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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 501
CONSUMER PROTECTION
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501.055 Home solicitation sale; penalties.
(1) Violation of any of the provisions of ss. 501.025-501.047 is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Any person who conducts or attempts to conduct a home solicitation sale without first obtaining and having in her or his possession a valid, current permit as required by s. 501.022 or who uses or attempts to use an expired, suspended, or revoked home solicitation sale permit in a home solicitation sale is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Upon second or subsequent conviction for violation of this subsection, the offender is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(3) Any person who uses a false or fictitious name in any application for a home solicitation sale permit or certificate as provided for in s. 501.022 or who makes a false statement, conceals a material fact, or otherwise commits a fraud in any such application is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for violation of this subsection, the offender is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The obtaining of two or more permits which are in different names or the possession of two or more such permits shall be prima facie evidence that this subsection has been violated.
History.s. 8, ch. 70-363; s. 457, ch. 71-136; s. 5, ch. 86-144; s. 4, ch. 87-344; s. 122, ch. 91-224; s. 615, ch. 97-103.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 501.055
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S501.055 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - HOME SOLICITATION W/O PERMIT SUBSQ OFF - F: T
S501.055 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - HOME SOLICITATION W/O PERMIT 1ST OFF - M: F
S501.055 3 - FRAUD-IMPERSON - GIVE FALSE NAME HOME SOLICIT APPLC 2ND/SUB OFF - F: T
S501.055 3 - FRAUD-IMPERSON - GIVE FALSE NAME HOME SOLICIT APPLIC 1ST OFF - M: F
S501.055 3 - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - MAKE FALSE STMT HOME SOLICIT APPLC 2ND/SUB OFF - F: T
S501.055 3 - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - MAKE FALSE STMT HOME SOLICIT APPLC 1ST OFF - M: F
S501.055 3 - FRAUD - OTHER FRAUD APPLIC HOME SOL PERMIT SUBSQ OFF - F: T
S501.055 3 - FRAUD - OTHER FRAUD APPLIC HOME SOL PERMIT 1ST VIOL - M: F

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...501.022 and such ordinances. 2. The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court is not an "authorized law enforcement agency" for purposes of s. 501.022 (2)(i), F.S., as created by ch. 86-144, Laws of Florida. 3. Only those crimes and violations set forth in s. 501.055 , F.S., as amended by ch....
...1)(b), F.S., as created by s. 2, ch. 86-144, supra, excludes the persons enumerated therein from the operation of that section. See also s. 501.021 (2), F.S., as amended by s. 1, ch. 86-144, defining "home solicitation sale" as used in ss. 501.021 - 501.055 , F.S., as amended....
...lso s. 501.022 (4)(d), F.S., as created by s. 2, ch. 86-144 (authority to revoke, suspend or deny issuance of permit on determination that applicant or permitholder "[h]as failed in any material respect to comply with the provisions of ss. 501.021 - 501.055 ")....
...s, nor have you directed this office's attention to such a statute. Accordingly, I am unable to conclude that the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court is an "authorized law enforcement agency" for purposes of s. 501.022 (2)(i). AS TO QUESTION 3: Section 501.055 , F.S., as amended by s....
...g to home solicitation sales, providing in subsection (1) thereof that "[v]iolation of any of the provisions of ss. 501.025 - 501.047 is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 , s. 775.083 , or s. 775.084 ." See also s. 501.055 (2) and (3), F.S., as created by ch....
...ority of the clerk of the circuit court to revoke, suspend, or deny issuance of any home solicitation sale permit pursuant to s. 501.022 (4)(a), F.S., as created by s. 2, ch. 86-144, it would appear that only those crimes and violations set forth in s. 501.055 , F.S., as amended by s....
...86-144, providing for the clerk's authority to revoke, suspend, or deny issuance of a home solicitation sale permit if it is determined that an applicant or permitholder has "failed in any material respect to comply with the provisions of ss. 501.021 - 501.055 ." While subsection (4)(a) appears to reach convictions of or pleas of guilty or nolo contendere to those crimes and violations encompassed within the prohibitions of ss. 501.025 - 501.047 and 501.055 , F.S., as amended, subsection (4)(d) additionally operates upon noncompliance with any material provision of ss. 501.021 - 501.055 , F.S., as amended, whether or not a successful criminal prosecution has been concluded, including such civil proceedings as may be brought under the authority of s....