Florida Statute 717.1401 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 717
DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

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717.1401 Repeal.—This chapter shall not repeal, but shall be additional and supplemental to the existing provisions of ss. 43.18 and 402.17 and chapter 716.

History.—s. 41, ch. 87-105; s. 62, ch. 92-348; s. 11, ch. 2018-71.

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Bondi v. Brito, 159 So. 3d 369 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2015 WL 1088400

...mination of entitlement to funds; chapter 717 provides additional avenues. Once the funds were transferred to the CFO, the court’s authority, if invoked under section 43.19, was to confirm the claimant’s entitlement to the funds. See §§ 43.19, 717.1401, 717.1262. This conclusion is confirmed upon a reading of section 717.1401, which provides that chapter 717 “shall be additional and supplemental to the existing provisions of [section]_43.19.” Thus, these statutes must be read in pari materia to fully understand the proper procedure for the claiming and disbursement of these funds....

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Crescenzo v. Atwater, 136 So. 3d 1248 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 1613401, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 5866

...will be made to the ultimate beneficiary, as provided by Section 215.965, F.S. No copy of a Form (DFS-A4-1988) exists in this record. Oddly, we have been unable to locate such a form by searching Florida internet public records. IV. A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE PARTIES Section 717.1401 expressly states that chapter 717 does not repeal section 43.19 *1256 but that it is “additional and supplemental.” Unfortunately, it is not obvious how to make chapter 717 supplemental to section 43.19....

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