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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 877
MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES
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F.S. 877.02
877.02 Solicitation of legal services or retainers therefor; penalty.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or her or his agent, employee or any person acting on her or his behalf, to solicit or procure through solicitation either directly or indirectly legal business, or to solicit or procure through solicitation a retainer, written or oral, or any agreement authorizing an attorney to perform or render legal service, or to make it a business to solicit or procure such business, retainers or agreements; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit or be applicable to banks, trust companies, lawyer reference services, legal aid associations, lay collection agencies, railroad companies, insurance companies and agencies, and real estate companies and agencies, in the conduct of their lawful businesses, and in connection therewith and incidental thereto forwarding legal matters to attorneys at law when such forwarding is authorized by the customers or clients of said businesses and is done pursuant to the canons of legal ethics as pronounced by the Supreme Court of Florida.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ of or in any capacity attached to any hospital, sanitarium, police department, wrecker service or garage, prison or court, for a person authorized to furnish bail bonds, investigators, photographers, insurance or public adjusters, or for a general or other contractor as defined in s. 489.105 or other business providing sinkhole remediation services, to communicate directly or indirectly with any attorney or person acting on said attorney’s behalf for the purpose of aiding, assisting, or abetting such attorney in the solicitation of legal business or the procurement through solicitation of a retainer, written or oral, or any agreement authorizing the attorney to perform or render legal services.
(3) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(4) This section shall be taken to be cumulative and shall not be construed to amend or repeal any other valid law, code, ordinance, rule, or penalty now in effect.
History.ss. 1-4, ch. 59-391; s. 1146, ch. 71-136; s. 1425, ch. 97-102; s. 37, ch. 2006-12.

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Amendments to 877.02


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 877.02
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S877.02 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - SOLICITATION OF LEGAL SERVICES OR RETAINERS - M: F



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

GABLES INSURANCE RECOVERY, INC. v. CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION,, 261 So. 3d 613 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Id. at 777 (quoting § 877.02(1), Fla. Stat. (1981) ). . . . Sections 877.02, "Solicitation of legal services or retainers therefor; penalty," and 817.234, "False . . .

In KING, 308 B.R. 522 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2004)

. . . The UST contends that at least $14,000.00 in annual bonuses, $877.02 in monthly deductions for 401 (k . . .

STATE v. PALMER,, 791 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . the solicitation of legal business in violation of the so-called anti-solicitation statute, section 877.02 . . . solicitation of legal business is subject to professional discipline by the Florida Supreme Court, section 877.02 . . . Section 877.02(1), Florida Statutes (1973), provided in pertinent part, as follows: (1) It shall be unlawful . . .

AMENDMENTS TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR- ADVERTISING RULES, 762 So. 2d 392 (Fla. 1999)

. . . upholding constitutionality of section 454.23), review dismissed, 677 So.2d 840 (Fla.1996); see also § 877.02 . . . State, 384 So.2d 1261 (Fla.1980) (upholding constitutionality of section 877.02). . . . .

SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART SHIPLEY, P. A. v. SCHELLER,, 629 So. 2d 947 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . DCA), rev. denied, 492 So.2d 1334 (Fla.1986) (attorney whose fee contract is void for violation of § 877.02 . . .

STATE v. WEINSTEIN,, 623 So. 2d 835 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Ap-pellee, an attorney, was charged with violations of sections 817.234(8), (9), and 877.02(1) and (3 . . .

STATE v. GLOBE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,, 622 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . State, 368 So2d 340 (Fla.1979) [F.S. 877.02(1), the antisolicitation of legal business statute attacked . . .

ROBERT A. SHUPACK, P. A. v. J. MARCUS, T. Jr. T. Jr. P. A., 606 So. 2d 466 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . 483 So.2d 775 (Fla. 3d DCA) (agreement to employ attorney was void where agreement violated Section 877.02 . . .

