The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT

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F.S. 617.1505

617.1505 Effect of certificate of authority.—

(1) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to conduct its affairs in this state subject, however, to the right of the Department of State to suspend or revoke the certificate as provided in this act.

(2) A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same but no greater rights and has the same but no greater privileges as, and except as otherwise provided by this act is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.

(3) This act does not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state.

History.—s. 95, ch. 90-179.

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Amendments to 617.1505

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 617.1505

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 617.1505.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

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

. . . It pointed to section 617.1505(3), Florida Statutes, which provides: “This act does not authorize this . . .

E. MUKAMAL, v. BAKES, C. LLC, LLC, M. S. C. B. LLP., 383 B.R. 798 (S.D. Fla. 2007)

. . . . § 617.1505(3), which is part of Florida's Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, which states: "This act does . . .

CHATLOS FOUNDATION, INC. v. D ARATA,, 882 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . As a foreign corporation qualified to do business in Florida, the Foundation is governed by section 617.1505 . . . I disagree with the majority that section 617.1505(3) applies here as this section only bars regulation . . . Section 617.1505(3) provides: This act does not authorize this state to regulate the organization or . . . CONFLICT OF LAWS Section 617.1505(3), Florida Statutes, provides: (3) This [Florida Not For Profit Corporation . . . Because the Foundation was incorporated in New York, we find that based upon section 617.1505(3) and . . .

LEGAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 702 So. 2d 1352 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . .” § 617.1505(2), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . . By the time section 617.1505(2), Florida Statutes, was enacted, Ch. 90-179, § 95, Laws of Fla., a domestic . . . Even if a conflict between sections 403.412(5) and 617.1505(2) could be said to exist, the pertinent . . . The Legislature took the language of section 617.1505, Florida Statutes (1995), which it originally enacted . . . Official commentary of this kind is an .appropriate source of guidance in construing section 617.1505 . . . By virtue of such certificate, and the provisions of section 617.1505(2), Florida Statutes (1995), LEAF . . . Section 617.1505(2), Florida Statutes (1995), provides that a foreign corporation with a valid certificate . . .