The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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

Chapter 509
LODGING AND FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS; MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS

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F.S. 509.214

509.214 Notification of automatic gratuity charge.—Every public food service establishment which includes an automatic gratuity or service charge in the price of the meal shall include on the food menu and on the face of the bill provided to the customer notice that an automatic gratuity is included.

History.—s. 1, ch. 86-24; s. 1, ch. 88-16; ss. 21, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Amendments to 509.214

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 509.214

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 509.214.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SOLIMAN, v. SOBE MIAMI, LLC, J., 312 F. Supp. 3d 1344 (S.D. Fla. 2018)

. . . . § 509.214 ("Every public food service establishment which includes an automatic gratuity or service . . .

FOX, v. LOEWS CORPORATION,, 309 F. Supp. 3d 1241 (S.D. Fla. 2018)

. . . Under Section 509.214, Florida Statutes, "[e]very public food service establishment which includes an . . . Stat. § 509.214 ) ). . . . means it is involuntarily paid, given he did not have the right to consent to the charge, as section 509.214 . . . Plaintiff alleges Defendants violate Florida Statute 509.214 by failing to include the automatic gratuity . . .