The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 607
FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

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F.S. 607.0842

607.0842 Resignation and removal of officers.—

(1) An officer may resign at any time by delivering a written notice to the corporation. A resignation is effective as provided in s. 607.0141(5) unless the notice provides for a delayed effectiveness, including effectiveness determined upon a future event or events. If effectiveness of a resignation is stated to be delayed and the board of directors or appointing officer accepts the delay, the board of directors or the appointing officer may fill the pending vacancy before the delayed effectiveness if the board of directors or appointing officer provides that the successor does not take office until the vacancy occurs.

(2) An officer may be removed at any time with or without cause by:

(a) The board of directors;

(b) The appointing officer, unless the bylaws or the board of directors provide otherwise; or

(3) For the purposes of this section, the term “appointing officer” means the officer, including any successor to that officer, who appointed the officer resigning or being removed.

History.—s. 91, ch. 89-154; s. 106, ch. 2019-90.

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Amendments to 607.0842

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 607.0842

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 607.0842.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PAIN REDUCTION CONCEPTS, INC. a v. K. FRISBIE, a, 147 So. 3d 12 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . In interpreting section 607.0842(1), Florida’s statute pertaining to the resignation of corporate officers . . . The trial court, in noting that section 607.0842(1) did not use the word “shall,” concluded that the . . . Section 607.0842(1), Florida Statutes (2009), provides that “[a]n officer may resign at any time by delivering . . . Although section 607.0842(1) pertaining to officer resignation does not specifically require the delivery . . .