Florida Statute 617.1703 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT

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617.1703 Application of chapter.—

(1)(a) This chapter is applicable to a corporation that is an association as defined in and regulated by any of chapter 718 regarding condominiums, chapter 719 regarding cooperatives, chapter 720 regarding homeowners’ associations, chapter 721 regarding timeshares, or chapter 723 regarding mobile home owners’ associations, except:

1. For any conflict between the provisions of this chapter and chapter 718, chapter 719, chapter 720, chapter 721, or chapter 723; or

2. As otherwise provided for in chapter 718, chapter 719, chapter 720, chapter 721, or chapter 723.

(b) If subparagraph (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2. applies, the applicable provisions of such other respective chapters shall apply.

(2) The provisions of ss. 617.0605-617.0608 do not apply to corporations regulated by any of the foregoing chapters or to any other corporation where membership in the corporation is required pursuant to a document recorded in the county property records.

History.—s. 52, ch. 2009-205; s. 12, ch. 2021-13.

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Iezzi Fam. Ltd. P'ship v. Edgewater Beach Owners Ass'n, etc., 254 So. 3d 584 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...avoid pre-suit requirements for derivative actions. I. BACKGROUND A condominium 1 association incorporated under chapter 617, Florida Statutes, the “Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act,” is generally subject to its laws. § 617.1703, Fla....

...Iezzi argues that to limit section 718.303(1) actions by requiring that they comply with the pre- suit requirements of section 617.07401, would necessarily create a conflict between the statutes. As Iezzi asserts, if the sections do conflict, the provisions of chapter 718 must control. See § 617.1703, Fla....

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The Marbella Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Richard A. Josepher (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2024).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

Because the statutes are conflicting, section 617.1703(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2022), controls the

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