Florida Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Banks and Banking
Chapter 655 - Financial Institutions Generally

655.0201 - Service of Process, Notice, Levy, or Demand on Financial Institutions. - (1) Notwithstanding any other Florida law, this section establishes the...

655.031 - Administrative Enforcement Guidelines. - (1) In imposing any administrative remedy or penalty provided for...

655.032 - Investigations, Subpoenas, Hearings, and Witnesses. - (1) The office may make investigations, within or outside this...

655.0321 - Restricted Access to Certain Hearings, Proceedings, and Related Documents. - History.—s. 1, ch. 80-273; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 2,...

655.0322 - Prohibited Acts and Practices; Criminal Penalties. - (1) As used in this section, the term “financial institution”...

655.033 - Cease and Desist Orders. - (1) The office may issue and serve upon any state...

655.034 - Injunctions. - (1) If the office determines that a violation of the...

655.035 - Military Lending. - History.—s. 4, ch. 2016-160.

655.037 - Removal of a Financial Institution-Affiliated Party by the Office. - (1) The office may issue and serve upon any financial...

655.0385 - Disapproval of Directors and Executive Officers. - (1) Each state financial institution shall notify the office of...

655.03855 - Provisional Directors and Executive Officers. - (1) If a state financial institution has an insufficient number...

655.0386 - Transactions With Financial Institution-Affiliated Parties. - (1) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—A financial institution-affiliated party may not engage...

655.0391 - Retention of Supervision by Office. - History.—s. 20, ch. 92-303; s. 1713, ch. 2003-261.

655.0392 - Place of Transacting Business. - History.—s. 21, ch. 92-303.

655.041 - Administrative Fines; Enforcement. - (1) The office may, by complaint, initiate a proceeding pursuant...

655.043 - Articles of Incorporation; Amendments; Approval. - History.—s. 7, ch. 84-216; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 2,...

655.044 - Accounting Practices; Bad Debts Ineligible to Be Carried as Assets. - (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a state financial...

655.045 - Examinations, Reports, and Internal Audits; Penalty. - (1) The office shall conduct an examination of the condition...

655.047 - Assessments; Financial Institutions. - (1) Each state financial institution shall pay to the office...

655.049 - Deposit of Fees and Assessments. - History.—s. 1, ch. 80-273; s. 440, ch. 81-259; s. 23,...

655.057 - Records; Limited Restrictions Upon Public Access. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and except...

655.059 - Access to Books and Records; Confidentiality; Penalty for Disclosure. - (1) The books and records of a financial institution are...

655.0591 - Trade Secret Documents. - (1) If any person who is required to submit documents...

655.061 - Competitive Equality With Federally Organized or Chartered Financial Institutions. - History.—s. 1, ch. 80-273; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 1,...

655.071 - International Banking Facilities; Definitions; Notice Before Establishment. - (1) “International banking facility” means a set of asset and...

655.41 - Definitions. - (1) “Financial entity” means a financial institution whose principal office...

655.411 - Conversion of Charter. - (1) A financial entity may apply to the office for...

655.412 - Merger and Consolidation. - (1) With the approval of the office, any capital stock...

655.414 - Acquisition of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities. - (1) CALCULATION OF ASSET OR LIABILITY PERCENTAGES.—Percentages of assets or...

655.416 - Book Value of Assets. - History.—s. 4, ch. 82-214; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 1,...

655.417 - Effect of Merger, Consolidation, Conversion, or Acquisition. - (1) CONTINUING ENTITY.—Even though the charter of a participating or...

655.418 - Nonconforming Activities; Cessation. - (1) PLAN FOR TERMINATION.—The plan of merger, consolidation, conversion, or...

655.4185 - Emergency Action. - (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the financial institutions codes...

655.419 - Effect. - History.—s. 4, ch. 82-214; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 1,...

655.50 - Florida Control of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Financial Institutions Act. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Florida Control...

655.51 - Employment Information. - (1) It is not unlawful for any person to provide...

655.55 - Law Applicable to Deposits in and Contracts Relating to Extensions of Credit by a Deposit or Lending Institution Located in This State. - (1) The law of this state, excluding its law regarding...

655.56 - Collection of Fines, Interest, or Premiums on Loans Made by Financial Institutions. - (1) Loans secured by a first lien on real estate....

655.60 - Appraisals. - (1) The office is authorized to cause appraisals to be...

655.762 - Sale of Assets. - History.—s. 44, ch. 92-303; s. 1731, ch. 2003-261.

655.769 - Definitions of Terms Used in Ss. 655.77-655.91. - (1) “Check” includes a share draft of a credit union....

655.77 - Deposits by Minors. - History.—s. 46, ch. 92-303; s. 526, ch. 97-102.

655.78 - Deposit Accounts in Two or More Names. - (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in a contract, agreement, or...

