Terms Used In Florida Statutes 680.307

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (s. See Florida Statutes 680.1031
  • Lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration, but a sale, including a sale on approval or a sale or return, or retention or creation of a security interest is not a lease. See Florida Statutes 680.1031
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this chapter and any other applicable rules of law. See Florida Statutes 680.1031
  • Leasehold interest: means the interest of the lessor or the lessee under a lease contract. See Florida Statutes 680.1031
  • Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Florida Statutes 680.1031
  • Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Florida Statutes 680.1031

(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 680.306, a creditor of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) and in ss. 680.306 and 680.308, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods before the lease contract became enforceable.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 679.3171, 679.321, and 679.323, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest held by a creditor or lessor.