Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 687.141 (2025)

Loan brokers; prohibited acts.

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687.141 Loan brokers; prohibited acts.—No loan broker shall:

(1) Assess or collect an advance fee from a borrower to provide services as a loan broker.

(2) Make or use any false or misleading representations or omit any material fact in the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker, notwithstanding the absence of reliance by the buyer.

(3) Make or use any false or deceptive representation in its business dealings or to the office or conceal a material fact from the office.

History.—s. 2, ch. 91-87; s. 1874, ch. 2003-261.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 687.141

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§687.141(1)FRAUDLOAN BROKER ASSESS COLLECT ADVANCE FEEF · 3rd

§687.141(2)FRAUDLOAN BROKER MAKE USE FALSE MISLEAD OFFER SALEF · 3rd

§687.141(3)FRAUDLOAN BROKER MAKE USE FALSE OR DECEPTIVE REPF · 3rd

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2015 · leading case: Mogavero v. State, 744 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).

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Mogavero v. State, 744 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). · cites it 2× “We affirm the two convictions under section 687.141(1) and the revocation of probation.”

Credicorp, Inc. v. State, Dep't of Banking & Fin., 659 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). · cites it 8× “32, 2 Florida Statutes, and the loan broker provisions in section 687.141, 3 Florida Statutes. Appellants contend that (1) the licensing provisions for retail installment sellers in sections 520.”

Pugh v. State, 181 So. 3d 529 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). · cites it 2× “Following a thorough Faretta 1 inquiry by the trial court, Darrell Pugh, proceeding pro se, entered a plea agreement to a probationary sentence on seven felony counts of unlawful acceptance of advance fees in violation of section 687.141, Florida Statutes (2009).”

— 687.141(1) — 2 cases

Mogavero v. State, 744 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). “We affirm the two convictions under section 687.141(1) and the revocation of probation.”

Credicorp, Inc. v. State, Dep't of Banking & Fin., 659 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). “32, 2 Florida Statutes, and the loan broker provisions in section 687.141, 3 Florida Statutes. Appellants contend that (1) the licensing provisions for retail installment sellers in sections 520.”

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