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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT
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F.S. 617.0304
617.0304 Ultra vires.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the validity of corporate action, including, but not limited to, any conveyance, transfer, or encumbrance of real or personal property to or by a corporation, may not be challenged on the ground that the corporation lacks or lacked power to act.
(2) A corporation’s power to act may be challenged:
(a) In a proceeding by a member against the corporation to enjoin the act;
(b) In a proceeding by the corporation, directly, derivatively, or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, or through members in a representative suit, against an incumbent or former officer, employee, or agent of the corporation; or
(c) In a proceeding by the Attorney General, as provided in this act, to dissolve the corporation or in a proceeding by the Attorney General to enjoin the corporation from the transaction of unauthorized business.
(3) In a member’s proceeding under paragraph (2)(a) to enjoin an unauthorized corporate act, the court may enjoin or set aside the act, if equitable and if all affected persons are parties to the proceeding, and may award damages for loss (other than anticipated profits) suffered by the corporation or another party because of enjoining the unauthorized act.
History.s. 26, ch. 90-179.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 617.0304
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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 617.0304.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

CAMBRIDGE CREDIT COUNSELING CORPORATION, v. FAIRWAY, LLC,, 993 So. 2d 86 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . Section 617.0304(1), Florida Statutes (2007), provides: [T]he validity of corporate action, including . . . Section 617.0304(2) prevents a challenge to a business corporation’s act as ultra vires unless brought . . . In accordance with section 617.0304, Cambridge cannot assert its lack of authority to enter into the . . .

WORD OF LIFE MINISTRY, INC. a k a a T. R. III C. H. Jr. D. E. H. B. III O. H. v. MILLER,, 778 So. 2d 360 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . equitable and if all affected persons are parties to the proceeding, and may award damages.... ” § 617.0304 . . .