Florida Statute 817.05 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES

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F.S. 817.05

817.05 False statements to merchants as to financial condition.—Any merchant in the state, before extending credit to any person applying for the same, may require such applicant to furnish a statement in writing showing the property owned and the salary being earned by said applicant, and if said statement, or any part thereof, is false, provided the same be made willfully, and signed by applicant in presence of two witnesses, and any person obtains credit from any merchant by reason of the merchant relying on and being deceived by said false statement, or any part thereof, then said person so obtaining credit or goods shall be deemed guilty of obtaining money or goods under false pretenses and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 19487, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 7264(1); s. 844, ch. 71-136.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.05

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Cases Citing Statute 817.05

Total Results: 9

Federal National Mortgage Association v. Linner

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-06-03

Citation: 193 So. 3d 1010, 2016 WL 3127410, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8477

Snippet: decision quashed, 629 So.2d 817. 5 . A trial court should still consider

Boulis v. Blackburn

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-08-05

Citation: 16 So. 3d 186, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 10739, 2009 WL 2382358

Snippet: its proportional share pursuant to section 733.817(5)(f), Florida Statutes (2000). We also affirm the

Sheets v. Palmer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-12-14

Citation: 917 So. 2d 246, 2005 WL 3403620

Snippet: administrative expenses pursuant to sections 733.817(5)(a)1 and 733.805(1)(d), Florida Statutes (2003)

In Re Estate of McClaran

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-03-15

Citation: 811 So. 2d 799, 2002 WL 397223

Snippet: will is "the governing instrument."[2] Section 733.817(5)(h)(4) provides: For a direction in a governing

Jenkins v. Golf Channel

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-06-26

Citation: 714 So. 2d 558, 1998 WL 335789

Snippet: the Uniform Commercial Code, F.S. § 817.03, § 817.05, § 817.15 (fraud), and/or Florida Statutes Chapter

Morton v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-06-26

Citation: 459 So. 2d 322

Snippet: explain the crime charged, e.g., Williams, 366 So.2d 817).[5] The defense in this case was misidentification

Minor v. Heimbach

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-10-29

Citation: 157 So. 2d 95

Snippet: until the sum of $817.05 is paid to the plaintiff.” It appears that the sum of $817.05 is based upon an

Jackson v. Edwards

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-08-05

Citation: 197 So. 833, 144 Fla. 187, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 1026

Snippet: process. See O'Reilly v. Sattler (Fla.), 193 So. 817, 5 Am. Jur. 635;" and other authorities." A reference

Winthrop v. Carinhas

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-04-09

Citation: 195 So. 399, 142 Fla. 588, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 1417

Snippet: See O'Reilly v. Sattler, 141 Fla. 770,193 So. 817. 5 Am. Jur. 635; 96 A. L. R. 1479; 86 A. L. R. 1145;