The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 531
WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS

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F.S. 531.65

¹531.65 Unauthorized use; penalties.—If a weights or measures instrument or device is used commercially without a valid commercial use permit, the department may do one or more of the following:

(1) Prohibit the further commercial use of the unpermitted instrument or device until the proper permit has been issued.

(2) Employ and attach to the instrument or device such form, notice, tag, or seal to prevent the continued unauthorized use of the instrument or device.

(3) In addition to the permit fees prescribed by rule for the commercial use of a weights and measures instrument or device, assess the late fee authorized under s. 531.62.

(4) Impose penalties as prescribed in s. 531.50 in addition to the payment of appropriate permit fees for the commercial use of a weights and measures instrument or device.

History.—ss. 38, 40, ch. 2009-66; ss. 1, 2, ch. 2013-55; ss. 36, 37, ch. 2013-251; s. 24, ch. 2016-166; s. 30, ch. 2018-84.

¹Note.—Repealed July 1, 2025, by s. 30, ch. 2018-84.

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F.S. 531.65 on Casetext

Amendments to 531.65

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 531.65

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

S531.65 - FRAUD - USE WEIGHT MEASURE DEVICE WO COMMERCIAL PERMIT - M: S

S531.65 - FRAUD - USE WEIGH MEAS DEVICE WO COMM PERMIT SUBSQ OFF - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In WEBER, v., 450 B.R. 595 (Bankr. M.D. La. 2011)

. . . Lytle did not believe that plaintiffs still owed as much as $27, 531.65 on the job and so before he agreed . . .

AMERICAN CHARITIES FOR REASONABLE FUNDRAISING REGULATION, INC. v. PINELLAS COUNTY,, 278 F. Supp. 2d 1301 (M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . Rahdert’s supplemental expense request seeks $531.65 for postage, photocopying, facsimiles and long-distance . . .

S. PETTY, v. PETTY,, 548 So. 2d 793 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . 1976, the alimony provision was modified to provide that “the wife shall receive as permanent alimony $531.65 . . . Pursuant to that petition, the final judgment was modified to reflect that the wife would receive $531.65 . . .

v., 40 B.T.A. 209 (B.T.A. 1939)

. . . For probate purposes her estate was valued August 31, 1936, at $131,-531.65, all of which was her separate . . .