Florida Statute 517.171 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 517
SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

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517.171 Burden of proof.—It shall not be necessary to negate any of the exemptions provided in this chapter in any complaint, information, indictment, or other writ or proceedings brought under this chapter; and the burden of establishing the right to any exemption shall be upon the party claiming the benefit of such exemption.

History.—s. 5, ch. 78-435; s. 5, ch. 80-254; s. 394, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 90-362; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Moecker v. Antoine, 845 So. 2d 904 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 1086514

...[3] This exemption "applies only if all five specified statutory conditions are established, *908 an issue upon which the parties relying upon the exemption ... bear the burden of proof." Weinberg v. Pennington, 462 So.2d 862, 863 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985); see also § 517.171, Fla....

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Weinberg v. Pennington, 462 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...3d DCA 1982), we find otherwise on the unregistered securities count. The exemption contained in § 517.061(12)(a) applies only if all five specified statutory conditions are established, an issue upon which the parties relying upon the exemption, the appellees, bear the burden of proof. § 517.171, Fla....

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