§ 501.971, Fla. Stat. · Part VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Fictitious Name Act not abrogated.
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This act is not intended to abrogate or modify the Fictitious Name Act, s. 865.09. Any person who acts in accordance with the requirements of s. 865.09 is not in violation of s. 501.97, as created by this act, without actual misrepresentation as contemplated under this chapter.
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History
s. 2, ch. 99-232.
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