The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 520
RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALES

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F.S. 520.88

520.88 Assignments of contracts or notes.—

(1) No holder shall sell, transfer, or assign any obligation in connection with a home improvement contract or any evidence of indebtedness thereunder to any person who is not authorized as a sales finance company.

(2) Notice of any assignment shall be sent to the owner immediately after the assignment is made.

(3) No promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness may be negotiated or otherwise transferred without simultaneous delivery of the related contract.

(4) No right of action or defense arising out of the transaction which gave rise to the home improvement contract which the buyer has against the home improvement finance seller and which would be cut off by assignment shall be cut off by assignment of the contract to any third person, whether or not he or she acquired the contract in good faith and for value.

History.—s. 1, ch. 69-44; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 30, 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 698, ch. 97-103.

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Amendments to 520.88

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 520.88

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 520.88.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

DEWITT, v. PENN- DEL DIRECTORY CORPORATION, a, 872 F. Supp. 126 (D. Del. 1994)

. . . Plaintiffs account had a net balance of $75,-520.88 at the time of the December 28 distribution. . . .

M. BODEN A. v. ATLANTIC FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,, 396 So. 2d 827 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . . § 520.88(4), Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .

B. M. STONER, v. UNITED STATES STONER, v. UNITED STATES E. LAZZARA, v. UNITED STATES H. C. KELLOGG, v. UNITED STATES ESTATE R. STEWART, d. A. H. d. A. v. UNITED STATES ESTATE W. BRODIN, d. v. UNITED STATES W. PHILLIPS, v. UNITED STATES, 313 F. Supp. 1383 (N.D. Ill. 1970)

. . . plaintiffs were assessed an income tax deficiency for 1960 of $2,158.50, together with interest of $520.88 . . .