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Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 703
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F.S. 703.18

703.18 Refusing to make abstract.—Any person or any employee thereof, who may be engaged in such business of making abstracts, writing, entries, or maps in any county in which the records have been destroyed, shall furnish such abstract or copy, or any portion thereof and a certificate and affidavit of the correctness thereof to any person from time to time applying therefor in the order of application, and without unnecessary delay, and for a reasonable consideration to be allowed therefor, which in no case shall exceed the sum of 60 cents for each deed, mortgage, or other instrument for which such abstract is furnished, and $5 for the certificate and affidavit, and only one certificate and affidavit shall be necessary or shall be charged to or for all the entries, instruments, or items of the abstract of any chain of title, and any and all persons so engaged, whose business is hereby declared to stand upon a like footing with that of common carriers, who shall refuse so to do, if tender or payment be made to him or her or them of the amount demanded for such abstract or copy, and not exceeding the amount aforesaid, as soon as such amount is made known and ascertained, or of a sum adequate to cover such amount before it is ascertained, shall be guilty of the crime of extortion, and shall also be liable in any action for any and all damages, loss or injury which any person applying therefor may suffer or incur by reason of such failure to furnish such abstract or copy, as aforesaid, and shall also be subject to be compelled to furnish such abstract by mandamus or other legal proceedings.

History.—s. 7, ch. 4951, 1901; GS 3484; RGS 5358; CGL 7493; s. 679, ch. 71-136; s. 787, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 703.18

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 703.18.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 703.18

Total Results: 20

Jones v. Christina

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1965-03-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 172 So. 2d 855

Snippet: the State of Florida. Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441 (1895); County of Hillsborough v. Price

State Ex Rel. Watson v. Friend

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1942-12-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 11 So. 2d 182, 152 Fla. 74, 1942 Fla. LEXIS 699

Snippet: Fla. 620,3 So. 171; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441; State v. Burns, 38 Fla. 367, 21 So. 290

In Re: Petition of Fla. State Bar Ass'n.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1940-12-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 199 So. 57, 145 Fla. 223, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 934

Snippet: unconsititutional. Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441. Section 4, Article V, of the Constitution

A. M. Klemm & Son v. City of Winter Haven

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1939-12-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 192 So. 652, 141 Fla. 60

Snippet: Thomas, 18 Fla. 736. Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441; Prairie Pebble Phos. Co. v. Silverman,

Bristol-Myers Co. v. Webb's Cut-Rate Drug Co., Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1939-04-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 188 So. 91, 137 Fla. 508

Snippet: Fla. 620, So. 171; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441; State v. Burnes, 39 Fla. 367,21 So. 290

City of Winter Haven v. A. M. Klemm & Son

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1938-04-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 181 So. 153, 132 Fla. 334

Snippet: Fla. 620, 3 So.2d 171; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703,18 So.2d 441; Ex Parte Knight, 52 Fla. 144, 41 So.2d

City of Hialeah v. State Ex Rel. Ben Hur Life Ass'n

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1937-04-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 174 So. 843, 128 Fla. 46

Snippet: Fla. 333,126 So. 274; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441, Wade v. Atlantic Lumber Co., 51 Fla. 628

Spencer v. Hunt

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1933-03-24T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 147 So. 282, 109 Fla. 248

Snippet: doctrine announced in Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703,18 Sou. Rep. 441, we affirm. The case holds, as counsel

McConville v. Ft. Pierce Bk. Tr. Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1931-05-29T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 135 So. 392, 101 Fla. 727

Snippet: III, Constitution. Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441. In the case of the State v. Allen, 83

State Ex Rel. Crump v. Sullivan

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1930-05-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 128 So. 478, 99 Fla. 1070

Snippet: Love, 126 So. R. 374; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. R. 441; S. F. W. Ry. v. Geiger, 21 Fla. 669

Apgar v. Wilkinson

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1928-03-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 116 So. 78, 95 Fla. 457

Snippet: expounded by this Court. Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So.2d 441; State ex rel. v. Burns,38 Fla. 367,

State Ex Rel. Davis v. Fowler

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1927-10-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 114 So. 435, 94 Fla. 752

Snippet: provisions in Acts." In Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 So. 441, referring to this section of the Constitution

Porter v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1926-04-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 108 So. 814, 91 Fla. 667

Snippet: Act is inoperative. Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703,18 South. Rep. 441; The Borrowdale, 39 Fed. Rep. 376

State ex rel. Buford v. Daniel

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1924-03-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 87 Fla. 270, 99 So. 804

Snippet: not misleading as in Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 South. Rep. 441; and in Brooks v. Hydron, 76 Mich

State ex rel. Buford v. Watkins

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1923-04-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 88 Fla. 392, 102 So. 347

Snippet: the entire Act, as in Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 South. Rep. 441; Davis v. Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer

Davis v. Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1922-07-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 84 Fla. 102, 92 So. 916

Snippet: principles stated in Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 South. Rep. 441, if the Act is not .also invalid

State ex rel. Terry v. Vestel

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1921-04-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 81 Fla. 625

Snippet: Thomas, 18 Fla. 736; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 South. Rep. 441; State ex rel. Attorney General

State ex rel. Attorney General v. Hilburn

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1915-07-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 70 Fla. 55, 69 So. 784

Snippet: rel. v. Stark, supra; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 South. Rep. 441; State ex rel. Clyatt v. Hocker

State ex rel. West v. Butler

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1915-07-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 70 Fla. 102

Snippet: 5 South. Rep. 600; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 South. Rep. 441. Express or implied provisions

Stokes v. Galloway

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1911-01-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 61 Fla. 437

Snippet: 18 South. Rep. 767; Webster v. Powell, 36 Fla. 703, 18 South. Rep. 441. The title to Chapter 5692 sufficiently