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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO
Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT
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F.S. 562.51
562.51 Retail alcoholic beverage establishments; rights as private enterprise.A licensed retail alcoholic beverage establishment open to the public is a private enterprise and:
(1) May refuse service to any person who is objectionable or undesirable to the licensee, but such refusal of service shall not be on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, or physical handicap.
(2)(a) May not refuse service to any person solely because the person is not purchasing alcoholic beverages if that person is the designated driver for one or more persons who are purchasing alcoholic beverages at the establishment.
(b) This subsection does not excuse a retail alcoholic beverage establishment from complying with any applicable municipal or county ordinance regulating the presence of persons under 21 years of age on the premises of any such establishment.
History.s. 4, ch. 85-285; s. 1, ch. 2007-135.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.51
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 562.51.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

HAYES ROBERTSON GROUP, INC. v. CHERRY,, 260 So. 3d 1126 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Initially, section 768.125 was to be numbered 562.51 to follow the "habitual drunkard" statute, section . . .

LUQUE v. ALE HOUSE MANAGEMENT, INC., 962 So. 2d 1062 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . towards vendors of alcoholic beverages, the Florida Legislature intervened in 1980 and enacted section 562.51 . . .

PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. v. AUSTIN, H., 658 So. 2d 1064 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . towards vendors of alcoholic beverages, the Florida Legislature intervened in 1980 and enacted section 562.51 . . .

BARDY, v. WALT DISNEY WORLD COMPANY,, 643 So. 2d 46 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Section 768.125 (formerly section 562.51) became effective on May 23, 1980. . . .

ELLIS, v. N. G. N. OF TAMPA, INC., 586 So. 2d 1042 (Fla. 1991)

. . . judicial trend to extend liability towards vendors of alcoholic beverages, the legislature enacted section 562.51 . . . , Laws of Florida, and its title read as follows: “An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51 . . .

ELLIS, D. v. N. G. N. OF TAMPA, INC. G., 561 So. 2d 1209 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . is supported by the fact that when section 768.125 was enacted, the legislature numbered it section 562.51 . . . When HB 1561 was first introduced, it read as follows (the italics are ours): 562.51 Liability for injury . . . Regarding notice as a prerequisite to civil liability, the legislature retained in section 562.51 (i.e . . . In 1980, it merely added the next following provision, section 768.125 (ne 562.51), as a limitation to . . . The present section 768.125 was originally enacted as section 562.51. Ch. 80-37, Laws of Fla. . . . .

STEVE ALTMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, v. UNITED STATES,, 18 Cl. Ct. 267 (Cl. Ct. 1989)

. . . Under these provisions, OPIC reimbursed plaintiff for $562.51 of photographic equipment. . . . Therefore, plaintiff concedes liability for conversion of $562.51 of photographic equipment. . . . Plaintiff converted to his own use $562.51 of OPIC’s camera equipment. . . . Therefore, this court reduces plaintiff’s award of $1500.00 by $562.51 to account for defendant’s successful . . .

RANGER INSURANCE COMPANY, v. BAL HARBOUR CLUB, INC., 549 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 1989)

. . . ); §§ 509.092, 509.141, and 509.142 (in public lodging and restaurants); § 513.118 (in RV parks); § 562.51 . . .

BANKSTON, v. J. BRENNAN, Jr., 507 So. 2d 1385 (Fla. 1987)

. . . legislature enacted chapter 80-37, Laws of Florida, “[a]n act relating to the Beverage Law,” creating section 562.51 . . . vendors is clear from its enacting title which reads: “An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51 . . .

BANKSTON, a v. J. BRENNAN, Jr., 480 So. 2d 246 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . vendors is clear from its enacting title which reads: “An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51 . . .

MIGLIORE, v. CROWN LIQUORS OF BROWARD, INC., 448 So. 2d 978 (Fla. 1984)

. . . vendors is clear from its enacting title which reads: “An act relating to the Beverage Law; creating s. 562.51 . . .