Florida Statute 817.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES

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F.S. 817.15

817.15 False entries in books of business entity.—Any officer, agent, clerk or servant of a business entity who makes a false entry in the books thereof, with intent to defraud, and any person whose duty it is to make in such books a record or entry of the transfer of stock, or of the issuing and canceling of certificates thereof, or of the amount of stock issued by such business entity, who omits to make a true record or entry thereof, with intent to defraud, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 47, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2467; GS 3326; RGS 5164; CGL 7267; s. 850, ch. 71-136; s. 6, ch. 2015-166.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.15

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

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Cases Citing Statute 817.15

Total Results: 5

Colonial Penn Insurance v. Value Rent-A-Car Inc.

814 F. Supp. 1084, 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20856, 1992 WL 443758

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 8, 1992 | Docket: 1296277

Cited 17 times | Published

the enterprise violated Fla.Stat. § 812.014 and § 817.15. (Complaint, ¶ 38). Additionally, Colonial has

Jenkins v. Golf Channel

714 So. 2d 558, 1998 WL 335789

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 26, 1998 | Docket: 461600

Cited 6 times | Published

Uniform Commercial Code, F.S. § 817.03, § 817.05, § 817.15 (fraud), and/or Florida Statutes Chapter 895 (RICO);

Molenda v. Hoechst Celanese Corp.

60 F. Supp. 2d 1294, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13062, 1999 WL 613325

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 1999 | Docket: 41503

Cited 4 times | Published

Plaintiff asserts that both incidents violated Section 817.15, Florida Statutes.[2] Defendant counters that

Foxfire Inn of Stuart, Florida, Inc. v. Neff

433 So. 2d 1304

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 1, 1983 | Docket: 1727434

Cited 1 times | Published

Foxfire Inn's books and records in violation of section 817.15; and had made false statements of fact concerning

Kevin Harris v. James F. Jayo

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 14, 2021 | Docket: 60058125

Published

of the two companies in violation of Fla. Stat. § 817.15, and issuing certificates of stock for the two