CONSUMER PROTECTION
F.S. Ch. 501
in effectContents
section501.001. Florida Anti-Tampering Act.section501.005. Consumer report security freeze.section501.011. Credit cards; unsolicited delivery or mailing prohibited.section501.012. Health studios; legislative findings.section501.013. Health studios; exemptions.section501.014. Health studios; powers and duties of the department.section501.015. Health studios; registration requirements and fees.section501.016. Health studios; security requirements.section501.017. Health studios; contracts.section501.018. Health studios; change of ownership or location.section501.019. Health studios; penalties.section501.021. Home solicitation sale; definitions.section501.022. Home solicitation sale; permit required.section501.025. Home solicitation sale; buyer’s right to cancel.section501.30. Short title.section501.031. Home solicitation sale; written agreement.section501.31. Legislative purpose.section501.32. Definitions.section501.33. Disclosure.section501.34. Enforcement.section501.035. Home solicitation sale; exclusions.section501.041. Home solicitation sale; restoration of down payment.section501.045. Home solicitation sale; duty of buyer.section501.046. Home solicitation sale; duty of businesses conducting home solicitation sales.section501.047. Home solicitation sale; prohibited practices.section501.0051. Protected consumer report security freeze.section501.052. Home solicitation sale; enforcement authority; injunctive relief.section501.053. Home solicitation sale; judicial review.section501.055. Home solicitation sale; penalties.section501.057. Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; short title.section501.059. Telephone solicitation.section501.71. Controller duties.section501.72. Enforcement and implementation by the Department of Legal Affairs.section501.91. Short title.section501.92. Formula may be required.section501.93. Copyright owners and performing rights societies.section501.95. Gift certificates and credit memos.section501.97. Deceptive trade practices; print advertisement; penalties.section501.98. Demand letter.section501.0113. Unsolicited goods; no obligation on part of recipient.section501.0115. Service station credit cards and franchise agreements; certain restrictions on sales and purchasers prohibited.section501.0117. Credit cards; transactions in which seller or lessor prohibited from imposing surcharge; penalty.section501.0118. Restrictions on information printed on receipts for payment-card transactions; penalties.section501.122. Control of nonionizing radiations; laser; penalties.section501.0125. Health studios; definitions.section501.137. Mortgage lenders; tax and insurance payments from escrow accounts; duties.section501.138. Advertising of previews or trailers; standards.section501.139. Advertisements for legal services.section501.141. Delivery of crated goods; written statement of satisfaction; right to cancel.section501.142. Retail sales establishments; preemption; notice of refund policy; exceptions; penalty.section501.145. Bedding Label Act.section501.155. Electronic dissemination of commercial recordings or audiovisual works; required disclosures; injunctive relief.section501.160. Rental or sale of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency; prohibition against unconscionable prices.section501.164. Civil penalties.section501.165. Automatic renewal of service contracts.section501.171. Security of confidential personal information.section501.201. Short title.section501.202. Purposes; rules of construction.section501.203. Definitions.section501.204. Unlawful acts and practices.section501.205. Rulemaking authority.section501.206. Investigative powers of enforcing authority.section501.207. Remedies of enforcing authority.section501.208. Cease and desist orders; procedures.section501.209. Other supervision.section501.211. Other individual remedies.section501.212. Application.section501.213. Effect on other remedies.section501.0571. Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; definitions.section501.0573. Weight-loss provider requirements.section501.0575. Weight-Loss Consumer Bill of Rights.section501.0577. Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; exemptions.section501.0579. Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; unlawful practices.section501.0581. Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; civil remedies.section501.0583. Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving weight-loss pills to persons under age 18; penalties; defense.section501.601. Short title.section501.602. Purpose.section501.603. Definitions.section501.604. Exemptions.section501.605. Licensure of commercial telephone sellers and entities providing substance abuse marketing services.section501.606. Disclosures required of commercial telephone sellers and entities providing substance abuse marketing services.section501.607. Licensure of salespersons.section501.608. License or affidavit of exemption; occupational license.section501.609. License renewal.section501.611. Security.section501.612. Grounds for departmental action against licensure applicants or licensees.section501.613. General disclosures.section501.614. Disclosures of gifts and premiums.section501.615. Written contract; cancellation; refund.section501.616. Unlawful acts and practices.section501.617. Investigative powers of enforcing authority.section501.618. General civil remedies.section501.619. Civil penalties.section501.621. Attorney’s fees and costs.section501.622. Criminal prosecuting authority.section501.623. Criminal penalties.section501.624. Exempt businesses; burden of proof.section501.625. Other individual remedies.section501.626. Rulemaking power.section501.701. Short title.section501.702. Definitions.section501.703. Applicability.section501.704. Exemptions.section501.705. Consumer rights.section501.706. Controller response to consumer requests.section501.707. Appeal.section501.708. Waiver or limitation of consumer rights prohibited.section501.709. Submitting consumer requests.section501.711. Privacy notices.section501.712. Duties of processor.section501.713. Data protection assessments.section501.714. Deidentified data, pseudonymous data, and aggregate consumer information.section501.715. Requirements for sensitive data.section501.716. Exemptions for certain uses of consumer personal data.section501.717. Collection, use, or retention of data for certain purposes.section501.718. Disclosure of personal data to third-party controller or processor.section501.719. Processing of certain personal data by controller or other person.section501.721. Preemption.section501.722. Public records exemption.section501.911. Administration of act.section501.912. Definitions.section501.913. Registration.section501.914. Cancellation of registration.section501.915. Adulteration of antifreeze.section501.916. Mislabeling of antifreeze.section501.917. Inspection by department; sampling and analysis.section501.918. Prohibited activity.section501.919. Enforcement; stop-sale order.section501.921. Standards.section501.922. Violation.section501.923. Injunctive relief.section501.925. Used watches; sales regulated.section501.937. Industrial hygienists and safety professionals; use of professional titles; failure to comply.section501.971. Fictitious Name Act not abrogated.section501.972. Actions based upon use of a creation that is not protected under federal copyright law.section501.973. Chambers of commerce.section501.974. Veterans’ organizations; prohibition against advertising.section501.975. Definitions.section501.976. Actionable, unfair, or deceptive acts or practices.section501.991. Legislative intent; construction.section501.992. Definitions.section501.993. Bad faith assertions of patent infringement.section501.995. Private right of action.section501.996. Enforcement.section501.997. Exemptions.section501.1375. Deposits received for purchase of residential dwelling units; placement in escrow; waiver; exceptions.section501.1377. Violations involving homeowners during the course of residential foreclosure proceedings.section501.1391. Fraud prevention in the advertisement of immigration services.section501.1735. Protection of children in online spaces; public records exemption.section501.1736. Social media use for minors.section501.1737. Age verification for online access to materials harmful to minors.section501.1738. Anonymous age verification.section501.2041. Unlawful acts and practices by social media platforms.section501.2042. Unlawful acts and practices by online crowd-funding campaigns.section501.2065. Confidentiality of intelligence or investigative information.section501.2075. Civil penalty.section501.2077. Violations involving senior citizen, person who has a disability, military servicemember, or the spouse or dependent child of a military servicemember; civil penalties; presumption.section501.2079. Violations involving discrimination in the provision of video services.section501.2101. Enforcing authorities; moneys received in certain proceedings.section501.2105. Attorney’s fees.section501.6175. Recordkeeping.section501.9741. Assisting in veterans’ benefits matters.
Source: FL Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter501/AllFetched: 7/8/2026