655.79 - Deposits and Accounts in Two or More Names; Presumption as to Vesting on Death. - (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in a contract, agreement, or...

655.80 - Convenience Accounts. - (1) A convenience account is a deposit account, other than...

655.82 - Pay-on-Death Accounts. - (1) As used in this section: (a) “Account” means a...

655.825 - Deposits in Trust; Applicability of S. 655.82 in Place of Former S. 655.81. - (1) Because deposits in trust are also accounts with a...

655.83 - Adverse Claim to a Deposit or Fiduciary Account. - (1) Procures a restraining order, injunction, or other appropriate process...

655.84 - Limitations; Statements as Correct. - (1) Unless written objection thereto has been theretofore delivered by...

655.85 - Settlement of Checks. - History.—s. 53, ch. 92-303; s. 12, ch. 2014-91.

655.851 - Unclaimed Credit Balances. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2007-142.

655.86 - Issuance of Postdated Checks. - History.—s. 54, ch. 92-303.

655.89 - Legal Holidays; Business Days; Business and Transactions. - (1) In this section, the term: (a) “Business day” means...

655.90 - Closing During Emergencies and Other Special Days. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Commissioner”...

655.91 - Records of Institutions and Copies Thereof; Retention and Destruction. - (1) In this section, “records” of an institution means and...

655.921 - Transaction of Business by Out-of-State Financial Institutions; Exempt Transactions. - (1) The financial institutions codes do not prohibit a financial...

655.922 - Banking Business by Unauthorized Persons; Use of Name. - (1) Only a financial institution authorized to do business in...

655.93 - Definitions for Ss. 655.93-655.94. - (1) “Lessee” means a person who contracts with a lessor...

655.931 - Authority to Engage in Safe-Deposit Business. - History.—s. 61, ch. 92-303.

655.932 - Lease to Minor. - History.—s. 62, ch. 92-303.

655.933 - Access by Fiduciaries. - (1) By any one or more of the persons acting...

655.934 - Effect of Lessee’s Death or Incapacity. - History.—s. 64, ch. 92-303; s. 1, ch. 2010-132.

655.935 - Search Procedure on Death of Lessee. - (1) If requested by such person, the lessor shall remove...

655.936 - Delivery of Safe-Deposit Box Contents or Property Held in Safekeeping to Personal Representative. - (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the lessor...

655.937 - Access to Safe-Deposit Boxes Leased in Two or More Names. - (1) Unless specifically provided in the lease or rental agreement...

655.938 - Adverse Claims to Contents of Safe-Deposit Box. - (1) An adverse claim to the contents of a safe-deposit...

655.939 - Limiting Right of Access for Failure to Comply With Security Procedures. - History.—s. 69, ch. 92-303.

655.94 - Special Remedies for Nonpayment of Rent. - (1) If the rental due on a safe-deposit box has...

655.942 - Standards of Conduct; Institutions. - (1) A financial institution that is licensed or authorized to...

655.943 - Applications; Verification. - History.—s. 72, ch. 92-303; s. 1736, ch. 2003-261.

655.946 - Single Interest Insurance Placed by Financial Institutions. - (1) If a financial institution purchases, or causes to be...

655.947 - Debt Cancellation Products. - (1) Debt cancellation products may be offered, and a fee...

655.948 - Significant Events; Notice Required. - (1) Unless exempted by the office pursuant to subsection (4),...

655.949 - Personnel; Qualifications. - History.—s. 74, ch. 92-303; s. 1738, ch. 2003-261.

655.954 - Financial Institution Loans; Credit Cards. - (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a financial institution...

655.955 - Liability of Financial Institution to Third Parties. - History.—s. 17, ch. 2014-91.

655.960 - Definitions; Ss. 655.960-655.965. - (1) “Access area” means any paved walkway or sidewalk which...

655.961 - Violation of Specified Provisions Not Negligence per Se. - History.—s. 1, ch. 94-343; s. 84, ch. 2000-158.

655.962 - Lighting; Mirrors; Landscaping. - (1) Each operator, or other person responsible for an automated...

655.963 - Access Devices. - History.—s. 1, ch. 94-343; s. 1739, ch. 2003-261.

655.964 - Application. - (1) The provisions of ss. 655.961 and 655.962 do not...

655.965 - Preemption; Prohibition. - History.—s. 1, ch. 94-343.

655.966 - Automated Teller Machine; Surcharge Disclosure. - (1) The operator or owner of an automated teller machine...

655.967 - State-Funded Endowments. - History.—s. 9, ch. 2008-75.

655.968 - Financial Institutions; Transactions Relating to Iran or Terrorism. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Correspondent...

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Florida Statutes Title XXXVIII - Banks and Banking Chapter 655 - Financial Institutions Generally

Florida Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Banks and Banking
Chapter 655 - Financial Institutions Generally