SECTION 817.061. Misleading solicitation of payments prohibited.

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1(1) 2It is unlawful for any person, company, corporation, agency, association, partnership, institution, or charitable entity to solicit payment of money by another by means of a statement or invoice, or any writing that would reasonably be interpreted as a statement or invoice, for goods not yet ordered or for services not yet performed and not yet ordered, unless there appears on the face of the statement or invoice or writing in 30-point boldfaced type the following warning:
79“This is a solicitation for the order of goods or services, and you are under no obligation to make payment unless you accept the offer contained herein.”
106(2) 107Any person damaged by noncompliance with this section, in addition to other remedies, is entitled to damages in the amount equal to 3 times the sum solicited.
134(3) 135Any person, company, corporation, agency, association, partnership, institution, or charitable entity that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 164775.083165.

History.-ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-246; s. 845, ch. 71-136.

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