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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS
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F.S. 627.835
627.835 Excessive premium finance charge; penalty.Any person, premium finance company, or other legal entity who or which knowingly takes, receives, reserves, or charges a premium finance charge other than that authorized by this part shall thereby forfeit the entire premium finance charge to which such person, premium finance company, or legal entity would otherwise be entitled; and any person who has paid such unlawful finance charge may personally or by her or his legal or personal representative, by suit for recovery thereof, recover from such person, premium finance company, or legal entity twice the entire amount of the premium finance charge so paid.
History.s. 1, ch. 63-16; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 599, 612, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 365, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 627.835
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 627.835.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INSURANCE COMPANY, v. D. SHAH D. v. J., 906 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (S.D. Ga. 2012)

. . . . § 627.835. . . . Stat. § 627.835 (emphasis added). . . .

E. SOSA, v. SAFEWAY PREMIUM FINANCE COMPANY,, 73 So. 3d 91 (Fla. 2011)

. . . Sosa claimed that Safeway Premium Insurance Company (“Safeway”) violated sections 627.840(3)(b) and 627.835 . . . The Third District’s ruling also addressed section 627.835’s “knowingly” requirement. See id. . . . Third District’s Misapplication of Section 627.835’s “Knowingly” Requirement Section 627.835 penalizes . . . See § 627.835. . . . See § 627.835, Fla. Stat. . . .

SAFEWAY PREMIUM FINANCE COMPANY, a v. E. SOSA,, 15 So. 3d 8 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . that he and other Safeway customers are entitled to certain specific damages provided for in section 627.835 . . . Section 627.835 states: Any person, premium finance company, or other legal entity who or which knowingly . . . premium finance company, or legal entity twice the entire amount of the premium finance charge so paid. § 627.835 . . . By the very terms of section 627.835, Sosa’s Motion for Class Certification is insufficient on its face . . . the class sufficient to demonstrate a cause of action for damages under sections 627.840(3)(b) and 627.835 . . . knowingly charges more than the statutorily permitted amount is liable for damages pursuant to section 627.835 . . . accomplished, and, if so, whether the failure was a “knowing[J” failure within the meaning of section 627.835 . . .

SMITH, v. FOREMOST INSURANCE COMPANY, a a, 884 So. 2d 341 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . sought a declaratory judgment and injunc-tive relief as well as statutory damages, pursuant to section 627.835 . . .