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Florida Statute 717.1401 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 717.1401 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 717.1401 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
717.1401 Repeal.—This chapter shall not repeal, but shall be additional and supplemental to the existing provisions of ss. 43.18 and 402.17 and chapter 716.
History.—s. 41, ch. 87-105; s. 62, ch. 92-348; s. 11, ch. 2018-71.

Cases Citing F.S. 717.1401

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·Bondi v. Brito, 159 So. 3d 369 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2015 WL 1088400

...mination of entitlement to funds; chapter 717 provides additional avenues. Once the funds were transferred to the CFO, the court’s authority, if invoked under section 43.19, was to confirm the claimant’s entitlement to the funds. See §§ 43.19, 717.1401, 717.1262. This conclusion is confirmed upon a reading of section 717.1401, which provides that chapter 717 “shall be additional and supplemental to the existing provisions of [section]_43.19.” Thus, these statutes must be read in pari materia to fully understand the proper procedure for the claiming and disbursement of these funds....
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State of Florida, ex rel., Chertok v. Zillow, Inc. (Fla. 1st DCA 2026).

Cited 1 times | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...The latest time to make such a claim was December 2016 per the Delaware courts’ decisions. Second, even if Chertok and Vast could make a claim for the property, the property was not presumed unclaimed under the Florida Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, sections 717.001 through 717.1401, Florida Statutes, because of communication by Chertok and Vast with Zillow about the property....
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·Crescenzo v. Atwater, 136 So. 3d 1248 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 1613401, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 5866

...will be made to the ultimate beneficiary, as provided by Section 215.965, F.S. No copy of a Form (DFS-A4-1988) exists in this record. Oddly, we have been unable to locate such a form by searching Florida internet public records. IV. A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE PARTIES Section 717.1401 expressly states that chapter 717 does not repeal section 43.19 *1256 but that it is “additional and supplemental.” Unfortunately, it is not obvious how to make chapter 717 supplemental to section 43.19....
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