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2020 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 818
SALE OF MORTGAGED PERSONAL PROPERTY; SIMILAR OFFENSES
CHAPTER 818
CHAPTER 818
SALE OF MORTGAGED PERSONAL PROPERTY; SIMILAR OFFENSES
818.01 Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale.
818.02 Executing mortgage on personalty without notifying mortgagee of prior mortgages.
818.03 Removing such property beyond the limits of county.
818.04 Selling collateral security before debt due.
818.05 Sale, concealment, or disposal of property held under contract or conditional sale; penalty.
818.01 Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale.—
(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.
History.—s. 1, ch. 4142, 1893; GS 3356; RGS 5202; s. 1, ch. 9288, 1923; CGL 7316; s. 887, ch. 71-136; s. 1275, ch. 97-102.
818.02 Executing mortgage on personalty without notifying mortgagee of prior mortgages.—Whoever executes a second or subsequent mortgage of personal property and receives money or thing of value therein without first notifying the second or subsequent mortgagee of the existence of the prior mortgage or mortgages, whether the same be recorded or not, and of the amount of such prior indebtedness, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 5708, 1907; RGS 5203; CGL 7317; s. 888, ch. 71-136.
818.03 Removing such property beyond the limits of county.—Whoever shall knowingly and without the written consent of the person having such a lien thereon, as mentioned in s. 818.01, buy, take, receive or remove or cause to be removed beyond the limits of the county, any personal property subject to such lien from the owner or any person in possession thereof, and whoever shall willfully conceal such property or obstruct, delay or hinder such lienholder in prosecuting his or her rights against any of such property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 56, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2477; s. 2, ch. 4142, 1893; GS 3357, RGS 5204; CGL 7318; s. 889, ch. 71-136; s. 1276, ch. 97-102.
818.04 Selling collateral security before debt due.—Whoever holding any collateral security deposited with him or her for the payment of a debt which may be due him or her sells, pledges, loans or in any way disposes of the same, as his or her own, before such debt becomes due and payable, and without the authority of the person depositing the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 59, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2478; GS 3358; RGS 5205; CGL 7319; s. 890, ch. 71-136; s. 1277, ch. 97-102.
818.05 Sale, concealment, or disposal of property held under contract or conditional sale; penalty.—
(1) No person who is in possession of any personal property under and by virtue of any contract or conditional sale or otherwise where the title to said personal property does not vest in the possessor, shall sell, conceal or dispose of such personal property without first having the written consent of the person then having or retaining the bona fide title to such personal property so to sell, dispose of, or conceal the same.
(2) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 7860, 1919; CGL 7230, 7321; s. 891, ch. 71-136.