Chapter 655 — Chapter 655

(1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in a contract, agreement, or signature card executed in connection with the opening or maintenance of an account, including a certificate of deposit, a deposit account in the names of two or more persons may be paid to, or on the order of, …

(1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in a contract, agreement, or signature card executed in connection with the opening or maintenance of an account, including a certificate of deposit, a deposit account in the names of two or more persons shall be presumed to have been inten…

(1) A convenience account is a deposit account, other than a certificate of deposit, in the name of one individual (principal), in which one or more other individuals have been designated as agents with the right to make deposits to and to withdraw funds from or draw checks on su…

(1) As used in this section:(a) “Account” means a contract of deposit between a depositor and an institution, including, but not limited to, a checking account, savings account, certificate of deposit, and share account.(b) “Beneficiary” means a person named as one to whom sums o…

(1) Because deposits in trust are also accounts with a pay-on-death designation as described in s. 655.82, it is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of s. 655.82 shall apply to and govern deposits in trust. References to former s. 655.81 in any depository agreement …

Notice to any institution of an adverse claim to a deposit or fiduciary account standing on its books to the credit of any person does not obligate the institution to recognize the adverse claimant unless the adverse claimant also either:(1) Procures a restraining order, injuncti…

(1) Unless written objection thereto has been theretofore delivered by the depositor to the institution, a statement of account rendered by any institution in this state to a depositor, with a description of the amount and type (such as deposit, withdrawal, debit, credit, or any …

If a check is forwarded or presented to a financial institution for payment, except when presented by the payee in person, the paying institution or remitting institution shall settle the amount of the check at par, at its option, in money or in exchange drawn on its reserve agen…

Credit balances held by a financial institution, credit union, or participant as defined in 12 U.S.C. s. 4001(19) which result from the performance of or participation in check-clearing functions, whether pursuant to a contractual relationship between financial institutions, cred…

It is the duty of the person drawing a postdated check to notify, in writing, the separate office or branch of the institution upon which such check is drawn, giving a complete description thereof, including the name of the payee, the date, the number, and the amount thereof; oth…

(1) In this section, the term:(a) “Business day” means that part of any day on which an institution is open to the public for carrying on substantially all its banking functions, trust functions, or transactions. A financial institution is deemed to be “closed” on any day, or any…

(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Commissioner” means the director of the Office of Financial Regulation and any other person lawfully exercising such powers.(b) “Emergency” means any condition or occurrence, actual or threatened, which may interfere physica…

(1) In this section, “records” of an institution means and includes all books of account and other books of every kind, journals, ledgers, statements, instruments, documents, files, messages, writings of every kind, and other internal or other data and other information of every …

(1) The financial institutions codes do not prohibit a financial institution or business trust that has its principal place of business outside this state and that does not operate branches in this state from:(a) Contracting in this state with any person to acquire from such pers…

(1) Only a financial institution authorized to do business in this state pursuant to the financial institutions codes of any state or federal law may engage in the business of soliciting or receiving funds for deposit, issuing certificates of deposit, or paying checks in this sta…

As used in ss. 655.93-655.94, the term:(1) “Lessee” means a person who contracts with a lessor for the use of a safe-deposit box.(2) “Lessor” means a financial institution that rents safe-deposit facilities.(3) “Safe-deposit box” means a safe-deposit box, vault, or other safe-dep…

A financial institution may maintain and lease safe-deposit boxes and may accept property or documents for safekeeping if, except in the case of property or documents accepted through night depositories, it issues a receipt therefor.

A lessor may lease a safe-deposit box to, and in connection therewith deal with, a minor with the same effect as if leasing to and dealing with a person of full legal capacity.

If a safe-deposit box is made available by a lessor to one or more persons acting as fiduciaries, the lessor may, except as otherwise expressly provided in the lease or the writings pursuant to which such fiduciaries are acting, allow access thereto as follows:(1) By any one or m…

If a lessor without knowledge of the death or an order determining the incapacity of the lessee deals with the lessee’s agent in accordance with a written power of attorney or a durable power of attorney signed by such lessee, the transaction binds the lessee’s estate and the les…

If satisfactory proof of the death of the lessee is presented, a lessor shall permit the person named in a court order for that purpose, or if no order has been served upon the lessor, the spouse, a parent, an adult descendant, or a person named as a personal representative in a …

