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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
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F.S. 817.54
817.54 Obtaining of mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, etc., by false representation.Any person who, with intent to defraud, obtains any mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note or other instrument evidencing a debt from any person or obtains the signature of any person to any mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note or other instrument evidencing a debt by color or aid of fraudulent or false representation or pretenses, or obtains the signature of any person to a mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, or other instrument evidencing a debt, the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 1, ch. 63-142; s. 880, ch. 71-136.

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Amendments to 817.54


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.54
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases from cite.case.law:

IZQUIERDO, v. STATE, 177 So. 3d 1018 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . facie case that she obtained a mortgage from Countrywide by false pretenses in violation of section 817.54 . . . Section 817.54 provides: Any person who, with intent to defraud, obtains any mortgage, mortgage note, . . .

BARRIOS, v. STATE, 75 So. 3d 374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . . § 817.54, Fla. Stat. (2009). . . . Section 817.54 “criminalizes a specific form of false pretense crime. . . .

PINO, v. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,, 57 So. 3d 950 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . accused fails in the perpetration or is intercepted or prevented in the execution thereof); see also § 817.54 . . .

SILVER, v. COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. d b a s LLC,, 760 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (S.D. Fla. 2011)

. . . Complaint states, “[t]he prohibited acts committed by COUNTRYWIDE are enumerated in Florida Statutes § 817.54 . . .

GRANT, v. STATE v., 43 So. 3d 864 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . information, Grant and Morris were charged with and convicted of mortgage fraud pursuant to section 817.54 . . . Section 817.54, Florida Statutes, provides: Any person who, with intent to defraud, obtains any mortgage . . .

PIZZO, v. STATE, 910 So. 2d 287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . Pizzo with six counts of mortgage fraud in violation of section 817.54, Florida Statutes (1997), which . . .

ADAMS, v. STATE, 650 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . Statutes (1991) (Count I), and with obtaining a mortgage by false representation in violation of section 817.54 . . . requires proof that false or fraudulent information was offered by defendant with the intent to defraud, § 817.54 . . . Section 817.54 provides: Any person who, with intent to defraud, obtains any mortgage, mortgage note, . . .

In GUARDIANSHIP OF BERG,, 348 So. 2d 361 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . The final accounting showed that Berg’s estate included assets totaling $11,-817.54. . . .

J. W. NEFF AND ELIZABETH A. NEFF v. THE UNITED STATES, 157 Ct. Cl. 322 (Ct. Cl. 1962)

. . . company’s net profits and the dividends paid: Net Profit Near After Taxes Dividends Paid 1944_ $3, 817.54 . . .