§ 497.170, Fla. Stat. · Part I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Unauthorized arrangements.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Any arrangement to provide merchandise or services as defined in this chapter, by which payment for such merchandise or services is to be paid for through a financial arrangement, other than as authorized pursuant to this chapter, in which the provider of the merchandise or services is a beneficiary, party, agent, or owner is in violation of this chapter.
(2) Any person who provides merchandise or services and who knowingly becomes a beneficiary, agent, party, or co-owner as described in subsection (1) is in violation of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 94-216; s. 40, ch. 2004-301.
Note
Note.—Former s. 497.531.
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