The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 672
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALES

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F.S. 672.103

672.103 Definitions and index of definitions.—

(1) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.

(b) “Good faith” in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.

(d) “Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.

(2) Other definitions applying to this chapter, or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:

“Acceptance,” s. 672.606.

“Banker’s credit,” s. 672.325.

“Between merchants,” s. 672.104.

“Cancellation,” s. 672.106(4).

“Commercial unit,” s. 672.105.

“Confirmed credit,” s. 672.325.

“Conforming to contract,” s. 672.106.

“Contract for sale,” s. 672.106.

“Cover,” s. 672.712.

“Entrusting,” s. 672.403.

“Financing agency,” s. 672.104.

“Future goods,” s. 672.105.

“Goods,” s. 672.105.

“Identification,” s. 672.501.

“Installment contract,” s. 672.612.

“Letter of credit,” s. 672.325.

“Lot,” s. 672.105.

“Merchant,” s. 672.104.

“Overseas,” s. 672.323.

“Person in position of seller,” s. 672.707.

“Present sale,” s. 672.106.

“Sale,” s. 672.106.

“Sale on approval,” s. 672.326.

“Sale or return,” s. 672.326.

“Termination,” s. 672.106.

(3) The following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:

“Check,” s. 673.1041.

“Consignee,” s. 677.102.

“Consignor,” s. 677.102.

“Consumer goods,” s. 679.1021.

“Control,” s. 677.106.

“Dishonor,” s. 673.5021.

“Draft,” s. 673.1041.

(4) In addition chapter 671 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 5, ch. 92-82; s. 11, ch. 2001-198; s. 5, ch. 2010-131.

Note.—s. 2-103, U.C.C.

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Amendments to 672.103

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 672.103

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 672.103.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

IN RE SANTA FE NATURAL TOBACCO COMPANY MARKETING SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, 288 F. Supp. 3d 1087 (D.N.M. 2017)

. . . . § 672.103(1)(d) (defining seller as "a person who sells or contracts to sell goods"). . . .

EXIM BRICKELL LLC, a v. PDVSA SERVICES INC. a S. A. a, 516 F. App'x 742 (11th Cir. 2013)

. . . . §§ 671.208, 672.103(l)(b); see, e.g., T.J. . . .

UNITED FOOD MART, INC. d b a d b a v. MOTIVA ENTERPRISES, LLC,, 457 F. Supp. 2d 1329 (S.D. Fla. 2005)

. . . . § 672.103(1)(b). . . . Stat. § 672.103(1)(b)]). . . .

P. WEISS, v. JOHANSEN, 898 So. 2d 1009 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See § 672.103, Fla. Stat. . . .

IBP, INC. v. HADY ENTERPRISES, INC., 267 F. Supp. 2d 1148 (N.D. Fla. 2002)

. . . . §§ 671.203, 672.103(l)(b) (West 1993) (“ ‘Good faith’ in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact . . .

JOHNSON ENTERPRISES OF JACKSONVILLE, INC. a v. FPL GROUP, INC. a FPL a a, 162 F.3d 1290 (11th Cir. 1998)

. . . alleges in its brief on cross appeal that Count IV was not based on chapter 671.203, but on chapter 672.103 . . . We find no mention of chapter 672.103 in the complaint; even so, it too is part of Article II of the . . .

L. SELLERS H. v. FRANK GRIFFIN AMC JEEP, INC., 526 So. 2d 147 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . order states that plaintiffs neither bought nor contracted to buy goods within the meaning of section 672.103 . . . Section 672.103 defines “buyer” as “a person who buys or contracts to buy goods,” and defines “seller . . .

SMITH v. PALM BEACH EUROCAR, INC., 15 Fla. Supp. 2d 48 (Fla. Cty. Ct. 1986)

. . . See Sections 671.203, 671.204(2), 672.103(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (1983). . . .

ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY, A DIVISION OF LITTON BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC. a v. XEROGRAPHIC SUPPLIES CORPORATION, a, 719 F.2d 1092 (11th Cir. 1983)

. . . . §§ 671.203, 672.103; see Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. . . .

TAYLOR J. v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. INC. a Co. a, 555 F. Supp. 59 (M.D. Fla. 1982)

. . . Court will adopt it, and hold that if either of the plaintiffs is the “buyer”, within the meaning of § 672.103 . . .

SWIFT v. J. I. CASE COMPANY, 266 So. 2d 379 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

. . . . § 672.103(1) (b), F.S.A. . F.S. § 672.103(1) (b), F.S.A. . . .