Florida Statute 877.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XLVI
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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.

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Amendments to 877.02

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 877.02

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

S877.02 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - SOLICITATION OF LEGAL SERVICES OR RETAINERS - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 877.02

Total Results: 20

THE STREMS LAW FIRM, P.A. and GREGORY SALDAMANDO v. OBRIAN FRAZER

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-06-03

Snippet: an insurer for breach of contract, seeking $22,877.02 in damages. Almost a year-and-a-half later, appellee

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-09-20

Citation: 261 So. 3d 613

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-09-20

Citation: 261 So. 3d 613

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

Joseph P. Smith v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-09-11

Citation: 151 So. 3d 1177, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 561, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2754

Snippet: conviction under the statute. Id. at 877. 2 . Claims of ineffective assistance

State v. Palmer

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-07-26

Citation: 791 So. 2d 1181, 2001 WL 838201

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

Amendments Regulating Bar-Advertising

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-12-17

Citation: 762 So. 2d 392, 1999 WL 1289031

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1994-07-13

Snippet: Statutes, for professional engineers. Section 403.0877(2), Florida Statutes, grants DEP the discretion to

SEARCY, DENNEY v. Scheller

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-12-15

Citation: 629 So. 2d 947, 1993 WL 517229

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

State v. Weinstein

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-09-08

Citation: 623 So. 2d 835, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 8952, 1993 WL 337480

Snippet: with violations of sections 817.234(8), (9), and 877.02(1) and (3), Florida Statutes (1991). These statutes

State v. Globe Communications Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-08-04

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

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

ROBERT A. SHUPACK, PA v. Marcus

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-10-13

Citation: 606 So. 2d 466, 1992 WL 280378

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-07-12

Snippet: American Surety Company of New York, 99 So.2d 877 (2 D.C.A. Fla., 1958) (where statute sets forth exceptions

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-12-05

Snippet: American Surety Company of New York, 99 So.2d 877 (2 D.C.A. Fla., 1958) (where statute sets forth exceptions

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-09-22

Snippet: American Surety Company of New York, 99 So.2d 877 (2 D.C.A.Fla., 1958) (where statute sets forth exceptions

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1986-06-10

Snippet: American Surety Company of New York, 99 So.2d 877 (2 D.C.A.Fla., 1958) (where statute sets forth exceptions

Spence, Payne, Masington v. Philip M. Gerson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-02-11

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

Snippet: of Gerson was solicited in violation of Section 877.02(1), Florida Statutes (1981), any agreement to employ

Agudo, Pineiro & Kates v. Harbert Const.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-09-17

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

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1985-07-31

Snippet: American Surety Company of New York, 99 So.2d 877 (2 D.C.A.Fla., 1958) (where statute sets forth exceptions

Thomas v. Ratiner

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-11-20

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

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1983-11-29

Snippet: responding state. See, Ray v. Pentlicki, 375 So.2d 875, 877 (2 D.C.A. Fla., 1979); Maloney v. Maloney, supra.