2001 Florida Code
TITLE XLVI Crimes
Chapter 817 Fraudulent Practices
PART I FALSE PRETENSES AND FRAUDS, GENERALLY (ss. 817.02-817.568)
817.037 Fraudulent refunds.
817.037 Fraudulent refunds.--
(1) Any person who engages in a systematic, ongoing course of conduct to obtain a refund for merchandise from a business establishment by knowingly giving a false or fictitious name or address as his or her own or the name or address of any other person without that person's knowledge and approval is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) In order for a person to be convicted under this section, a conspicuous notice must have been posted in the business establishment in the area where refunds are made, advising patrons of the provisions of this section and the penalties provided.
History.--s. 3, ch. 86-161; s. 193, ch. 91-224; s. 1246, ch. 97-102.
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