The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . Stat. § 559.553(1). . . . Stat. § 559.553(3)(h). . . . Stat. § 559.553(3)(h). . . . Section 559.553. . . . Stat. § 559.553(3)(h). . . .
. . . In LeBlanc, the Eleventh Circuit held that Florida Statute § 559.553, which requires consumer collection . . .
. . . Further, persons registered or required to be registered under section 559.553 are subject to disciplinary . . .
. . . Further, persons registered or required to be registered under section 559.553 are subject to disciplinary . . . insured institution), as amended in 2014, which renumbered the provision, without change, from section 559.553 . . .
. . . Section 559.553, Florida Statutes, provides “[a] person may not engage in business in this state as a . . . Stat. § 559.553(1). . . . upon failure to register as a consumer collection agency as required by state law, namely, Section 559.553 . . . debt without first registering with Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation, as required by Section 559.553 . . .
. . . FirstBank Florida, 779 F.Supp.2d 1354, 1357 n. 1 (S.D.Fla.2011) (noting that “Sections 559.553 and 559.555 . . .
. . . Stat. § 559.553(1) — (2). . . . Section 559.553(4) provides an exemption for “[a]ny out-of-state consumer debt collector who does not . . . Id. § 559.553(4)(h). . . . Stat. § 559.553). . . . Stat. § 559.553(4)(h)). . . .
. . . . § 559.553; however, despite this unavailability, the LeBlanc court found that “a violation of the FCCPA . . .
. . . Sections 559.553 and 559.555 of the Florida Statutes govern the practices of “debt collectors.” . . .
. . . Stat. § 559.553(1) and (2). . . . Section 559.553 of the FCCPA does not itself provide a private right of action. Fla. . . . Stat. § 559.553. . . . Stat. § 559.553. . . . Stat. § 559.553(4)(h) (emphasis added). . . .
. . . Defendants “failed to properly register to collect debts in the State of Florida” as required by sections 559.553 . . . Section 559.553 of the Florida Statutes prohibits a person from “engaging] in business in [Florida] as . . . Stat. § 559.553. . . . Plaintiff has adequately alleged that by failing to register to collect debts, it has violated Section 559.553 . . . Sections 559.553 and 559.555 of the Florida Statutes govern the practices of "debt collectors.” . . .
. . . . § 559.553. See Order, 489 F.Supp.2d 1358. . . . Stat. 559.553, it could have done so, either by explicitly including language authorizing a private cause . . . of action in the statute itself, or by referencing Section 559.553 in Fla. . . . Stat. § 559.553, it could have done so, either by explicitly including language authorizing a private . . . right of action in the statute itself, or by referencing Section § 559.553 in Fla. . . .
. . . . § 559.553(1). . . . . § 559.553(5), and subjects violators to administrative fines and criminal penalties. . . . Stat. § 559.553(1). . . . Id. § 559.553(4)(h). . . . Stat. § 559.553, since the FCCPA does not establish a private cause of action for such a violation. . . .
. . . . § 559.553, both of which were within the statute of limitations. . . . Stat. § 559.553 Plaintiff also alleges in Count I that Defendants violated the FDCPA by attempting to . . . Section 559.553(1) provides: “no person shall engage in business in this state as a consumer collection . . . a stale debt, as the “real party in interest” is not subject to the registration requirements of § 559.553 . . . (1), Defendants’ argument does not address an aspect of § 559.553(1) which may bring LWT within the reach . . .
. . . . § 559.553; and (5) failing to pay the appropriate statutory registration fee required of consumer collection . . .
. . . . § 559.553(1)). . . . Stat. § 559.553, consumer collection agencies must register with the state. . . . Stat. § 559.553 constitutes a violation of Fla. Stat. § 559.72(9). . . . Stat. § 559.553. . . . Stat. § 559.553. IV. . . .
. . . The trial court construed the term “registered,” in section 559.553(3), to mean issuance of a certificate . . . Section 559.553, entitled “Registration of consumer collection agencies required; exemptions,” provides . . . Section 559.553 is not a licensing statute. . . . Thus, we conclude that the registration required by section 559.553 is complete upon submission to the . . . Presumably, the registration requirements of section 559.553 are not necessary for these entities because . . .