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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 559
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INVESTMENTS, GENERALLY
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F.S. 559.903
559.903 Definitions.As used in this act:
(1) “Advanced driver assistance system” means any motor vehicle electronic safety system that is associated with motor vehicle glass and is designed to support the driver and motor vehicle in a manner intended to increase motor vehicle safety and reduce losses associated with motor vehicle crashes.
(2) “Customer” means the person who signs the written repair estimate or any other person whom the person who signs the written repair estimate designates on the written repair estimate as a person who may authorize repair work.
(3) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(4) “Employee” means an individual who is employed full time or part time by a motor vehicle repair shop and performs motor vehicle repair.
(5) “Final estimate” means the last estimate approved by the customer either in writing or orally, as evidenced by the written repair estimate.
(6) “Motor vehicle” means any automobile, truck, bus, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, or other motor powered vehicle, but does not include trailers, mobile homes, travel trailers, trailer coaches without independent motive power, watercraft or aircraft, or special mobile equipment as defined in s. 316.003.
(7) “Motor vehicle repair” means all maintenance of and modifications and repairs to motor vehicles, and diagnostic work incident thereto, including, but not limited to, the rebuilding or restoring of rebuilt vehicles, body work, painting, warranty work, calibration or recalibration of advanced driver assistance systems, and other work customarily undertaken by motor vehicle repair shops.
(8) “Motor vehicle repair shop” means any person who, for compensation, engages or attempts to engage in the repair of motor vehicles owned by other persons and includes, but is not limited to: mobile motor vehicle repair shops, motor vehicle and recreational vehicle dealers; garages; service stations; self-employed individuals; truck stops; paint and body shops; brake, muffler, or transmission shops; and shops doing glass work. Any person who engages solely in the maintenance or repair of the coach portion of a recreational vehicle is not a motor vehicle repair shop.
(9) “Place of business” means a physical place where the business of motor vehicle repair is conducted, including any vehicle constituting a mobile motor vehicle repair shop from which the business of motor vehicle repair is conducted.
History.s. 1, ch. 80-139; s. 3, ch. 93-219; s. 25, ch. 97-250; s. 13, ch. 99-307; s. 20, ch. 2001-214; s. 79, ch. 2016-239; s. 1, ch. 2023-136.

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Amendments to 559.903


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 559.903
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 559.903.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

AMERICA ATLANTIC TRANSMISSION d b a v. NICE CAR, INC., 112 So. 3d 639 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Further, section 559.903 defines “customer” as: [T]he person who signs the written repair estimate or . . . repair estimate designates on the written repair estimate as a person who may authorize repair work. § 559.903 . . .

UNITED AMERICAN LIEN AND RECOVERY CORP. v. PRIMICERIO,, 924 So. 2d 848 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Section 559.903(6) defines “motor vehicle repair shop” as the following: (6) “Motor vehicle repair shop . . . It is clear that United is not a “motor vehicle repair shop” within the meaning of section 559.903(6) . . .

PEREZ- PRIEGO, v. BAYSIDE CARBURETOR AND IGNITION CORPORATION,, 633 So. 2d 1190 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Petitioner’s claim was brought under section 559.903, Florida Statutes (“The Florida Motor Vehicle Repair . . .

CLASSIC REVIVALS LIMITED, INC. v. TORRES,, 600 So. 2d 47 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . demonstrates the existence of triable issues as to, among other things, the applicability of sections 559.903 . . . (2), 559.903(4), 559.905(5), 559.-909(1), Florida Statutes (1991). . . .

RAYMAR CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. v. LOPEZ- SOTO, d b a, 547 So. 2d 282 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . passing that rather than strictly defining consumer transaction” with other relevant terms in section 559.903 . . .

OSTEEN, v. MORRIS,, 481 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . A customer is defined in § 559.903(3), Fla. Stat. . . . . A motor vehicle repair shop is defined in § 559.903(2), Fla.Stat. . . . .

REAGAN v. LUKE BOLTON FORD, INC., 12 Fla. Supp. 2d 158 (Broward Cty. Ct. 1985)

. . . Pursuant to F.S. 559.903 the Plaintiff is a customer, the Defendant is a motor vehicle repair shop and . . .