Chapter 506 — Chapter 506

Any person who owns field boxes, pallets, crates, containers, or receptacles used in the general production, harvesting, packing, transportation, or marketing of fruits or vegetables or their byproducts or used for the storage or transport of agricultural or other commercial good…

Any person desiring to avail herself or himself of the benefits of ss. 506.19-506.28, may make application to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall file with such department a true copy and description of such identifying mark or brand, which, if entitled …

The application for filing and recording shall be accompanied by a fee of $2 and thereupon, if consistent with the provisions of s. 506.20 the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall issue to the person applying for registration and recordation of such mark or brand…

The owner of any such registered mark or brand may transfer, release, or sell the same by an instrument in writing evidencing such transfer, release, or sale, and upon application to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services where such mark or brand is registered for th…

The provisions of ss. 506.19-506.28 shall not be construed to apply when fruits, vegetables, or their byproducts, are wrapped or packed in such accepted or prescribed standard containers as are prescribed and designated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and ar…

(1) Any person who shall have in his or her unauthorized possession any field box, pallet, crate, receptacle, or container marked or branded with any mark or brand registered under the provisions of ss. 506.19-506.28, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishab…

If any person shall alter, change, remove or obliterate the registered mark or brand on any field box, pallet, crate, container, or receptacle other than his or her own or shall cause or procure the same to be done, with intent to claim the same, or to prevent identification ther…

It is unlawful for any person to receive or to purchase any field box, pallet, crate, container, or receptacle marked or branded with registered mark or brand as herein provided, from any person other than the registered owner thereof or her or his duly authorized agent, and proo…

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Bona fide purchaser” means a person who in good faith makes a purchase without knowledge of another person’s outstanding rights.(b) “Noncash payment” means payment by a method other than coins or currency.(c) “Plastic bulk merchandise co…

The refusal of any person in possession thereof to deliver any field box, pallet, crate, container, or receptacle so marked or branded and registered as herein provided, to the registered owner of the same or his or her duly authorized agent, upon the demand of such registered ow…

Any person who shall take or send out of the state, or cause to be taken or sent out of the state, any field box, pallet, crate, container, or receptacle so registered or branded as herein provided without the permission of the owner thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of th…

Sections 506.501-506.519 shall be known and may be cited as the “Carts, Cases, Baskets, Boxes, and Containers Act.”

For the purposes of ss. 506.501-506.519, the term:(1) “Bakery container” means any permanent type of container which is used by a bakery, distributor, retailer, or food service establishment or the agent of any of them as a means to transport, store, or carry bakery products.(2) …

Any person, firm, corporation, or association owning shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers may register with the Department of State a description of the name or mark affixed or stamped on such carts, cases, baskets, boxes, o…

Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in receiving, packing, handling, or selling eggs in permanent baskets which contain four dozen or more shell eggs may, in order to designate the ownership of such baskets or distinguish such baskets from other similar baskets,…

Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in receiving, packing, handling, or selling poultry in permanent boxes may, in order to designate the ownership of such boxes or distinguish such boxes from other similar boxes, adopt, own, and use any name or mark and permane…

Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in receiving, packing, handling, or selling bakery products in permanent containers may, in order to designate the ownership of such containers or distinguish such containers from other similar containers, adopt, own, and use …

No person, firm, corporation, or association shall use for any purpose any container which is identified with or by any name or mark registered with the department as provided in s. 506.503 unless such person is the registered owner of the name or mark. No person, firm, corporati…

Any person who is in possession of any shopping cart, laundry cart, dairy case, egg basket, poultry box, or bakery container with a registered name or mark shall be presumed to be in possession of stolen property and is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as p…

It is unlawful for any common carrier or private carrier for hire, except those carriers engaged in the transporting of dairy products, eggs, poultry, or bakery products to and from farms or bakeries where produced, to receive or transport any container marked with a registered n…

It is a violation of ss. 506.501-506.519:(1) To remove any shopping cart or laundry cart from the premises or parking area of a retail establishment with intent to deprive temporarily or permanently the owner of such cart, or the retailer, of possession of the cart.(2) To remove …

(1) The rightful owner of any shopping cart with a registered name or mark found on public property shall be immediately notified of its recovery.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or local ordinance, no fee, fine, or costs may be assessed against the owner of a shopp…

It is a violation of ss. 506.501-506.519 for any person not in lawful possession of a dairy case to remove a dairy case from the premises, the parking area, or any other area of any retail establishment, or from any dairy delivery vehicle, if:(1) The dairy case is marked on at le…

It is a violation of ss. 506.501-506.519 for any person not in lawful possession of an egg basket, poultry box, or bakery container to remove such egg basket, poultry box, or bakery container from the premises, the parking area, or any other area of any processor, bakery, distrib…

The requiring, taking, or accepting of any deposit upon delivery of any shopping cart, laundry cart, dairy case, egg basket, poultry box, or bakery container shall not be deemed a sale thereof, optional or otherwise.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of ss. 506.501-506.519 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(1) Sections 506.501-506.519 do not apply to the owner of a shopping cart, laundry cart, dairy case, egg basket, poultry box, or bakery container; to a retailer; to the agents or employees of such owner or retailer; or to a customer who has written consent from the owner of a sho…