The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLI
STATUTE OF FRAUDS, FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS, AND GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS

Chapter 725
UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS

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F.S. 725.05

725.05 Satisfaction for less than amount due.—When the amount of any debt or obligation is liquidated, the parties may satisfy the debt by a written instrument other than by endorsement on a check for less than the full amount due.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-94.

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Amendments to 725.05

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 725.05

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 725.05.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BERMAN, v. U. S. FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a, 669 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . The trial court found that section 725.05, Florida Statutes (1993), which allows the satisfaction of . . . Moving for summary judgment, the appellee relied on the release, the check, and section 725.05 to urge . . . The trial court applied section 725.05 and entered judgment against the appellant. . . . Under the unambiguous terms of section 725.05, the release, which is a written instrument, satisfies . . . the interpretation of section 725.05. . . .

NISSIM HADJES, INC. v. HASNER, B., 408 So. 2d 819 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . See § 725.05, Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .