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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS
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F.S. 627.7405
627.7405 Insurers’ right of reimbursement.
(1) Notwithstanding ss. 627.730-627.7405, an insurer providing personal injury protection benefits on a private passenger motor vehicle shall have, to the extent of any personal injury protection benefits paid to any person as a benefit arising out of such private passenger motor vehicle insurance, a right of reimbursement against the owner or the insurer of the owner of a commercial motor vehicle, if the benefits paid result from such person having been an occupant of the commercial motor vehicle or having been struck by the commercial motor vehicle while not an occupant of any self-propelled vehicle.
1(2) The insurer’s right of reimbursement under this section does not apply to an owner or registrant as identified in s. 627.733(1)(b).
History.s. 7, ch. 78-374; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 558, 563, ch. 82-243; s. 19, ch. 2003-411; s. 18, ch. 2007-324; s. 18, ch. 2012-151; s. 12, ch. 2012-197.
1Note.As created by s. 12, ch. 2012-197. For a description of multiple acts in the same session affecting a statutory provision, see preface to the Florida Statutes, “Statutory Construction.” Subsection (2) was also created by s. 18, ch. 2012-151, and that version reads:

(2) For purposes of this section, no owner or registrant identified in s. 627.733(1)(b) shall be liable for right of reimbursement.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 627.7405

Total Results: 12

Amer. Freight Sys. v. Fla. Farm Bur. Cas. Ins.

453 So. 2d 468

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 1984 | Docket: 1651388

Cited 6 times | Published

personal injury protection benefits pursuant to section 627.7405, Florida Statutes (1983), from an employer

Amerisure Ins. Co. v. State Farm

897 So. 2d 1287, 2005 WL 610333

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 17, 2005 | Docket: 1735358

Cited 5 times | Published

Second District Court of Appeal's decision that section 627.7405, Florida Statutes (2001), does not violate

Delta Cas. Co. v. Pinnacle Medical, Inc.

721 So. 2d 321

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 2, 1998 | Docket: 1323285

Cited 5 times | Published

DCA 1989). In that case, this court declared section 627.7405, Florida Statutes (1985) to be constitutional

Dealers Ins. Co. v. Jon Hall Chevrolet Co.

547 So. 2d 325, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1892, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 4529, 1989 WL 88834

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 10, 1989 | Docket: 1474784

Cited 4 times | Published

reimbursement from Jon Hall Chevrolet Company under Section 627.7405, Florida Statutes (1985), for personal insurance

Florida Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. v. Tropicana Prod.

456 So. 2d 549

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 25, 1984 | Docket: 1732146

Cited 3 times | Published

vehicle. At the heart of the controversy is Section 627.7405, Florida Statutes (1981), which provides:

American Ins. Co. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO.

865 So. 2d 590, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 164, 2004 WL 57257

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 14, 2004 | Docket: 1231943

Cited 1 times | Published

which State Farm sought reimbursement under section 627.7405, Florida Statutes (2001), for personal injury

School Board of Marion County A/K/A the Marion County School Board, D/B/A Marion County Public Schools v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 21, 2024 | Docket: 69399672

Published

(“State Farm”), may sue a school board under section 627.7405(1), Florida Statutes (2019), for reimbursement

School Board of Broward County, Florida v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2024 | Docket: 68913294

Published

for PIP reimbursement claims brought under section 627.7405(1), Florida Statutes (2019). Our sister court

School Board of Palm Beach County, The School District of Palm Beach County v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2024 | Docket: 68268883

Published

for PIP reimbursement claims brought under section 627.7405(1), Florida Statutes (2019). Our sister court

CITY OF MIAMI v. UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 24, 2021 | Docket: 61574109

Published

MILLER, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 627.7405(1), Fla. Stat. (2021); Lee Cnty. Sch. Bd. v.

SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORPORATION v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 24, 2019 | Docket: 15672867

Published

for purposes of the reimbursement statute, section 627.7405(1), Florida Statutes (2015), and that its

Tucker Transportation Co. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

883 So. 2d 357, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 14268, 2004 WL 2169014

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 2004 | Docket: 64833068

Published

Transportation Company, Incorporated, under section 627.7405, Florida Statutes. A bench trial was held