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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
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F.S. 817.06
817.06 Misleading advertisements prohibited; penalty.
(1) No person, persons, association, copartnership, or institution shall, with intent to offer or sell or in anywise dispose of merchandise, securities, certificates, diplomas, documents, or other credentials purporting to reflect proficiency in any trade, skill, profession, credits for academic achievement, service or anything offered by such person, persons, association, copartnership, corporation, or institution directly or indirectly, to the public, for sale or distribution or issuance, or with intent to increase the consumption or use thereof, or with intent to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title thereto, or any interest therein, or ownership thereof, knowingly or intentionally make, publish, disseminate, circulate or place before the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated or circulated or placed before the public in this state in a newspaper or other publication or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet or letter or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort regarding such certificate, diploma, document, credential, academic credits, merchandise, security, service or anything so offered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, representation or statement which is untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
(2) Any person, persons, association, copartnership, corporation, or institution found guilty of a violation of subsection (1) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.ss. 1, 2, ch. 11827, 1927; CGL 7311, 7312; ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-410; s. 846, ch. 71-136.
Note.Former s. 817.07.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.06
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In HYDROXYCUT MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION v., 801 F. Supp. 2d 993 (S.D. Cal. 2011)

. . . . §§ 817.06 and 817.40-817.47; (7) violation of Georgia’s Fair Business Practices Act, Ga.Code Ann. § . . .

TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION, v. MONIKER ONLINE SERVICES, LLC a k a H. W., 672 F. Supp. 2d 1353 (S.D. Fla. 2009)

. . . . § 817.06 and §§ 817.40-47 by all Defendants. (See id.). . . . Defendants maintain that in order to state a claim under section 817.06, Transamerica would have to show . . . Stat. § 817.06). . . . threshold matter, Transamerica’s claim for false and misleading advertising is brought under section 817.06 . . . Sections 817.40-817.47 are not as limited as section 817.06. . . .

ROLLINS, INC. v. BUTLAND, 951 So. 2d 860 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . or practices: making or disseminating false and misleading advertisements in violation of sections 817.06 . . . Or-kin’s misleading advertisements and representations that violate Florida Statutes, sections 772.104, 817.06 . . . See §§ 772.104, 817.06. The circuit court certified the class on both of these claims. b. . . .

ROLLINS, INC. v. BUTLAND, 932 So. 2d 1172 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . or practices: making or disseminating false and misleading advertisements in violation of sections 817.06 . . . Or-kin’s misleading advertisements and representations that violate Florida Statutes, sections 772.104, 817.06 . . . See §§ 772.104, 817.06. The circuit court certified the class on both of these claims. b. . . .

ROLLINS, INC. v. BUTLAND N., 852 So. 2d 895 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . Orkin’s misleading advertisements and representations that violate Florida Statutes, sections 772.104, 817.06 . . .

STATE v. BUBSEY, 427 So. 2d 358 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . He was also charged with this particular violation under Section 817.06 and Section 817.-41(1), Florida . . .

DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, v. ROGERS, d b a, 329 So. 2d 257 (Fla. 1976)

. . . Sections 817.06, 817.41, 817.55, 817.71, and 817.77, Fla.Stat. (1971). . Conner v. . . .