Florida Statute 713.69 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 713
LIENS, GENERALLY

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713.69 Unlawful to remove property upon which lien has accrued.—It is unlawful for any person to remove any property upon which a lien has accrued under s. 713.68 from any hotel, apartment house, roominghouse, lodginghouse, boardinghouse or tenement house without first making full payment to the person operating or conducting the same of all sums due and payable for such occupancy or without first having the written consent of such person so conducting or operating such place to so remove such property. Any person who violates this section, if the value of the property removed in violation hereof is less than $1,000, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; and if the value of the property so removed is $1,000 or more, such person commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 12080, 1927; CGL 5376, 7323; s. 36, ch. 67-254; s. 687, ch. 71-136; s. 28, ch. 2019-167.

Note.—Former s. 85.20.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 713.69

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

S713.69 - LARC - RMV PROP UND LIEN HOTEL APT HOUSE 1KDOL OR MRE - F: T

S713.69 - FRAUD - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8911 - M: S

S713.69 - LARC - REMOVE PROP UNDER LIEN HOTEL/APT/HOUSE LT $1K - M: S

S713.69 - FRAUD - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8912 - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 713.69

Total Results: 1

Barber v. Rader

350 F. Supp. 183, 1972 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12177

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 1972 | Docket: 1833877

Cited 16 times | Published

shall have been fully paid and discharged. Section 713.69, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., makes it unlawful

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