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the lessor shall immediately deliver to a personal representative appointed by a court in this state, upon presentation of a certified copy of his or her letters of authority, all property deposited with it by the decedent for safe…

(1) Unless specifically provided in the lease or rental agreement to the contrary, 1if a safe-deposit box is rented or leased in the names of two or more lessees, access to the safe-deposit box will be granted to:(a) Either or any of such lessees, regardless of whether or not the…

(1) An adverse claim to the contents of a safe-deposit box, or to property held in safekeeping, is not sufficient to require the lessor to deny access to its lessee unless:(a) The lessor is directed to do so by a court order issued in an action in which the lessee is served with …

If any individual who has a right of access to a safe-deposit box is unwilling or unable for any reason or cause to comply with any of the lessor’s normal requirements or procedures in connection with such access relating to security, safety, or protection, the lessor has the rig…

(1) If the rental due on a safe-deposit box has not been paid for 3 months, the lessor may send a notice by certified mail to the last known address of the lessee stating that the safe-deposit box will be opened and its contents stored at the expense of the lessee unless payment …

(1) A financial institution that is licensed or authorized to do business pursuant to the financial institutions codes, or its officers, directors, or employees may not make or grant any loan or gratuity to any employee of the office who has authority to examine or otherwise supe…

All information required by the financial institutions codes or rule of the commission to be furnished in conjunction with applications to form, acquire or acquire assets of, merge, or change control of a financial institution must be verified by the office by all reasonable mean…

(1) If a financial institution purchases, or causes to be issued, insurance coverage to protect its security interest in a loan or indebtedness, and pursuant to contract or other agreement the borrower is responsible for payment of the premium, the financial institution must noti…

(1) Debt cancellation products may be offered, and a fee may be charged, by financial institutions and subsidiaries of financial institutions subject to this section and the rules and orders of the commission or office. As used in this section, the term “financial institutions” i…

(1) Unless exempted by the office pursuant to subsection (4), every financial institution shall notify the office of the occurrence of any of the events listed in subsection (2) by filing with the office a disclosure in a form to be specified by the commission. The form shall inc…

The office shall establish and publish educational, professional, and other appropriate qualifications for each position in the office authorized to participate in the regulation of financial institutions, including positions with the authority to overrule the actions or decision…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a financial institution shall have the power to make loans or extensions of credit to any person on a credit card or overdraft financing arrangement and to charge, in any billing cycle, interest on the outstanding amount at a rate t…

A financial institution is not civilly liable to a third party for the actions or operations of a person solely by virtue of extending a loan or a line of credit to such person. This section does not modify, limit, or restrict the authority of a state agency under applicable law …

As used in this section and ss. 655.961-655.965, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Access area” means any paved walkway or sidewalk which is within 50 feet of any automated teller machine. The term does not include any street or highway open to the use of the public, as …

A violation of the provisions of ss. 655.960-655.965 or any regulation made pursuant thereto does not constitute negligence per se.

(1) Each operator, or other person responsible for an automated teller machine pursuant to ss. 655.960-655.965, shall provide lighting during the hours of darkness with respect to an open and operating automated teller machine and any defined parking area, access area, and the ex…

Customers receiving access devices shall be furnished by the respective issuers thereof with such information regarding safety precautions as the commission may require by rule. This information shall be furnished by personally delivering or mailing the information to each custom…

(1) The provisions of ss. 655.961 and 655.962 do not apply to any automated teller machine which is:(a) Located inside of a building, unless it is a freestanding installation which exists for the sole purpose of providing an enclosure for the automated teller machine.(b) Located …

Except as expressly provided, the provisions of this section and ss. 655.960-655.964 supersede and preempt all rules, regulations, codes, or ordinances of any city, county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, and of any local agency regarding customer safe…

(1) The operator or owner of an automated teller machine in this state may charge an access fee or surcharge to a customer for the use of that machine. The fee or surcharge must be disclosed in compliance with 12 C.F.R. part 205, as amended.(2)(a) Subject to the requirements of s…

A state-mandated endowment funded through a general appropriations act prior to 1990 may be maintained in trust accounts in financial institutions as defined in s. 655.005.

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Correspondent account” has the same meaning as defined in 31 U.S.C. s. 5318A.(b) Financial institution” has the same meaning as defined in s. 655.005(1)(i).(c) “Payable-through account” has the same meaning as defined in 31 U.S.C. s. 531…