Florida Statute 817.54 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES

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F.S. 817.54

817.54 Obtaining of mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, etc., by false representation.—Any person who, with intent to defraud, obtains any mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note or other instrument evidencing a debt from any person or obtains the signature of any person to any mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note or other instrument evidencing a debt by color or aid of fraudulent or false representation or pretenses, or obtains the signature of any person to a mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, or other instrument evidencing a debt, the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 1, ch. 63-142; s. 880, ch. 71-136.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.54

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Cases Citing Statute 817.54

Total Results: 8

Silver v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

760 F. Supp. 2d 1330, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5664, 2011 WL 121701

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 13, 2011 | Docket: 2342455

Cited 15 times | Published

COUNTRYWIDE are enumerated in Florida Statutes § 817.54." and "[t]his vicious pattern of fraud and the

Pizzo v. State

910 So. 2d 287, 2005 WL 1705237

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 22, 2005 | Docket: 1494483

Cited 6 times | Published

six counts of mortgage fraud in violation of section 817.54, Florida Statutes (1997), which provides:

Adams v. State

650 So. 2d 1039, 1995 WL 46412

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 8, 1995 | Docket: 1345942

Cited 4 times | Published

mortgage by false representation in violation of section 817.54, Florida Statutes (1991) (Count II). The jury

Barrios v. State

75 So. 3d 374, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18980, 2011 WL 5964339

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 2011 | Docket: 60303727

Cited 1 times | Published

be guilty of a felony of the third degree.... § 817.54, Fla. Stat. (2009). Further, to prove this crime

Grant v. State

43 So. 3d 864, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 12906, 2010 WL 3446138

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 3, 2010 | Docket: 2398219

Cited 1 times | Published

and convicted of mortgage fraud pursuant to section 817.54, Florida Statutes (2004).[3] The information

Izquierdo v. State

177 So. 3d 1018, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 15986, 2015 WL 6499244

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 28, 2015 | Docket: 3007728

Published

pretenses in violation of section 817.54, Florida Statutes (2006). Section 817.54 provides: Any person

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES— REPORT NO. 2013-06

148 So. 3d 1204, 2014 WL 4636358

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 2014 | Docket: 1171080

Published

omissions for purposes of Mortgage Fraud. § 817.54.5(1), Fla. Stat. Documents involved in

Pino v. Bank of New York Mellon

57 So. 3d 950, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 4341, 2011 WL 1135541

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 30, 2011 | Docket: 60299211

Published

prevented in the execution thereof); see also § 817.54 Fla. Stat. (2010) (third degree felony to — with