The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 624
INSURANCE CODE: ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 624.23

624.23 Public records exemption.—

(1) As used in this section, the term:

(a) “Consumer” means:

1. A prospective purchaser, purchaser, or beneficiary of, or applicant for, any product or service regulated under the Florida Insurance Code, and a family member or dependent of a consumer.

2. An employee seeking assistance from the Employee Assistance and Ombudsman Office under s. 440.191.

(b) “Personal financial and health information” means:

1. A consumer’s personal health condition, disease, or injury;

2. A history of a consumer’s personal medical diagnosis or treatment;

3. The existence, nature, source, or amount of a consumer’s personal income or expenses;

4. Records of or relating to a consumer’s personal financial transactions of any kind;

5. The existence, identification, nature, or value of a consumer’s assets, liabilities, or net worth;

6. The existence or content of, or any individual coverage or status under a consumer’s beneficial interest in, any insurance policy or annuity contract; or

7. The existence, identification, nature, or value of a consumer’s interest in any insurance policy, annuity contract, or trust.

(2) Personal financial and health information held by the department or office relating to a consumer’s complaint or inquiry regarding a matter or activity regulated under the Florida Insurance Code or s. 440.191 are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to personal financial and health information held by the department or office before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption.

(3) Such confidential and exempt information may be disclosed to:

(a) Another governmental entity, if disclosure is necessary for the receiving entity to perform its duties and responsibilities.

(b) The National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2002-175; s. 89, ch. 2003-1; s. 1097, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2007-70; s. 1, ch. 2012-225.

Note.—Former s. 627.3111.

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Amendments to 624.23

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 624.23

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 624.23.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, v. DANAHY MURRAY, P. A. PLLC,, 246 So. 3d 466 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . appeal an order from the Second Judicial Circuit Court, in and for Leon County, declaring sections 624.23 . . . News-Journal Corp. , 724 So.2d 567, 569 (Fla. 1999), section 624.23 is constitutional. . . . Factual Background Section 624.23 creates a public records exemption for certain information held by . . . Section 624.23(2) provides, Personal financial and health information held by the department or office . . . This "exacting constitutional standard" is the two-pronged test we must apply to section 624.23. . . .

HEEREN,, 324 B.R. 733 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2005)

. . . Mullenix, 245 Iowa 1180, 66 N.W.2d 99, 101 (1954); Iowa Code § 624.23(1)). . . . for payment of a defined and certain amount constitutes a statutory judgment lien under Iowa Code § 624.23 . . . sufficiently defined and certain, are considered judgments and attach to real estáte as provided by § 624.23 . . . While Iowa Code § 624.23(1) provides that “judgment liens ... are liens upon the real estate owned by . . . Pursuant to Iowa Code § 624.23(1), this $11,000 judgment automatically attaches to all of Debt- or’s . . .

In J. DERRICK, M. J. DERRICK M. v. RICHARD L. GRAFE COMMODITIES, INC., 190 B.R. 346 (Bank. W.D. Wis. 1995)

. . . See Iowa Code § 624.23(3). . . . Iowa Code § 624.23(1). . . .

In KARRER, d b a d b a, 183 B.R. 177 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 1994)

. . . Braunger states that this court’s judgment became a hen on the property by virtue of Iowa Code § 624.23 . . . The Iowa Supreme Court has construed the statutory predecessors to Iowa Code §§ 624.23 and 561.16 to . . .

CARD, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY,, 126 F.R.D. 658 (N.D. Miss. 1989)

. . . deposition costs ($2,875.25); service of subpoenas ($208.44); expenses of an expert witness and videotape ($624.23 . . .

In D. RODEMEYER, 99 B.R. 938 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 1989)

. . . Iowa Code § 624.23 provides in pertinent part as follows: (1) Judgments in the appellate or district . . . The effective date of the judgment is still determined by Iowa Code §§ 624.23 and 624.24. . . .

CHARITON FEED AND GRAIN, INC. v. KINSER,, 794 F.2d 1329 (8th Cir. 1986)

. . . Vonnahme, 343 N.W.2d 445, 448-50 (Iowa 1984) (construing Iowa Code §§ 624.23, 624.24 & 561.16 as preventing . . .

CHARITON FEED AND GRAIN, INC. v. KINSER,, 794 F.2d 1329 (8th Cir. 1986)

. . . Vonnahme, 343 N.W.2d 445, 448-50 (Iowa 1984) (construing Iowa Code §§ 624.23, 624.24 & 561.16 as preventing . . .

In BERTRAM, BERTRAM v. MASON CITY PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION,, 8 B.R. 669 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 1981)

. . . filing of the Judgment gives rise only to a judicial lien upon the debtors’ real estate (Iowa Code § 624.23 . . .

In E. KEANE a M. E. KEANE M. v. UNITED GUARANTY INDEMNITY COMPANY, P. O., 7 B.R. 844 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 1980)

. . . $2,822.81 on November 27,1978, created a judgment lien on Plaintiffs’ real estate, pursuant to Chapter 624.23 . . . on November 27, 1978, created a judgment lien on said real estate of Plaintiffs pursuant to Chapter 624.23 . . . is exempt from judicial sale, where there is no special declaration of statute to the contrary ... 624.23 . . . Iowa Code §§ 561.16, 624.23 (1980). . . . Chapter 624.23 provides that judgments obtained in Iowa courts are liens upon the real estate owned by . . .

In ALLIED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,, 253 F. Supp. 43 (W.D. Wis. 1965)

. . . See, for example, Illinois Revised Statutes (1963), ch. 77, sec. 1; Code of Iowa (1962) secs. 624.23, . . .

NATIONAL LANDSCAPING COMPANY, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY,, 238 F. Supp. 793 (W.D. Mo. 1965)

. . . plaintiff on said contract in the amount of Forty Thousand, Six Hundred, Twenty-Four and 2%oo Dollars ($40,-624.23 . . .

MEXICO BEACH CORPORATION, a v. ST. JOE PAPER COMPANY, a, 97 So. 2d 708 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1957)

. . . According to this plat, fractional Section 15 contains 624.23 acres, the West half of the southern boundary . . . Florida by patent dated September 18, 1856, at which time it contained little, if any, more than the 624.23 . . . grantor, passed title only to that tract of land described by the aforementioned plat as containing 624.23 . . .

BEEGHLY v. H. WILSON, H., 152 F. Supp. 726 (N.D. Iowa 1957)

. . . Under Section 624.23, Code of Iowa 1954, I.C.A., a. judgment becomes a lien upon the real estate of the . . .