The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 672
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALES

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F.S. 672.705

672.705 Seller’s stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise.—

(1) The seller may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee when he or she discovers the buyer to be insolvent (s. 672.702) and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload or larger shipments of express or freight when the buyer repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery or if for any other reason the seller has a right to withhold or reclaim the goods.

(2) As against such buyer the seller may stop delivery until:

(a) Receipt of the goods by the buyer; or

(b) Acknowledgment to the buyer by any bailee of the goods except a carrier that the bailee holds the goods for the buyer; or

(d) Negotiation to the buyer of any negotiable document of title covering the goods.

(3)(a) To stop delivery the seller shall so notify as to enable the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery of the goods.

(b) After such notification the bailee shall hold and deliver the goods according to the directions of the seller but the seller is liable to the bailee for any ensuing charges or damages.

(c) If a negotiable document of title has been issued for goods the bailee is not obliged to obey a notification to stop until surrender of possession or control of the document.

(d) A carrier who has issued a nonnegotiable bill of lading is not obliged to obey a notification to stop received from a person other than the consignor.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 603, ch. 97-102; s. 15, ch. 2010-131.

Note.—s. 2-705, U.C.C.; supersedes s. 678.51.

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Amendments to 672.705

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 672.705

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 672.705.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FUTURE TECH INTERNATIONAL, INC. a v. TAE IL MEDIA, LTD. IL U. S. A., 944 F. Supp. 1538 (S.D. Fla. 1996)

. . . . § 672.705 to stop delivery of the containers in transit, and direct the carrier to deliver the equipment . . .

JIMANI CORPORATION, v. S. L. T. WAREHOUSE COMPANY, H. Jr., 409 So. 2d 496 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . Florida Statutes, Sections 672.705(2)(b) and (3)(c), provide that, after issuance of a nonnegotiable . . .