Florida Statute 715.03 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 715
PROPERTY: GENERAL PROVISIONS

View Entire Chapter

F.S. 715.03

715.03 Laundries and drycleaners; disposition of unclaimed articles.—If any person shall fail to claim any garment, clothing, household article, or other articles delivered for laundering, cleaning, or pressing to any laundry or drycleaning establishment for a period of 6 months after the delivery of such article for laundering, cleaning, or processing, the laundry or drycleaning establishment to whom the garment, clothing, or household article is delivered shall have the right to dispose of such garment, clothing, or household article by whatsoever means it may choose without incurring liability or responsibility to the owner provided, however, that before such laundry or drycleaning establishment may claim the benefits of this section it shall at the time of the receiving of such garment, clothing, or household articles, give to the individual delivering such article notice in writing that the articles so delivered may be disposed of by such laundry or drycleaning establishment unless such articles are reclaimed within 6 months from date of delivery to such laundry or drycleaning establishments. Provided, further, that if any garment, clothing, household article, or other articles referred to above is left at a laundry or drycleaning establishment for storage, and insurance is charged for thereon, then, in that event, the said 6 months as set forth above in this section shall not start to run until the period for which the article so insured has expired and when the time for which the insurance on said garment, clothing, or household article shall have expired then the laundry or drycleaning establishment may dispose of the property as though no insurance had been placed on said property in the same way as is provided hereinabove in this section.

History.—s. 1, ch. 57-416.

F.S. 715.03 on Google Scholar

F.S. 715.03 on Casetext

Amendments to 715.03

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 715.03

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 715.03.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 715.03

Total Results: 6

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1993-04-09

Snippet: dry cleaners is to be disposed of pursuant to s. 715.03, F.S. Section 715.065, F.S., covers the disposition

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1978-07-07

Snippet: Casualty Corp. v. Lewis Crane Service, Inc.,173 So.2d 715 (3 D.C.A. Fla., 1965), and Adami v. Highlands Insurance

Pirrello v. Poulter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-01-31

Citation: 354 So. 2d 468, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15157

Snippet: so ruling. See Villafranca v. Cotitia, 147 Fla. 715, 3 So.2d 397 (Fla.1941); Ganaway v. Henderson, 103

Ziegler v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-11-30

Citation: 180 So. 2d 477

Snippet: [2] Coyner v. State, Fla.App. 1965, 177 So.2d 715. [3] Miles v. State, Fla.App. 1965, 174 So.2d 576

Genet v. Florida East Coast Railway Company

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-02-19

Citation: 150 So. 2d 272

Snippet: condition.[2] In Villafranca v. Cotitia, 147 Fla. 715, 3 So.2d 397, our Supreme Court recognized the validity

Dudley v. Wilson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1943-04-23

Citation: 13 So. 2d 145, 152 Fla. 752, 1943 Fla. LEXIS 1029

Snippet: our ruling in Villafranca v. Cotitia, 147 Fla. 715, 3 So.2d 397, and contends that the order of dismissal