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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 679
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SECURED TRANSACTIONS
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F.S. 679.609
679.609 Secured party’s right to take possession after default.
(1) After default, a secured party:
(a) May take possession of the collateral; and
(b) Without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor’s premises under s. 679.610.
(2) A secured party may proceed under subsection (1):
(a) Pursuant to judicial process; or
(b) Without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.
(3) If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties.
History.s. 7, ch. 2001-198.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 679.609
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 679.609.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

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DANIEL, v. B. MORRIS,, 181 So. 3d 1195 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . . § 679.609(2)(b), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . . A creditor’s duty to repossess peacefully, imposed by section 679.609(2)(b), Florida Statutes,' is a . . . See § 679.609(2)(b), Fla. Stat.; Sammons, 599 So.2d at 1020 (citing Nichols, 435 N.W.2d at 640-41). . . . onto the land before March 6, 2012, through Morris, was covered by the limited privilege in section 679.609 . . . Wometco Enters., 287 So.2d 353, 354 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973)). .Section 679.609(2)(b) conveys a limited privilege . . .

P. SPELLMAN v. INDEPENDENT BANKERS BANK OF FLORIDA,, 161 So. 3d 505 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.), as codified in section 679.609(1), Florida Statutes . . . default has occurred, a secured creditor is authorized to take or retain possession of the collateral. § 679.609 . . .

COMERICA BANK, v. H. MANN, III,, 13 F. Supp. 3d 1262 (N.D. Ga. 2013)

. . . . § 679.609(1), a secured party may take possession of collateral after a default by the debtor. . . .

AMERICA ATLANTIC TRANSMISSION d b a v. NICE CAR, INC., 112 So. 3d 639 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . The Dealers Association points out that section 679.609 of the Uniform Commercial Code allows a secured . . .

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, v. A. POYNTER, LLC LLC N. A. LLC NA, 710 F.3d 16 (1st Cir. 2013)

. . . herby [sic] provide notice of our intention to sell the vessel pursuant to Florida Statues [sic]: F.S. 679.609 . . .

VELAZQUEZ v. SOUTH FLORIDA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION,, 89 So. 3d 952 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Sections 679.609 and 679.610, Florida Statutes (2010), also authorized the repossession of the boat without . . .

SOUTHERN DEVELOPERS EARTHMOVING, INC. a R. a k a A. v. CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION,, 56 So. 3d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as codified in section 679.609(1), Florida Statutes ( . . .

TEXTRON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, v. LENTINE MARINE INC. F. A., 630 F. Supp. 2d 1352 (S.D. Fla. 2009)

. . . . § 679.609, Fla. Stat. . . .

KNAUSS, v. DWEK,, 289 F. Supp. 2d 546 (D.N.J. 2003)

. . . Stat. ch. 679.609(2)(b) (2003). . . . .