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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. 627.8405
627.8405 Prohibited acts; financing companies.No premium finance company shall, in a premium finance agreement or other agreement, finance the cost of or otherwise provide for the collection or remittance of dues, assessments, fees, or other periodic payments of money for the cost of:
(1) A membership in an automobile club. The term “automobile club” means a legal entity which, in consideration of dues, assessments, or periodic payments of money, promises its members or subscribers to assist them in matters relating to the ownership, operation, use, or maintenance of a motor vehicle; however, this definition of “automobile club” does not include persons, associations, or corporations which are organized and operated solely for the purpose of conducting, sponsoring, or sanctioning motor vehicle races, exhibitions, or contests upon racetracks, or upon racecourses established and marked as such for the duration of such particular events. The words “motor vehicle” used herein have the same meaning as defined in chapter 320.
(2) An accidental death and dismemberment policy sold in combination with a personal injury protection and property damage only policy.
(3) Any product not regulated under the provisions of this insurance code.

This section also applies to premium financing by any insurance agent or insurance company under part XVI. The commission shall adopt rules to assure disclosure, at the time of sale, of coverages financed with personal injury protection and shall prescribe the form of such disclosure.

History.ss. 604, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 117, ch. 83-216; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 21, ch. 93-410; s. 3, ch. 95-424; s. 2, ch. 97-204; s. 16, ch. 2000-370; s. 1223, ch. 2003-261.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 627.8405
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 627.8405.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

S. LEMY, v. DIRECT GENERAL FINANCE COMPANY,, 559 F. App'x 796 (11th Cir. 2014)

. . . With the exception of § 627.8405, none of the insurance code sections claimed to have been violated allows . . . concluded, no private right of action exists for any of the insurance code sections at issue here (except § 627.8405 . . . Finally, the district court considered on the merits plaintiffs’ claim under § 627.8405, Fla. . . . As to plaintiffs’ claim under § 627.8405, the district court correctly found no merit. . . .

S. LEMY, v. DIRECT GENERAL FINANCE COMPANY,, 884 F. Supp. 2d 1236 (M.D. Fla. 2012)

. . . insurer to report policy information to the Office of Insurance Regulation (“the Office”); and Section 627.8405 . . . , which regulates general line insurance, applies to the insurers; and that no violation of Section 627.8405 . . .

S. LEMY, v. DIRECT GENERAL FINANCE COMPANY,, 885 F. Supp. 2d 1265 (M.D. Fla. 2012)

. . . Hence (Lemy and Hill reason) Direct General and the underwriters violated Section 627.8405, which bars . . . For Direct General and the underwriters’ alleged violation of Section 627.8405 (count I), Lemy and Hill . . . Section 627.8405 prohibits the financing not only of a “product not regulated [by] th[e] insurance code . . . That “Section 627.8405 is a penal statute and therefore must be strictly construed,” Capital Nat’l Fin . . . The complaint claims that the underwriters and Direct General violated Section 627.8405. . . .

B. D. M. FINANCIAL CORPORATION, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF FLORIDA LAND SALES, CONDOMINIUMS AND MOBILE HOMES,, 698 So. 2d 1359 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . 1st DCA 1996) (although evidence was presented which suggested violation of sections 627.4085(1) and 627.8405 . . .

CAPITAL NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND TREASURER,, 690 So. 2d 1335 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . company, appeals a final order of the Department of Insurance ruling that Capital violated section 627.8405 . . . The Department issued a notice of intent not to renew Capital’s license for violation of section 627.8405 . . . a hearing on stipulated facts, the hearing officer concluded that Capital had not violated section 627.8405 . . . Section 627.8405 is a penal statute and therefore must be strictly construed: among other penalties, . . . The Department has provided this court with legislative history which states that section 627.8405 was . . .

COTTRILL, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,, 685 So. 2d 1371 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . finds appellant guilty of violations of sections 626.611(5) and (9), 626.621(12), 627.4085(1), and 627.8405 . . . To the extent the final order finds appellant guilty of violating sections 627.4085(1) and 627.8405, . . . support the recommended order’s findings that appellant acted in violation of sections 627.4085(1) and 627.8405 . . . Statutes (1993), the Department never pleaded facts that constituted violations of section 627.4085(1) or 627.8405 . . . We reverse the final order insofar as it finds appellant violated sections 627.4085(1) and 627.8405, . . .