SPENCE, PAYNE, MASINGTON GROSSMAN, P. A. v. PHILIP M. GERSON, P. A., 483 So. 2d 775 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . We hold that because the employment of Gerson was solicited in violation of Section 877.02(1), Florida . . . Speiller was invalid because illegally procured in violation of Section 877.02(1), Florida Statutes ( . . . 476 So.2d 1311 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), deals not with subsection 1, but rather subsection 2 of Section 877.02 . . .

AGUDO, PINEIRO KATES, P. A. a F. v. HARBERT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,, 476 So. 2d 1311 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Florida Statute, Section 877.02(2) (1979) reads in part as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person . . . See Section 877.02(3) Florida Statutes, (1979). . . . The defendants pled that the contract was void for reasons other than Section 877.02 of the Florida Statutes . . . Florida Statute, Section 877.02(2) (1979) “It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ of or in . . . The issue presented in both cases is the applicability of section 877.02, Florida Statutes (1981) to . . . Ratiner, we held the fee contract obtained by the doctor/attorney in derogation of section 877.02 to . . . Perhaps section 877.02 (albeit implicitly) suggests an analogous defense. . . . As appellees admitted, section 877.02 was never raised below at all. . . . . Button was similar to section 877.02. . . . demonstrate that the attorney-client agreement in question was entered into in violation of section 877.02 . . .

E. THOMAS, v. C. RATINER, B. P. A., 462 So. 2d 1157 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . directed verdict on the ground that Thomas had solicited his contract with Nieves in violation of Section 877.02 . . . he signed the contract with Nieves he was contacting him as a lawyer, not as a doctor, thus Section 877.02 . . . Section 877.02(2) provides: “It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ of or in any capacity . . . Therefore, we find that Thomas acquired the retainer agreement from Nieves in violation of Section 877.02 . . . Certainly Section 877.02, Fla.Stat. (1983) renders formation of Thomas’ retainer agreement unlawful and . . . See Section 877.02 of the Florida Statutes (1981). Therefore the petition for rehearing is denied. . . .

L. CARRICARTE, v. STATE, 384 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1980)

. . . .-05 and 877.02, Fla.Stat. (1977). . . . The defendant was charged with felonious extortion and solicitation of legal business. §§ 836.05 and 877.02 . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR, v. L. GAER,, 380 So. 2d 429 (Fla. 1980)

. . . 9,1978, respondent was found guilty on three counts of soliciting legal business in violation of section 877.02 . . .

PACE, v. STATE, 368 So. 2d 340 (Fla. 1979)

. . . trial in the County Court of Dade County, of solicitation of legal business in violation of section 877.02 . . . Williams, 183 So.2d 537 (Fla.1966), this Court upheld section 877.02 against contentions that it was . . . The Court held the statute valid and elaborated as follows: The object of § 877.02(1) is to prohibit . . .

CAMPBELL, v. STATE, 240 So. 2d 298 (Fla. 1970)

. . . . § 877.02(1), F.S.A., prohibiting solicitation of legal business; McArthur v. . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR, v. L. FARBER,, 214 So. 2d 478 (Fla. 1968)

. . . Complaint also charges, and the record shows that the respondent was found guilty of violating Chapter 877.02 . . .

STATE FARBER, v. WILLIAMS,, 183 So. 2d 537 (Fla. 1966)

. . . . § 877.02(1), F. S.A. . . . statutes creating and establishing it were enacted contrary to the Florida Constitution and (2), F.S. § 877.02 . . . Section 877.02(1), F.S.A., reads as follows: “(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or his agent, employee . . . Petitioner contends that F.S. § 877.02(1), F.S.A.,. is so broad it prohibits a friend, acquaintance or . . . The object of § 877.02(1) is to prohibit the solicitation of legal business by ait attorney directly . . .

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE v. BUTTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA,, 371 U.S. 415 (U.S. 1963)

. . . Supp. 1962), §§877.01 to 877.02; Ga. Code Ann., 1953 (Cum. Supp. 1961), §§ 26-4701, 26-4703; Miss. . . .