2012 Florida Statutes
TITLE XXXII — REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 493 — PRIVATE INVESTIGATIVE, PRIVATE SECURITY, AND REPOSSESSION SERVICES
PART IV — REPOSSESSION SERVICES
493.6403 — License requirements.
493.6403 License requirements.—
(1) In addition to the license requirements set forth in this chapter, each individual or agency shall comply with the following additional requirements:
(a) Each agency or branch office must designate a minimum of one appropriately licensed individual to act as manager, directing the activities of the Class E or Class EE employees. A Class E licensee may be designated to act as manager of a Class R agency or branch office in which case the Class MR license is not required.
(b) An applicant for Class MR license shall have at least 1 year of lawfully gained, verifiable, full-time experience as a Class E licensee performing repossessions of motor vehicles, mobile homes, motorboats, aircraft, personal watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, farm equipment, or industrial equipment.
(c) An applicant for a Class E license shall have at least 1 year of lawfully gained, verifiable, full-time experience in one, or a combination of more than one, of the following:
1. Repossession of motor vehicles as defined in s. 320.01(1), mobile homes as defined in s. 320.01(2), motorboats as defined in s. 327.02, aircraft as defined in s. 330.27(1), personal watercraft as defined in s. 327.02, all-terrain vehicles as defined in s. 316.2074, farm equipment as defined under s. 686.402, or industrial equipment as defined in s. 493.6101(22).
2. Work as a Class EE licensed intern.
(2) Beginning October 1, 1994, an applicant for a Class E or a Class EE license must have completed a minimum of 40 hours of professional training at a school or training facility licensed by the department. The department shall by rule establish the general content for the training.
History.—ss. 5, 11, ch. 90-364; s. 15, ch. 91-248; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 8, ch. 93-49; s. 18, ch. 94-172; s. 11, ch. 94-241; s. 5, ch. 2005-143.
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