The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XIII
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 190
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

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F.S. 190.048

190.048 Sale of real estate within a district; required disclosure to purchaser.—Subsequent to the establishment of a district under this chapter, each contract for the initial sale of a parcel of real property and each contract for the initial sale of a residential unit within the district shall include, immediately prior to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the purchaser, the following disclosure statement in boldfaced and conspicuous type which is larger than the type in the remaining text of the contract: “THE (Name of District) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MAY IMPOSE AND LEVY TAXES OR ASSESSMENTS, OR BOTH TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, ON THIS PROPERTY. THESE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS PAY THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF THE DISTRICT AND ARE SET ANNUALLY BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE DISTRICT. THESE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS ARE IN ADDITION TO COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS AND ALL OTHER TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS PROVIDED FOR BY LAW.”

History.—s. 15, ch. 84-360; s. 3, ch. 90-46; s. 44, ch. 99-378.

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Amendments to 190.048

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 190.048

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 190.048.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In MONA LISA AT CELEBRATION, LLC, v. LLC, v. LLC, v. LLC, v. LLC,, 472 B.R. 582 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2012)

. . . Stat. 190.048. . . . Stat. § 190.048, which is a per se FDUTPA violation. . . . Florida Statute § 190.048 requires a developer to disclose to purchasers that their units are located . . . Stat. § 190.048 is inapplicable in this case, however, for an obvious reason — Mona Lisa is not selling . . . Accordingly, Mona Lisa has not violated § 190.048, because it does not apply. . . .

In MONA LISA AT CELEBRATION, LLC, v. LLC, v. LLC,, 436 B.R. 179 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2010)

. . . violations of ILSFDA, the 1933 Securities Act, and Florida Statutes §§ 718.503, 718.506, 718.202, and 190.048 . . . Plaintiffs also have alleged predicate violations under Fla.Stat. §§ 718.202 and 190.048. . . . Second, Fla.Stat. § 190.048 is inapplicable in this case because it applies only to contracts for the . . . Accordingly, Mona Lisa has not violated § 190.048, and plaintiffs cannot establish a per se FDUTPA violation . . .