687.031

Construction, ss. 687.02 and 687.03.

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687.031 Construction, ss. 687.02 and 687.03.Sections 687.02 and 687.03 shall not be construed to repeal, modify or limit any or either of the special provisions of existing statutory law creating exceptions to the general law governing interest and usury and specifying the interest rates and charges which may be made pursuant to such exceptions, including but not limited to those exceptions which relate to banks, Morris Plan banks, discount consumer financing, small loan companies and domestic building and loan associations.
History.s. 3, ch. 29705, 1955.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1965–2006 · leading case: Cesary v. SECOND NAT. BANK OF NORTH MIAMI
Cesary v. SECOND NAT. BANK OF NORTH MIAMI (1979) fla · cites it 7× “The Bank defended the action on the basis of section 687.031, Florida Statutes, *919 which allows the charging of interest in excess of ten percent for loans arising under one or more statutory exceptions outlined elsewhere in the Florida Statutes.”
McKenzie Check Advance of Florida v. Betts (2006) fla · cites it 2× “, § 687.031, Fla. Stat. (1993) ("Sections 687.”
Jersey Palm-Gross, Inc. v. Paper (1994) fladistctapp · cites it 4× “See § 687.031, Fla. Stat. (1975). In 1975 The Florida Consumer Finance Act allowed interest on small loans as high as 30% per annum, in contrast to the general usury ceiling of 10% per annum.”
Continental Mortg. Investors v. Sailboat Key, Inc. (1981) fla · cites it 2× “See § 687.031, Fla. Stat. (1975). In 1975 The Florida Consumer Finance Act allowed interest on small loans as high as 30% per annum, in contrast to the general usury ceiling of 10% per annum.”
Betts v. Advance America (2003) flmd · cites it 2× “Fla. Stat. § 687.031 states that: Sections 687.”
Financial Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Burleigh House, Inc. (1976) fla “” See Section 687.031, Fla. Stat. (1961). . Chapter 4158, § 8, Laws of Florida (1893), carried forward as Section 668.”
Silver Sands v. Pensacola Loan & Savings Bank (1965) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “…for the protection and security of said loan. * * *" F.S. § 656.17, F.S.A. [2] F.S. §§ 687.01, 687.02, F.S.A. [3] F.S. § 687.031, F.S.A.”
Burleigh House, Inc. v. Financial Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (1973) flacirct11mia “The Usury Act itself provided in §687.031, Florida Statutes 1967 — “Sections 687.”
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Jersey Palm-Gross, Inc. v. Paper (1994) fladistctapp “See § 687.031, Fla. Stat. (1975). In 1975 The Florida Consumer Finance Act allowed interest on small loans as high as 30% per annum, in contrast to the general usury ceiling of 10% per annum.”
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