Florida Statute 672.717 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 672
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALES

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672.717 Deduction of damages from the price.—The buyer on notifying the seller of her or his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 611, ch. 97-102.

Note.—s. 2-717, U.C.C.

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ADAM METAL SUPPLY v. Electrodex, Inc., 386 So. 2d 1316 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 30 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 178

...ts of Section 672.607(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1979). Consequently, under Section 672.714, Florida Statutes (1979), it was entitled to damages for the nonconforming shipment which it could subtract from the contract price of the shipment pursuant to Section 672.717, Florida Statutes (1979)....

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Shreve Land Co., Inc. v. J & D Fin. Corp., 421 So. 2d 722 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 35 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 429, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21669

...However, since Shreve notified both Pac-Dor and J & D of the nonconformity within a reasonable time as required by section 672.607(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1979), it was entitled to deduct all or any part of the damages from the price of the 55 doors under section 672.717, Florida Statutes (1979)....

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