The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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

Chapter 559
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INVESTMENTS, GENERALLY

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F.S. 559.811

559.811 Contracts to be in writing; form; provisions.—

(1) Every business opportunity contract shall be in writing, and a copy shall be given to the purchaser at least 3 working days before signing the contract.

(2) Every contract for a business opportunity shall include the following:

(a) The terms and conditions of payment, including the total financial obligation of the purchaser to the seller.

(b) A full and detailed description of the acts or services that the business opportunity seller undertakes to perform for the purchaser.

(c) The seller’s principal business address and the name and address of its agent in the state authorized to receive service of process.

(d) The approximate delivery date of products, equipment, or supplies which the business opportunity seller is to deliver to the purchaser.

History.—s. 1, ch. 79-374; s. 822, ch. 97-103; s. 23, ch. 97-250.

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Amendments to 559.811

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 559.811

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 559.811.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SIEVER, v. BWGASKETS, INC. M. P., 669 F. Supp. 2d 1286 (M.D. Fla. 2009)

. . . maintain that, in addition to breach of contract, the Defendants violated both Section 559.809 and Section 559.811 . . . and fraud claims, the Plaintiffs could still maintain a FSBOA claim under Section 559.809 and Section 559.811 . . . may establish a claim under FSBOA for breach of contract and violation of Section 559.809 and Section 559.811 . . . Section 559.811(c), Florida Statutes, states that the agreements must include "[t]he seller’s principal . . .