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Home » US Law » 2022 Florida Statutes » Title XXXVI - Business Organizations » Chapter 622 - Foreign Unincorporated Associations

622.01 – Qualification Permissive.

622.01 Qualification permissive.—Qualification in compliance with this chapter is not and shall not be mandatory, and is and shall be optional, as a permissive alternative to compliance with any other law or laws with respect to the trade, business, or fictitious name or style, and the recording, registration, or publication thereof, under which business may be […]

622.02 – Definitions.

622.02 Definitions.— (1) The term “foreign association” as used in this chapter shall mean and include any unincorporated joint stock association for profit, created and existing under the laws of any state other than this state, or of the District of Columbia, or of any territory or possession of the United States, engaged in any business or […]

622.03 – Qualification.

622.03 Qualification.—Any foreign association may qualify to transact business and acquire, hold, and dispose of property, and sue and be sued in this state, by complying with all requirements of law, including but not limited to the paying of all fees, taxes, and other charges, now or hereafter prescribed for qualification by foreign corporations for profit […]

622.04 – Process.

622.04 Process.—Every association shall comply with all requirements of law, including but not limited to the paying of all fees and charges, now or hereafter prescribed for the designation and maintenance of an office for the service of process, the appointment of a resident agent upon whom process may be served, and the acceptance of such […]

622.05 – Annual Reports.

622.05 Annual reports.—Every association shall comply with all requirements of law, including but not limited to the paying of all fees, taxes, and other charges, now or hereafter prescribed for the filing of annual reports by foreign corporations for profit qualified to transact business in this state, except railroad, pullman, telephone, telegraph, and insurance companies, and […]

622.06 – Name.

622.06 Name.—Every association may transact business in this state in its name, without including as a part thereof, or displaying or publishing in connection or conjunction therewith, the words “not incorporated,” or any similar words, and without making any other showing or display of the fact that it is unincorporated, and without recording, registering, or publishing […]

622.07 – Powers.

622.07 Powers.—Every association shall have power and authority to transact business and acquire, hold, and dispose of property and sue and be sued in this state; provided that such association shall file with the Department of State a sworn statement setting forth the name under which such association is authorized to transact business and acquire, hold, […]