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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 672
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALES

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F.S. 672.104

672.104 Definitions: “merchant”; “between merchants”; “financing agency.”—

(1) “Merchant” means a person who deals in goods of the kind or otherwise by occupation holds himself or herself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to the practices or goods involved in the transaction or to whom such knowledge or skill may be attributed by his or her employment of an agent or broker or other intermediary who by occupation holds himself or herself out as having such knowledge or skill.

(2) “Financing agency” means a bank, finance company or other person who in the ordinary course of business makes advances against goods or documents of title or who by arrangement with either the seller or the buyer intervenes in ordinary course to make or collect payment due or claimed under the contract for sale, as by purchasing or paying the seller’s draft or making advances against it or by merely taking it for collection whether or not documents of title accompany or are associated with the draft. “Financing agency” includes also a bank or other person who similarly intervenes between persons who are in the position of seller and buyer in respect to the goods (s. 672.707).

(3) “Between merchants” means in any transaction with respect to which both parties are chargeable with the knowledge or skill of merchants.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 556, ch. 97-102; s. 6, ch. 2010-131.

Note.—s. 2-104, U.C.C.

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 672.104.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 672.104

Total Results: 9

General Tool Industries, Inc. v. Premier Machinery, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-04-18

Citation: 790 So. 2d 449, 44 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 718, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 5176, 2001 WL 388062

Snippet: involved the sale of goods between merchants. See § 672.104, Fla. Stat. (2000). The provisions of the UCC recognize

Lonnie D. Adams Building Contractor, Inc. v. O'Connor

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-07-31

Citation: 714 So. 2d 1178, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 9694, 1998 WL 428817

Snippet: a provider of services, not a merchant. See § 672.104, .314, Fla. Stat. (1989); Jackson v. L.A.W. Contracting

Eastern Cement v. Halliburton Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-04-08

Citation: 600 So. 2d 469, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 4094, 1992 WL 68968

Snippet: " which it clearly is sub judice, see section 672.104(1), Florida Statutes (1989), an implied warranty

Ashley Square, Ltd. v. Contractors Supply of Orlando, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-09-01

Citation: 532 So. 2d 710, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2039, 6 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 1100, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 3877, 1988 WL 89713

Snippet: anomolous position that it is not a merchant. Section 672.104(1) defines "merchant" as: (1) "Merchant" means

Francis v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-06-02

Citation: 529 So. 2d 670, 1988 WL 55643

Snippet: waiver of his right to a sentencing jury, id. at 672, 104 S.Ct. at 2056; and the fact that counsel's limited

RA Jones & Sons, Inc. v. Holman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-06-04

Citation: 470 So. 2d 60, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1384

Snippet: 103(d), Fla. Stat. (1975), and a "merchant," see § 672.104(1), Fla. Stat. (1975), under Section 672.314. The

Hesson v. Walmsley Const. Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-11-03

Citation: 422 So. 2d 943

Snippet: house and lot are not "goods" within sections 672.104 and .105, Florida Statutes (1981). See Gable v

Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Squires Development

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-08-01

Citation: 387 So. 2d 986

Snippet: not a merchant dealing in paneling. See Section 672.104(1), Florida Statutes (1977). Nevertheless, the

Gable v. Silver

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-03-03

Citation: 258 So. 2d 11

Snippet: defendant here would qualify as a merchant. Ch. 672.104, F.S. 1969, F.S.A.; and whether the condominiums