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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 877
MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES
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F.S. 877.02
877.02 Solicitation of legal services or retainers therefor; penalty.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or her or his agent, employee or any person acting on her or his behalf, to solicit or procure through solicitation either directly or indirectly legal business, or to solicit or procure through solicitation a retainer, written or oral, or any agreement authorizing an attorney to perform or render legal service, or to make it a business to solicit or procure such business, retainers or agreements; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit or be applicable to banks, trust companies, lawyer reference services, legal aid associations, lay collection agencies, railroad companies, insurance companies and agencies, and real estate companies and agencies, in the conduct of their lawful businesses, and in connection therewith and incidental thereto forwarding legal matters to attorneys at law when such forwarding is authorized by the customers or clients of said businesses and is done pursuant to the canons of legal ethics as pronounced by the Supreme Court of Florida.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ of or in any capacity attached to any hospital, sanitarium, police department, wrecker service or garage, prison or court, for a person authorized to furnish bail bonds, investigators, photographers, insurance or public adjusters, or for a general or other contractor as defined in s. 489.105 or other business providing sinkhole remediation services, to communicate directly or indirectly with any attorney or person acting on said attorney’s behalf for the purpose of aiding, assisting, or abetting such attorney in the solicitation of legal business or the procurement through solicitation of a retainer, written or oral, or any agreement authorizing the attorney to perform or render legal services.
(3) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(4) This section shall be taken to be cumulative and shall not be construed to amend or repeal any other valid law, code, ordinance, rule, or penalty now in effect.
History.ss. 1-4, ch. 59-391; s. 1146, ch. 71-136; s. 1425, ch. 97-102; s. 37, ch. 2006-12; s. 8, ch. 2025-40.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 877.02
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S877.02 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - SOLICITATION OF LEGAL SERVICES OR RETAINERS - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 877.02

Total Results: 14

Spence, Payne, Masington v. Philip M. Gerson

483 So. 2d 775, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 433, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6508

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 11, 1986 | Docket: 1511906

Cited 18 times | Published

employment of Gerson was solicited in violation of Section 877.02(1), Florida Statutes (1981), any agreement

Campbell v. State

240 So. 2d 298

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 14, 1970 | Docket: 450403

Cited 16 times | Published

S.Ct. 42, 17 L.Ed.2d 76 (1966), upholding F.S. § 877.02(1), F.S.A., prohibiting solicitation of legal

Amendments Regulating Bar-Advertising

762 So. 2d 392, 1999 WL 1289031

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 17, 1999 | Docket: 124900

Cited 14 times | Published

dismissed, 677 So.2d 840 (Fla. 1996); see also § 877.02, Fla. Stat. (1997) (lawyer anti-solicitation statute);

SEARCY, DENNEY v. Scheller

629 So. 2d 947, 1993 WL 517229

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 15, 1993 | Docket: 2538681

Cited 13 times | Published

(attorney whose fee contract is void for violation of § 877.02(1) is not entitled to quantum meruit fee). These

Pace v. State

368 So. 2d 340

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 1, 1979 | Docket: 1723375

Cited 12 times | Published

solicitation of legal business in violation of section 877.02(1), Florida Statutes (1973).[1] During the

Thomas v. Ratiner

462 So. 2d 1157, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 326

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 20, 1984 | Docket: 449463

Cited 10 times | Published

solicited his contract with Nieves in violation of Section 877.02 Florida Statutes (1981) and that said act rendered

Agudo, Pineiro & Kates v. Harbert Const.

476 So. 2d 1311, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2183

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 17, 1985 | Docket: 1681584

Cited 8 times | Published

presented in both cases is the applicability of section 877.02, Florida Statutes (1981) to the respective

State v. Globe Communications Corp.

622 So. 2d 1066, 21 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2129, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 7991, 1993 WL 287721

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 4, 1993 | Docket: 547054

Cited 7 times | Published

grounds); Pace v. State, 368 So.2d 340 (Fla. 1979) [F.S. 877.02(1), the antisolicitation of legal business statute

Gables Ins. Recovery, Inc. v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp.

261 So. 3d 613

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 20, 2018 | Docket: 64700804

Cited 5 times | Published

or render legal service." Id. at 777 (quoting § 877.02(1), Fla. Stat. (1981) ). We concluded that the

ROBERT A. SHUPACK, PA v. Marcus

606 So. 2d 466, 1992 WL 280378

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 13, 1992 | Docket: 409722

Cited 5 times | Published

attorney was void where agreement violated Section 877.02(1), Florida Statute (1981)), rev. denied, 492

The Florida Bar v. Gaer

380 So. 2d 429, 1980 Fla. LEXIS 4126

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 7, 1980 | Docket: 1725572

Cited 4 times | Published

of soliciting legal business in violation of section 877.02, Florida Statutes, and two counts of a bail

State v. Palmer

791 So. 2d 1181, 2001 WL 838201

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 26, 2001 | Docket: 2515596

Cited 3 times | Published

of the so-called anti-solicitation statute, section 877.02(1), Florida Statutes (1973).[1] Pace argued

Gables Ins. Recovery, Inc. v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp.

261 So. 3d 613

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 20, 2018 | Docket: 64700805

Cited 1 times | Published

or render legal service." Id. at 777 (quoting § 877.02(1), Fla. Stat. (1981) ). We concluded that the

State ex rel. Farber v. Williams

183 So. 2d 537, 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3718

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1966 | Docket: 64495784

Published

Petitioner therein for the alleged violation of F.S. § 877.02(1), F. S.A. The Dade County Grand Jury indicted