The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES

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F.S. 817.411

817.411 False information; advertising.—A person or business entity may not knowingly publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public, or cause directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter or poster, or over any radio or television station, electronically, or in any other way, any advertisement, announcement, or statement containing any assertion, representation, or statement that commodities, mortgages, promissory notes, securities, or other things of value offered for sale are covered by insurance guaranties where such insurance is nonexistent or does not in fact insure against the risks covered.

History.—s. 1, ch. 61-110; s. 12, ch. 2015-166.

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Amendments to 817.411

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.411

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

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

TIRE KINGDOM, INC. v. MORGAN TIRE AUTO, INC. d b a a a C., 915 F. Supp. 360 (S.D. Fla. 1996)

. . . . § 817.411, The Florida Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organization Act (“RICO”), Fla.Stat. § 895.01 . . .

NORTON TIRE COMPANY, INC. a v. TIRE KINGDOM COMPANY, INC. a Jr. NORTON TIRE CO. INC. a v. TIRE KINGDOM COMPANY, INC. a P. Jr., 858 F.2d 1533 (11th Cir. 1988)

. . . . § 817.411 (False Information); the Florida Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, id. § . . .