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Fla. Stat. § 817.03 (2025)
Making false statement to obtain property or credit or to detain real property.
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817.03 Making false statement to obtain property or credit or to detain real property.—
(1) Any person who shall make or cause to be made any false statement, in writing, relating to his or her financial condition, assets or liabilities, or relating to the financial condition, assets or liabilities of any firm or corporation in which such person has a financial interest, or for whom he or she is acting, with a fraudulent intent of obtaining credit, goods, money or other property, and shall by such false statement obtain credit, goods, money or other property, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Any person who, with the intent to detain or remain upon real property, knowingly and willfully presents to another person a false document purporting to be a valid lease agreement, deed, or other instrument conveying real property rights commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 5134, 1903; RS 3322; s. 1, ch. 6869, 1915; RGS 5160; CGL 7263; s. 843, ch. 71-136; s. 1245, ch. 97-102; s. 3, ch. 2024-44.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 817.03
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§817.03FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENTRENUMBERED. SEE REC # 10297
§817.03(1)FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENTMAKE FALSE STATEMENT TO OBTAIN PROP OR CREDIT
§817.03(2)FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENTPRESENT FALSE REAL PROPERTY DOCUMENT AS VALID
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: Kevin Harris v. James F. Jayo, 3 F.4th 1339 (11th Cir. 2021).
Kevin Harris v. James F. Jayo, 3 F.4th 1339 (11th Cir. 2021). “Jayo also asserted claims for a false statement in writing in violation of Fla. Stat. § 817.03 , making false entries on the books of the two companies in violation of Fla.”
Kearns v. Farmer Acquisition Co., 157 So. 3d 458 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). “However, Kearns argued that he proved a violation of section 817.03, Florida Statutes (2008), which prohibits making a false statement to obtain property or credit, which is relevant to his claims of power booking.”
Jenkins v. Golf Channel, 714 So. 2d 558 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). “45 (the Federal Trade Commission Act), the Uniform Commercial Code, F.S. § 817.03, § 817.05, § 817.15 (fraud), and/or Florida Statutes Chapter 895 (RICO); 9.”
State v. Jackson, 677 So. 2d 938 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). “The state filed an information against appellee charging him with one count of organized fraud, in violation of section 817.03(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1993); one count of racketeering, in violation of section 895.”
Solomon v. Fellmy (In Re Felsner), 289 F. App'x 879 (6th Cir. 2008). “§ 1344 ; see also Fla. Stat. § 817.03 . In fact, as the district court noted, numerous individuals are serving time in federal prisons for engaging in conduct that is substantially similar to the conduct that the majority has blessed in this case.”
Perry v. Sec'y, Florida Dep't of Corr., 664 F.3d 1359 (11th Cir. 2011). “031 (providing venue of prosecution under Fla. Stat. § 817.03 , which prohibits making a false statement to obtain property or credit); Fla.”
State of Florida v. James Francis Kigar (Fla. 4th DCA 2019). “See § 817.03, Fla. Stat. (2016) (“with a fraudulent intent”); § 817.”
— 817.03(4)(a) — 1 case
State v. Jackson, 677 So. 2d 938 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). “The state filed an information against appellee charging him with one count of organized fraud, in violation of section 817.03(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1993); one count of racketeering, in violation of section 895.”
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