargas v. Enter. Leasing Co., 993 So.2d 614…this case, the express language *601 of section 627.401 directly refutes Salgado's position that United

Essex Ins. Co. v. Zota

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-06-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 985 So. 2d 1036

Snippet: this part." §§ 627.021 (emphasis supplied), 627.401, 627.451, 627.501, 627.601, 627.676, 627.801, 627.911…version is identical in relevant part). [8] Section 627.401, Florida Statutes, the "scope of this part…coverage under that portion of chapter 627. See §§ 627.401-627.4302, Fla. Stat. (2003) (part II of chapter

Mathason v. American National Life Insurance Co. of Texas

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-10-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 855 So. 2d 261

Snippet: obligated to pay attorney’s fees. It relied on section 627.401(2), Florida Statutes (1999), which provides that

US Fidelity and Guar. Co. v. Murray

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-03-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 671 So. 2d 812

Snippet: had. U.S.F. & G. counters that section 627.401(2), Florida Statutes[1] (1993) precludes any application… U.S.F. & G.'s reliance on section 627.401(2) precluding attorney's fees, that position

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Verex Assurance, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1994-11-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 645 So. 2d 427

Snippet: from the scope of chapter 627, Part II by section 627.401, we can assume that at least until October 1, 1983…casualty and surety insurance. Specifically, section 627.401 [FN5] defines the scope of Chapter 627, Part II…enactment of § 635.091 would effectively rewrite § 627.401 to create a new exclusion for this type of insurance…imposed by Chapter 627, Part II. . Fla.Stat. § 627.401 (1983), titled "Scope of this part,” provides

Perkins v. A. Perkins Drywall

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-03-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 615 So. 2d 187

Snippet: though no Florida decision has done so. Section 627.401, Florida Statutes (1989), provides: Scope of this

Sheehan v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-04-22T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 504 So. 2d 776

Snippet: conclude it did. Section 627.401, Florida Statutes (1983), provides, in part: 627.401 Scope of this part …as otherwise provided" language of Section 627.401(2). Section 627.726, Florida Statutes (1983), states…II. One of the provisions of Part II is section 627.401(2), which limits the applicability of that section

Aperm of Fla., Inc. v. Trans-Coastal Maint. Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-02-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 505 So. 2d 459

Snippet: point out that the following provision of section 627.401 governs part II of chapter 627, in which part section

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Davella

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-05-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 450 So. 2d 1202

Snippet: applicability in the instant case. See, Sections 627.401 and 627.727, Fla. Stat. (1979). Appellee argues

East Coast Ins. Co. v. Cooper

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-06-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 415 So. 2d 1323

Snippet: judgment in their favor but also, under section 627.401(2), Florida Statutes (1977) to hold a policy or…of Reasonable Attorneys' Fees. [3] Section 627.401 states in pertinent part: No provision of part

Monogram Products, Inc. v. Berkowitz

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-12-23T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 392 So. 2d 1353

Snippet: 18 Fla.Jur. Insurance §§ 337-38 (1971); see § 627.401, Fla. Stat. (1979). Hence, the Statute of Frauds

Old Republic Life Insurance v. Rucks

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-10-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 363 So. 2d 608

Snippet: fees. The appellant claims that under Section 627.401(2), Florida Statutes (1975), attorney’s fees are…with the Federal Land Bank in Columbia. Section 627.401(2) provides that the statute authorizing the recovery…issued for delivery in Florida. However, Section 627.401(5) states that the only provision of Part II of…of Chapter 627 [which includes Sections 627.-401(2) and 627.428(1)] applicable to credit life insurance

Blue Cross of Florida, Inc. v. Turner

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-09-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 363 So. 2d 133

Snippet: award of attorney's fees was precluded by § 627.401(2) because that subsection limits the applicability…for delivery and delivered in Florida so that § 627.401(2) did not preclude an attorney's fees award…#x27;s fees did not apply to this case under § 627.401(2) Turner makes two responses to Blue Cross'…administering the plan locally. He notes that § 627.401(2) does not require that the policy or contract…delivered in this state. Therefore he contends that § 627.401(2) does not restrict the applicability of the attorney

Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Sievert

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-06-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 361 So. 2d 747

Snippet: policy was delivered in this state. (See F.S. 627.401) The provision for $9,000.00 fees is therefore

Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Smith

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-04-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 345 So. 2d 784

Snippet: ;s fee in certain insurance cases, but Section 627.401(2) says that the above provision shall not apply

Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Grounds

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1975-04-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 311 So. 2d 164

Snippet: Insurance Code. § 627.401, Florida Statutes, provides in part as follows: "627.401 Scope of Part II

Johnson v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-02-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 289 So. 2d 748

Snippet: delivery in Florida nor delivered in Florida, F.S. § 627.401(2), F.S.A. It is our feeling that the issue of