The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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

Chapter 542
COMBINATIONS RESTRICTING TRADE OR COMMERCE

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F.S. 542.26

542.26 Limitation of actions.—

(1) Any action brought under s. 542.21 or s. 542.22 must be commenced within 4 years after the cause of action accrues.

(2) Whenever any civil or criminal proceeding is instituted by the Attorney General or a state attorney to prevent, restrain, or punish any violation of this chapter, the running of the statute of limitations, with respect to every private right of action arising under this chapter and based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in said proceeding, shall be suspended during the pendency thereof and for 1 year thereafter. Whenever the running of the statute of limitations in respect of a cause of action arising under s. 542.22(1) is suspended hereunder, any action to enforce such cause of action shall be forever barred unless commenced either within the period of suspension or within the period of limitation.

History.—s. 1, ch. 80-28; s. 17, ch. 94-316.

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Amendments to 542.26

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 542.26

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 542.26.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. STABILE, 443 So. 2d 398 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . Sections 542.21(4), 542.26, and 542.29 refer to an action being “commenced.” . . .

WALTERS v. WESTERN A. R. CO. CAPITAL CITY BANK,, 66 F. 862 (5th Cir. 1894)

. . . same time receiving from Akers & Bros, an obligation in writing, of which the following is a sample: “$542.26 . . .

WALTERS v. WESTERN A. R. CO. CAPITAL CITY BANK,, 63 F. 391 (C.C.N.D. Ga. 1894)

. . . all of the others being of the same character, except as to amounts, number of cars, and dates: "‘$542.26 . . .