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Florida Statute 817.15 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 817.15 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 817.15 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 817.15

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§817.15EMBEZZLEFALSE ENTRY IN BOOKS OF BUSINESS ENTITYF · 3rd

Cases Citing F.S. 817.15

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·Colonial Penn Ins. v. Value Rent-A-Car Inc., 814 F. Supp. 1084 (S.D. Fla. 1992).

Cited 17 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20856, 1992 WL 443758

...e by indictment or information under numerous provisions of the Florida Statute or any conduct defined as "racketeering activity" under 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1). In the present case, Colonial alleges that the enterprise violated Fla.Stat. § 812.014 and § 817.15....
...Since these violations qualify as "incidents" of racketeering activity under Fla. Stat. § 895.02(1)(b), Colonial has sufficiently alleged the claims within the purview of Florida RICO. Therefore, without going into the issues of whether Colonial has adequately pleaded Fla. Stat. § 812.014 and § 817.15, Colonial has pleaded two or more "incidents" of Florida RICO sufficient to withstand a Motion to Dismiss....
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Cited as authorityEades (2015)
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Cited as authorityElenson (2013)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2011)
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·Jenkins v. Golf Channel, 714 So. 2d 558 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 335789

...The reported conduct violated laws, rules and regulations including, but not limited to, Florida Statutes § 501.201-501.204 (the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act), 15 U.S.C. 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....
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Cited as authorityWest (2026)
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Cited as authorityWoodford (2012)
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Cited as authorityPinder (2009)
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·Molenda v. Hoechst Celanese Corp., 60 F. Supp. 2d 1294 (S.D. Fla. 1999).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13062, 1999 WL 613325

...Specifically, in 1995, Plaintiff reported to his supervisor, Brian O'Reilly, that the plants in Brazil and Colombia were involved in kickback schemes and the falsification of company records (hereinafter referred to as the "Latin American incident"). [1] Plaintiff asserts that both incidents violated Section 817.15, Florida Statutes....
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Cited "but see"Knowles (2019)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2025)
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Cited as authorityPollock (2025)
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·Kevin Harris v. James F. Jayo (11th Cir. 2021).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...general default judgment that does not specify its grounds. See Restatement 4 Mr. 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. Stat. § 817.15, and issuing certificates of stock for the two companies beyond the amount authorized by law in violation of Fla....
...Jayo can try to establish— without the benefit of collateral estoppel—that the $1.8 million debt owed by Mr. Harris (or some part of it) is not dischargeable. Mr. Jayo can also attempt to establish that his claims under Fla. Stat. §§ 817.03, 817.15, and 817.20 satisfy § 523 (a)(2)(A) or § 523(a)(2)(B).6 REVERSED AND REMANDED. 6 Because we remand for a new proceeding, we do not reach Mr....
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Cited "but see"Ortiz (2022)
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Cited as authorityOlson (2026)
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Cited as authorityCollins (2026)
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Foxfire Inn of Stuart, Florida, Inc. v. Neff, 433 So. 2d 1304 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...ooks and records during normal business hours. Appellants alleged that Neff had failed "to disclose material evidence," in violation of Section 817.41, Florida Statutes; had made certain entries in the Foxfire Inn's books and records in violation of section 817.15; and had made false statements of fact concerning the Foxfire Inn's net worth, its actual profit margin during the time Neff owned it, and "[t]he satisfaction of the labor force with working conditions and pay schedules." Appellants al...

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