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Title XLVI
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Chapter 817
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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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Amendments to 817.06

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.06

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

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 817.06

Total Results: 10

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-12-15

Citation: 951 So. 2d 860, 2006 WL 3686484

Snippet: that violate Florida Statutes, sections 772.104, 817.06, and 817.41."[2] The circuit court certified both

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-06-30

Citation: 932 So. 2d 1172, 2006 WL 1791705

Snippet: that violate Florida Statutes, sections 772.104, 817.06, and 817.41."[2] The circuit court certified both

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-08-06

Citation: 852 So. 2d 895, 2003 WL 21799921

Snippet: that violate Florida Statutes, sections 772.104, 817.06, and 817.41." The trial court issued a twelve-page

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-07-15

Snippet: Management Subcommittee, meeting of 3/7/96 on HB 817. 6 See, s. 372.561(4), Fla. Stat. (1995).

Gibson v. Courtois

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-03-02

Citation: 539 So. 2d 459, 1989 WL 18523

Snippet: retracted.'" Etheredge v. Barkley, 25 Fla. 814, 817, 6 So. 861, 862 (1889) (quoting 1 Story, Contracts

Leitman v. Boone

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-10-18

Citation: 439 So. 2d 318

Snippet: retracted.'" Etheredge v. Barkley, 25 Fla. 814, 817, 6 So. 861, 862 (1889) (quoting Story, J., 1 Story

State v. Bubsey

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-03-02

Citation: 427 So. 2d 358, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19139

Snippet: charged with this particular violation under Section 817.06 and Section 817.-41(1), Florida Statutes (1979)

Department of Legal Affairs v. Rogers

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-02-25

Citation: 329 So. 2d 257

Snippet: 216 So.2d 209, 213 (Fla. 1968). [5] Sections 817.06, 817.41, 817.55, 817.71, and 817.77, Fla. Stat

Outten v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-03-17

Citation: 197 So. 2d 594, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 5136

Snippet: not necessarily so. In 23 C.J.S. Criminal Law § 817(6) a, p. 180, it is stated: “As a general rule, in

Kent v. McIntosh

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-11-16

Citation: 151 So. 698, 112 Fla. 745

Snippet: See Wheeler v. Sullivan, 106 Fla. 109, 142 So.2d 817; 6 C. J. 368-640. Affirmed. WHITFIELD, P. J., and