The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 621
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

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F.S. 621.03

621.03 Definitions.—As used in this act the following words shall have the meaning indicated:

(1) The term “professional service” means any type of personal service to the public which requires as a condition precedent to the rendering of such service the obtaining of a license or other legal authorization. By way of example and without limiting the generality thereof, the personal services which come within the provisions of this act are the personal services rendered by certified public accountants, public accountants, chiropractic physicians, dentists, osteopathic physicians, physicians and surgeons, doctors of medicine, doctors of dentistry, podiatric physicians, chiropodists, architects, veterinarians, attorneys at law, and life insurance agents.

(2) The term “professional corporation” means a corporation which is organized under this act for the sole and specific purpose of rendering professional service and which has as its shareholders only other professional corporations, professional limited liability companies, or individuals who themselves are duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional service as the corporation.

(3) The term “professional limited liability company” means a limited liability company that is organized under this act for the sole and specific purpose of rendering professional service and that has as its members only other professional limited liability companies, professional corporations, or individuals who themselves are duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional service as the limited liability company.

History.—s. 3, ch. 61-64; s. 3, ch. 93-110; s. 76, ch. 93-284; s. 56, ch. 97-264; ss. 220, 289, ch. 98-166.

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Amendments to 621.03

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 621.03

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 621.03.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In TBR USA, INC., 429 B.R. 599 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. 2010)

. . . $7317.79); and 20 ($1411.20); Indiana Department of Revenue (the unsecured portion of claim # 15-1; $621.03 . . .

D. STAROSTA, v. MBNA AMERICA BANK, N. A. L. NCO E. M., 244 F. App'x 939 (11th Cir. 2007)

. . . . §§ 621.03-12 are permitted to use the abbreviation “P.A.” in connection with their name. . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR, v. GORDON, a k a F. D. d b a P. A. P. A. D. P. A., 661 So. 2d 295 (Fla. 1995)

. . . operating a business as a P.A. unless respondents possess the necessary license as required by section 621.03 . . .

FLORIDA BAR, v. D. WARREN,, 655 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. 1995)

. . . operating a business as a P.A. unless respondent holds the necessary license as required by section 621.03 . . .

A. INGRAHAM, Jr. P. A. P. A. v. CITY OF MIAMI,, 388 So. 2d 305 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . materia with the definitional section of the Professional Service Corporation Act, specifically, Section 621.03 . . .

C. DeVANEY H. v. J. RUMSCH, M. D. L. M. D. J. P. M. D. M. D., 228 So. 2d 904 (Fla. 1969)

. . . Florida Statute, § 621.03(1), (1967), F.S.A. . Florida Statute, Chapter 462 (1967), F.S.A. . . . .

A. v., 26 T.C. 270 (T.C. 1956)

. . . In her income tax return for 1952, in Schedule D, petitioner reported net capital loss of $621.03, which . . . following way: 1947 net capital loss carryover_$4,024.79 60 per cent of 1952 net capital gain_ 3,403.76 $621.03 . . .

JUSTICE v. EMPIRE STATE SURETY CO., 209 F. 105 (E.D. Pa. 1913)

. . . The plaintiff thereupon completed the work at a cost to him of $621.03, and paid $7,789.99 to clear the . . .