501.025 – Home solicitation sale; buyer’s right to cancel.
501.025 Home solicitation sale; buyer’s right to cancel.—In addition to any other right to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase. Cancellation is evidenced by the buyer giving […]
501.0581 – Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; civil remedies.
501.0581 Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; civil remedies.— (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may bring a civil action in circuit court for temporary or permanent injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of this act and may seek other appropriate civil relief, including a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, for restitution and […]
501.031 – Home solicitation sale; written agreement.
501.031 Home solicitation sale; written agreement.—Every home solicitation sale shall be evidenced by a writing as provided in this section. (1) In a home solicitation sale, the seller must present to and obtain from the buyer his or her signature to a written agreement or offer to purchase which designates, as the date of the transaction, the […]
501.0583 – Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving weight-loss pills to persons under age 18; penalties; defense.
501.0583 Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving weight-loss pills to persons under age 18; penalties; defense.— (1) As used in this section, the term “weight-loss pill” means a pill that is available without a prescription, the marketing, advertising, or packaging of which indicates that its primary purpose is for facilitating or causing weight loss. The term includes […]
501.035 – Home solicitation sale; exclusions.
501.035 Home solicitation sale; exclusions.—There shall be excluded from the operation of ss. 501.021-501.055: (1) The sale of insurance; and (2) The sale of farm equipment or machinery. History.—s. 5, ch. 70-363.
501.059 – Telephone solicitation.
501.059 Telephone solicitation.— (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Called party” means a person who is the regular user of the telephone number that receives a telephonic sales call. (b) “Consumer” means an actual or prospective purchaser, lessee, or recipient of consumer goods or services. (c) “Consumer goods or services” means real property or tangible or intangible […]
501.041 – Home solicitation sale; restoration of down payment.
501.041 Home solicitation sale; restoration of down payment.—Within 10 days after a home solicitation sale has been canceled or an offer to purchase revoked, the seller must tender to the buyer any payments made by the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebtedness. If the down payment includes goods traded in, the goods must […]
501.045 – Home solicitation sale; duty of buyer.
501.045 Home solicitation sale; duty of buyer.—Except as provided in s. 501.041, within a reasonable time after a home solicitation sale has been canceled or an offer to purchase revoked, the buyer upon demand must tender to the seller any goods delivered by the seller pursuant to the sale, but he or she is not obligated […]
501.046 – Home solicitation sale; duty of businesses conducting home solicitation sales.
501.046 Home solicitation sale; duty of businesses conducting home solicitation sales.— (1) All businesses conducting home solicitation sales in this state shall: (a) Ensure that all employees engaged in home solicitation sales obtain the permit required in s. 501.022 and direct all such employees to comply with all provisions of said section. (b) Direct all employees engaged in home […]
501.047 – Home solicitation sale; prohibited practices.
501.047 Home solicitation sale; prohibited practices.—In conducting a home solicitation, no person shall: (1) Misrepresent the terms or conditions of the sale, lease, or rental. (2) Misrepresent the seller’s affiliation with the parent company or sponsor. (3) Misrepresent the seller’s reasons for soliciting the sale, lease, or rental of goods or services, such as participation in a contest or […]