The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 604
GENERAL AGRICULTURAL LAWS

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F.S. 604.23

604.23 Examination of records, sales, accounts, books, and other documents.—The department shall have power to investigate, upon complaint of any interested person or upon its own initiative, the record of any dealer in agricultural products or any transaction involving the solicitation, receipt, sale or attempted sale of agricultural products, the failure to make proper and true accounts and settlements at prompt and regular intervals, the making of false statements as to condition, quality or quantity of goods received or while in storage, the making of false statements as to market conditions with intent to deceive, or the failure to make payment for goods received, or other alleged injurious transactions. For such purposes the department or its agents may examine, at the place or places of business of the dealer in agricultural products, the ledgers, books of accounts, memoranda, and other documents which relate to the transaction involved, and may take testimony thereon under oath.

History.—s. 9, ch. 20678, 1941; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 12, 14, ch. 79-238; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 9, 10, ch. 90-161; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 999, ch. 97-103; s. 8, ch. 2005-206.

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Amendments to 604.23

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 604.23

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 604.23.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. M. ROGOFF, U. S. v. M. U. S., 717 F. Supp. 2d 73 (D.D.C. 2010)

. . . . § 604.23. (See Tr. at 4-7.) . . .

ESTATE OF D. PITRE, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., 735 F. Supp. 994 (D. Kan. 1990)

. . . Welker 20.5 604.23 B. Wienke 120.0 3.530.53 W. Wilhoite 189.0 5,559.82 C. . . .

SOUTHERN CUCUMBER COMPANY, INC. v. P. HENDERSON d b a H R, 432 So. 2d 771 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . exemption, under Section 604.16, Florida Statutes (1979), from the accounting requirements of Section 604.23 . . . Section 604.23, Florida Statutes (1979), supplements the bond requirement and the investigative and adjudicative . . . Section 604.23, Florida Statutes (1979), confers upon the Department of Agriculture the power to investigate . . .

WARNER SUGAR REFINING CO., 4 B.T.A. 5 (B.T.A. 1926)

. . . 67,472.06 Total Tax Liability_ 845,656.91 Tax Assessed: Original Assessment, Serial #11757834_$611, 604.23 . . .