eLaws of Florida

SECTION 680.201. Statute of frauds.  


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  • 1(1) 2A lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless:
    15(a) 16In a lease contract that is not a consumer lease, the total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than $1,000; or
    50(b) 51There is a writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party’s authorized agent, sufficient to indicate that a lease contract has been made between the parties and to describe the goods leased and the lease term.
    93(2) 94Any description of leased goods or of the lease term is sufficient and satisfies paragraph (1)(b), whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.
    123(3) 124A writing is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon, but the lease contract is not enforceable under paragraph (1)(b) beyond the lease term and the quantity of goods shown in the writing.
    162(4) 163A lease contract that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (1), but which is valid in other respects, is enforceable:
    184(a) 185If the goods are to be specially manufactured or obtained for the lessee and are not suitable for lease or sale to others in the ordinary course of the lessor’s business, and the lessor, before notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances that reasonably indicate that the goods are for the lessee, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their procurement;
    252(b) 253If the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party’s pleading, testimony, or otherwise in court that a lease contract was made, but the lease contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or
    294(c) 295With respect to goods that have been received and accepted by the lessee.
    308(5) 309The lease term under a lease contract referred to in subsection (4) is:
    322(a) 323If there is a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party’s authorized agent specifying the lease term, the term so specified;
    351(b) 352If the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in that party’s pleading, testimony, or otherwise in court a lease term, the term so admitted; or
    378(c) 379A reasonable lease term.
History.-s. 1, ch. 90-278.

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