Florida statute
Fla. Stat. § 818.01 — Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 818: Sale of Mortgaged Personal Property; Similar Offenses, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 818.01
Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.
(1) Whoever shall pledge, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any personal property to him or her belonging, or which shall be in his or her possession, and which shall be subject to any written lien, or which shall be subject to any statutory lien, whether written or not, or which shall be the subject of any written conditional sale contract under which the title is retained by the vendor, without the written consent of the person holding such lien, or retaining such title; and whoever shall remove or cause to be removed beyond the limits of the county where such lien was created or such conditional sale contract was entered into, any such property, without the consent aforesaid, or shall hide, conceal or transfer, such property with intent to defeat, hinder or delay the enforcement of such lien, or the recovery of such property by the vendor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) It shall be prima facie evidence of concealing, selling, or disposing of such personal property whenever the person owning the property at the time the lien was created, or who bought the same under such retained title contract, fails or refuses to produce such property for inspection within the county where the lien was created, or the property delivered, upon demand of the person having such lien, or retaining such title, after the debt secured by such lien has become enforceable, or the vendee has substantially defaulted in the performance of such retained title contract.
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Questions this section answers
Is disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale is a Misdemeanor of the First Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 818.01.
Which Florida statute covers disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale?
Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale is governed by Fla. Stat. § 818.01 (Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale).
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.