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F.S. 673.1091

673.1091 Payable to bearer or to order.—

(1) A promise or order is “payable to bearer” if it:

(a) States that it is payable to bearer or to the order of bearer or otherwise indicates that the person in possession of the promise or order is entitled to payment;

(b) Does not state a payee; or

(c) States that it is payable to or to the order of cash or otherwise indicates that it is not payable to an identified person.

(2) A promise or order that is not payable to bearer is “payable to order” if it is payable to the order of an identified person or to an identified person or order. A promise or order that is payable to order is payable to the identified person.

(3) An instrument payable to bearer may become payable to an identified person if it is specially indorsed pursuant to s. 673.2051(1). An instrument payable to an identified person may become payable to bearer if it is indorsed in blank pursuant to s. 673.2051(2).

History.—s. 2, ch. 92-82.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 673.1091

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 673.1091.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 673.1091

Total Results: 7

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOC., ETC v. JEAN KACHIK

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-07-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 222 So. 3d 592

Snippet: it is not payable to an identified person.” § 673.1091(1), Fla. Stat. “If an instrument is payable to

Federal National Mortgage Association v. McFadyen

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-04-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 194 So. 3d 418

Snippet: is payable to bearer or indorsed in blank.”); § 673.1091(l)(b)-(c) ("A promise or order is 'payable…it is not payable to an identified person.”); § 673.1091(3), Fla. Stat. (2015) ("An instrument payable

Mark Pennington v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-11-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 151 So. 3d 52

Snippet: The note was “payable to order” under section 673.1091, Florida Statutes, because it specifically named… E.Q. Financial, Inc., the lender, as payee. § 673.1091, Fla. Stat. (“A promise or order that is payable

Anastacia S. Lacombe and Max P. Lacombe v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-10-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 149 So. 3d 152

Snippet: The note was “payable to order” under section 673.1091, Florida Statutes because it specifically named

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Bohatka

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-04-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 112 So. 3d 596

Snippet: the note “payable to bearer” Id. at 496; see § 673.1091(2), Fla. Stat. (“If an instrument is payable to

Lindsey v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-02-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 139 So. 3d 903

Snippet: instrument” because it was payable to Option One. See § 673.1091, Fla. Stat. (2011) (defining “payable to bearer

Isaac v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-04-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 74 So. 3d 495

Snippet: is not payable to an identified person." § 673.1091(1), Fla. Stat. "If an instrument is payable