Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 697.06 (2025)

Prepayment of note.

✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us JustiaFla. Statutes CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

697.06 Prepayment of note.—Any note which is silent as to the right of the obligor to prepay the note in advance of the stated maturity date may be prepaid in full by the obligor or her or his successor in interest without penalty.

History.—s. 1, ch. 77-318; s. 1, ch. 87-351; s. 1, ch. 88-7; s. 774, ch. 97-102.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1987–2015 · leading case: MacIntyre v. Hark, 528 So. 2d 1276 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

MacIntyre v. Hark, 528 So. 2d 1276 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). · cites it 6× “The statute to be construed is section 697.06, Florida Statutes (1987) which states, "Any note which is silent as to the right of the obligor to prepay the note in advance of the stated maturity date may be prepaid in full by the obligor or his successor in interest without…”

Hatcher v. Rose, 407 S.E.2d 172 (N.C. 1991). “Florida passed a statute which provides: Any note which is silent as to the right of the obligor to prepay the note in advance of the stated maturity date may be prepaid in full by the obligor or his successor in interest without penalty.”

Friedman v. Gass (In Re Martec Corp.), 127 B.R. 65 (Bankr. S.D. Florida 1991). “Florida Statute § 697.06 (1989) provides: Any note which is silent as to the right of the obligor to prepay the note in advance of the stated maturity date may be prepaid in full by the obligor or his successor in interest without penalty.”

Nacron v. Gen. Am. Life Ins. Co., 516 So. 2d 41 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). · cites it 2× “We affirm the final order under review upon a holding that (a) Section 697.06, Florida Statutes (1985), which provides that “[a]ny note which is silent as to the right of the obligor to prepay the note in advance of the stated maturity date may be prepaid in full by the obligor…”

Zander v. Cima, 197 So. 3d 1082 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). “Cima’s assertion that the mortgage failed to comply with section 697.06, he cited Slomovic v. Petryk, 341 So.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.