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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 520
RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALES
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520.36 Mail order and telephone sales.Retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone without personal solicitation by salespersons or other representatives of the seller, when a catalog of the seller or other printed solicitation of business which is distributed and made available generally to the public clearly sets forth the cash price and other terms of sales to be made through such medium, may be made as provided in this section. All of the provisions of this part relating to contracts shall apply to such sales except that the seller shall not be required to deliver a copy of the contract to the buyer as provided in s. 520.34(1)(c), and if the contract when received by the seller contains any blank spaces, the seller may insert in the appropriate blank space the amounts of money and other terms which are set forth in the seller’s catalog or other printed solicitation which is then in effect. In lieu of sending the buyer a copy of the contract as provided in s. 520.34(1)(c), the seller shall deliver to the buyer, not later than the date the first payment is due, a written statement of all disclosures required by this part. The seller shall be required to deliver a copy of the contract to the buyer at any time not later than when the first payment is due.
History.s. 7, ch. 59-414; s. 11, ch. 69-370; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 80-256; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 35, 36, ch. 90-103; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 691, ch. 97-103.

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Dept. of Banking & Fin. v. Credicorp, 684 So. 2d 746 (Fla. 1996).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Section 520.32(2) requires a retail installment seller to pay a $200 fee for obtaining this license. After two years, a retail installment seller must renew its license by paying another $200 fee. Id. § 520.32(3). This license was clearly intended to reach mail-order sales. Id. § 520.36....
...Moreover, the provision is designed to safeguard the people of Florida from deceitful practices and conduct such as that undertaken by Credicorp. In our view, the Florida Legislature envisioned the licensing of retail installment sellers such as Credicorp. Section 520.36, entitled "Mail order and telephone sales," indicates the legislative intent to include within the licensing provisions retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone....
...f a particular type of State action may throw the balance in support of the local need because interference with the national interest is remote or unsubstantial. Freeman v. Hewit, 329 U.S. 249, 252-53, 67 S.Ct. 274, 276-77, 91 L.Ed. 265 (1946). [4] Section 520.36, Florida Statutes (1995), provides: Mail order and telephone sales.—Retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone without personal solicitation by salesmen or other representatives of the seller, when a...
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Credicorp, Inc. v. State, Dep't of Banking & Fin., 659 So. 2d 376 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 7535, 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1639

...Moreover, the provision is designed to safeguard the people of Florida from deceitful practices and conduct such as that undertaken by Credicorp. In our view, the Florida Legislature envisioned the licensing of retail installment sellers such as Credicorp. Section 520.36, entitled “Mail order and telephone sales,” indicates the legislative intent to include within the licensing provisions retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone....
...All fines collected hereunder shall be deposited in the Division of Finance Regulatory Trust Fund. . Credieorp agrees that it is a retail installment seller. . The parties in the present case have advised the court that Congress has not acted to regulate or license retail installment sellers. . Section 520.36 provides: Retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone without personal solicitation by salesmen or other representatives of the seller, when a catalog of the seller or other printed solicitation of bus...

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