Florida legal term
Purchase in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Purchase” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Purchase” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Purchase” means the transfer of money or other valuable consideration to the retailer.(c) “Retailer” means and includes a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer engaged in the business of making firearm sales at retail or for distribution, or use, or consumption, or storage to be used or consumed in this state, as defined in s. 212.02(13). (Fla. Stat. § 790.0655)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Advertising, purchase, sale, or transfer of human embryos or fetal remains prohibited
- Airbag Antitheft Act
- Catalytic Converter Antitheft Act
- Chain letters, pyramid clubs, etc., declared a lottery; prohibited; penalties
- Charitable, nonprofit organizations; drawings by chance; required disclosures; unlawful acts and practices; penalties
- Direct observation, videotaping, or visual surveillance of customers in merchant’s dressing room, etc., prohibited; penalties
- Dogs and cats transported or offered for sale; health requirements; consumer guarantee
- Escrow business by unauthorized persons; use of name
- Exposing minors to harmful motion pictures, exhibitions, shows, presentations, or representations
- Fake airbags; junk-filled airbag compartment
- Game promotion in connection with sale of consumer products or services
- Identification card or document purporting to contain applicant’s age or date of birth; penalties for failure to comply with requirements for sale or issuance
Related terms in the same statutes
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