The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 681
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES WARRANTIES

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F.S. 681.106

681.106 Bad faith claims.—Any claim by a consumer which is found by the court to have been filed in bad faith or solely for the purpose of harassment, or in complete absence of a justiciable issue of either law or fact raised by the consumer, shall result in the consumer being liable for all costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by the manufacturer, or its agent, as a direct result of the bad faith claim.

History.—s. 6, ch. 83-69; s. 19, ch. 88-95; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Amendments to 681.106

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 681.106

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 681.106.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

T. A. ENTERPRISES, INC. a v. OLARTE, INC. a, 835 So. 2d 1235 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . See § 681.106, Fla. . . .

CHRYSLER CORPORATION, v. PITSIRELOS,, 721 So. 2d 710 (Fla. 1998)

. . . Under section 681.106, the court may order the consumer to pay the costs and attorney fees incurred by . . .

TAYLOR, v. E. F. HUTTON COMPANY, INC., 40 Fla. Supp. 2d 144 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1990)

. . . Other statutes, for example the Florida “Lemon Law” § 681.106 Fla. . . .

CAPLAN, v. EAST SUNRISE MOTORS, INC., 522 So. 2d 920 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . consumer, § 681.104(5)(b), Fla.Stat. (1983), and to a defendant in an action brought in bad faith, § 681.106 . . .